Hanns Kuttner, M.A.

As Senior Research Associate at The Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured (ERIU) at the University of Michigan, Mr. Kuttner is responsible for liaison with policy audiences and works on translating research results for general audiences.

Prior to joining ERIU at its inception in 2001, Mr. Kuttner was the founding policy director of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, a research organization focused on New Hampshire issues. He also served as a staff member for the Illinois Governor's Task Force on Human Services Reform and the District of Columbia Tax Revision Commission.

Mr. Kuttner also worked at the Department of Health and Human Services' congressional liaison office as special assistant to the administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, now known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. During the first Bush Administration, he served as a member of the White House policy staff, responsible for health and social issues.

Mr. Kuttner received his MA from the University of Chicago's Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies.