Ida Rademacher

Ida Rademacher is CFED's Research Director. In this capacity she provides research and evaluation expertise to help CFED define and advance a research agenda that identifies, investigates and advances effective strategies for building assets and expanding economic opportunity. She provides research support and guidance to CFED's field development, product innovation and policy teams. She is also responsible for development of key research publications such as the Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, and for working with CFED's research partners in government, academia and community-based institutions. Ida has over ten years of applied research and evaluation experience in the fields of asset building, workforce development, rural and immigrant entrepreneurship, and community economic development. Prior to joining CFED, she worked with the Academy for Educational Development and the Aspen Institute where she formulated and led participatory research, evaluation and peer-learning projects in the fields of workforce and economic development.