The Way We Work Series

Allison Liuzzi is a Research Manager at Wilder Research, a division of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. She serves as Project Director of Minnesota Compass, a social indicators project that measures progress in Minnesota and its communities. Allison has particular interest in demographic trends, immigration, employment, and workforce development. She manages a portfolio of related projects, including benchmarks and trends on the demographics of leaders, and indicators of interest, identity, access, and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Allison also serves on the board of the Community Indicators Consortium. 

Allison joined Wilder Research in the spring of 2012. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Luther College, her master's degree from Michigan State University, and completed her doctoral coursework in sociology at the University of New Hampshire.

Allison lives with her family in Saint Paul’s Como Park neighborhood. Outside of the office, she’s likely to be playing with her preschooler or looking for some quiet space to sit and knit.

Brendon Schrader is the Founder/CEO of Antenna, a Minneapolis-based company that is changing the way people work by providing best-in-class marketers on demand. He is also the Founder/Publisher of Indypendently.com, a content and media platform for independent workers. Brendon’s insights on independent consulting, the gig economy, the changing nature of work have been highlighted in Inc. magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, and the Huffington Post. He holds an MBA from the Carlson School of Management, and an MEd from the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.