Staff can be contacted directly from this page by clicking on their names and titles. All staff members' email addresses are their first initial and last name at crcmich.org. For example, if CRC's first executive director were still with us, his email address would be lupson@crcmich.org.
Jeffrey Guilfoyle, President
Jeff started his career at CRC in September 2009. He was most recently the Director of the Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis (ORTA) in the Michigan Department of Treasury. Prior to that, he was Director of the Economic and Revenue Forecasting Division from 2004 to 2007 and a tax analyst in the Department of Treasury from 1998 to 2004. As Director of ORTA, his responsibilities include forecasting and tracking state tax receipts, estimating the impact of legislation on state tax revenues, and providing economic research support to the State Treasurer.
He received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University. He will share his time between the Lansing and Livonia offices.
Eric W. Lupher, Director of Local Affairs
Eric joined CRC in 1987 through the Lent Upson-Loren Miller Fellowship, and then hired in full-time as a Research Associate in 1989. Eric has researched such issues as state taxes, state revenue sharing, highway funding, unemployment insurance, economic development incentives, and stadium funding. Recent work has been focused on local government matters, including intergovernmental cooperation, governance issues, and municipal finance. In addition to his research responsibilities, Eric manages the CRC website. After serving as treasurer of the Governmental Research Association for 15 years, he currently serves as the association's vice president. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC), an advisory body for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), representing the user community on behalf of the Governmental Research Association. He also is an ex-officio board member for the Michigan Local Government Benchmarking Consortium.
Eric holds a B.A. in International Relations from James Madison College at Michigan State University and a Masters in Public Administration from Wayne State University. He works out of the Livonia Office.
Robert Schneider, Director of State Affairs
Bob joined CRC in February 2013 after having most recently served as Associate Director for the non-partisan Michigan House Fiscal Agency (HFA). During his 15-year tenure at HFA, he developed extensive expertise and provided non-partisan advice and analysis to state House members on state policy and budget matters in areas including corrections, human services, and transportation. Prior to joining HFA, he was a research assistant and project manager from 1994 to 1996 for Public Policy Associates, a Lansing-based policy research and consulting firm. He also served for two years within the Michigan Department of State working on department budget and financial issues.
Bob received his B.S. in Economics from Central Michigan University and his M.A. in Economics from Michigan State University.
Bettie Buss, Senior Research Associate
Bettie returned to CRC in 2006 after serving as Director of Policy and Research for Detroit Renaissance from 1994 until 2006. In addition to working for CRC from 1986 to 1994, her career also included work as a Supervising Budget Analyst for the City of Detroit. Bettie holds a B.A. in Business Administration and English from LaGrange College and an M.B.A. from Wayne State University. She works out of CRC's Livonia Office.
Nicole Bradshaw, Research Associate
Nicole joined CRC in 2011. Prior to joining CRC, Nicole worked as a state and local government specialist in the Public Policy work group at Michigan State University Extension where she conducted nonpartisan research on a wide variety of topics including intergovernmental cooperation, local government consolidation, state transportation funding, performance measurement and benchmarking, and taxation.
Nicole has a bachelor of science degree in managerial economics from the University of California, Davis, and a master of science degree in agriculture, food, and resource economics from Michigan State University. She works out of CRC's Livonia Office.
Greta Reade, Development Coordinator
Greta joined CRC in 2006. She has over 15 years of project management experience in automotive product development, software development, and environmental investigation. Greta earned a B.A. in Geology from Albion College and became a certified Project Management Professional in 2005. She has been active in the Southfield public schools for over a decade, receiving the city-wide Nancy Widman Award in 2006. She works out of CRC's Livonia office.
Erika Arndt, Earhart Fellow
Erika received a B.S. in Public Administration from Grand Valley State University and is currently working on a Master of Public Administration degree at Oakland University. She works out of CRC's Livonia Office.
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