Julie Bershadsky

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Applied Research

Email: bers0017@umn.edu

Phone: +1 612-626-7322

Address: Institute on Community Integration, 1-337 MIDB, 2025 East River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55414

Julie Bershadsky has more than a decade of professional experience in the design of research and analysis of demonstration projects of national significance, with expertise in supporting organizations to analyze, improve, and monitor the delivery and outcomes of services and supports for people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities. At the Institute on Community Integration, she directs the Community Living and Employment program area and co-direct the Research and Training Center on Community Living. Prior to joining ICI, she served as the senior director, lead methodologist and analyst for the National Core Indicators–Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD) program, a multi-state, multi-partner collaboration that measures performance of publicly-funded programs for older adults and adults with disabilities across participating states, as well as lead methodologist and analyst for the National Core Indicators (NCI) program. Julie earned a bachelor’s degree in statistics and a doctorate in health services and research policy at the University of Minnesota.

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