Daniel
Sturm is Director of Research and Impact Analysis at the United Way of Central Maryland.
From 2010-19, he served as a Research, Evaluation and Resource Manager atMigration and Refugee Services, United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops (from 2010-18), where he has overseen federal,
private and nonprofit programs, in addition to managing the USCCB’s
national volunteer and capacity building initiative,
The Parishes Organized to
Welcome Refugees (POWR)
program.From 2007-10 he
was a Managing Editor and National Trainer for
RefugeeWorks
(re-branded as “Higher
Advantage”), the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement’s National Center
for Refugee Employment and Self-Sufficiency.
Mr.
Sturm is a published author, who has worked as a journalism professor
and full-time reporter for regional and national media in the U.S. and
in Germany. He editsthe newRefugee Research
Blog that aggregates research findings on issues
relevant to resettlement practitioners, including employment, language,
housing, children, health, public assistance, social capital, volunteer
and community support. An archive of his articles can be found
at
www.sturmstories.com . Mr. Sturm holds a Master’s degree in
Literature, Linguistics and Anthropology from the University of
Tübingen. He is an alumnus of a Distinguished Journalism School in
Munich, Germany.