Lynn Sohn

Lynn Sohn is an engagement and retention specialist at UR Medicine Thompson Health, where she supports workplace culture, employee engagement, retention, and leader partnerships to improve the employee experience. She was featured by the Aspen Institute as an employer panelist on Thompson Health’s participation in ALICE at Work and job-quality supports for working households.

Work Alone Leaves 42% of U.S. Households Below Survival Budgets

Stephanie Hoopes of United For ALICE said 42% of U.S. households were below the group’s conservative survival threshold in 2023, including many families above the federal poverty line but unable to cover basic costs. In a May 2026 discussion hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and United For ALICE, speakers argued that this makes hardship among working households a job-quality and affordability problem, not simply a poverty problem. They presented ALICE at Work as an employer-focused effort to use local data and peer cohorts to change the workplace practices that affect income, costs, stability, and advancement.

The Aspen InstituteMay 21, 202620 min read