I bring twenty years experience as a researcher, internal evaluator, evaluation director, and project manager. I’ve held several leadership positions at organizations such as Boston Children’s Hospital, the YMCA of Greater Boston, the Making Caring Common project, and the City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs.
In these roles, I crafted evaluation strategy, designed and managed evaluations, led research and program teams, built data management systems, facilitated change processes, and developed research communications.
I have a deep understanding of how programs and organizations operate across the nonprofit sector. I also know firsthand how challenging it can be to integrate evaluation and data into service delivery, operations, and organizational culture.
I bring twenty years experience as a researcher, internal evaluator, evaluation director, and project manager. I’ve held several leadership positions at organizations such as Boston Children’s Hospital, the YMCA of Greater Boston, the Making Caring Common project, and the City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs.
In these roles, I crafted evaluation strategy, designed and managed evaluations, managed program and research teams, built data management systems, facilitated change processes, and developed research communications.
I have a deep understanding of how programs and organizations operate across the nonprofit sector. I also know firsthand how challenging it can be to integrate evaluation and data into service delivery, operations, and organizational culture.
Through my experiences as an educator and a psychologist, I know how to guide and facilitate a learning process.
Early in my career, I worked in schools, out of school time and early childhood programs, and the juvenile justice system. Then, I was a counselor in the Boston Public Schools for nearly a decade.
I’ve taught courses in program evaluation and research methods at Boston College, Harvard University, Smith College, and Tufts University. I also served as Guest Faculty in Evaluation at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice.
Currently, I am Adjunct Faculty in Organizational Leadership and Psychology at the William James College Center for Behavioral Health, Equity, and Leadership in Schools, where I teach a variety of courses and workshops for educators about student mental health.
I have always been fascinated by how people make meaning of the world.
My undergraduate studies were in anthropology at Haverford College. I earned an Ed.M. and Ed.D. in human development and psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
I completed a research fellowship in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. I have written a number of articles, reports, and essays. Click here for a list of selected publications.
I’m left-handed. I love summer. It brings me great joy to wander around cities, visit public libraries, and cook new recipes.
I’ve served on the board of several organizations, including, most recently, the Cambridge Community Center.
I grew up in New York City and now live with my family in Massachusetts, on the traditional territory of the Massachusett and Pawtucket Nations [For more information about Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages, learn from Native-Lands.ca.]
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