Amanda Thomson Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Arlington, Va

Assists on projects in JBA’s Child Welfare and Child and Family Development Practice Areas: Deputy Project Director on the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Building Evidence Technical Assistance project, providing individualized and group TA to two cohorts of nonprofit organizations guided by the Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII) Approach. Survey Administrator and CapTrack Coordinator for the Children's Bureau's Cross-Center Evaluation of the Capacity Building Collaborative, conducting interviews with federal and state stakeholders, programmed and monitored more than 10 distinct surveys, distributing and tracking responses for more than 2,000 surveys. Leads JBA’s Evidence Building Technical Workgroup.

Arlington, Va

Assisting in ongoing Evaluation projects in the area of Child Welfare.

Alexandria, Va

Research Project Management, Survey Creation and Administration, Data Collection and Analysis, Reporting and Original Research.

Alexandria, Va

Evaluation Business Development, Evaluation Design, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Reporting and Original Research.

Arlington, Virginia

Master of Public PolicyEmphasis in Public Policy Methodology

Arlington, Va

Managed guest reservations including reservation creation, cancellation, and payment processing. Office management including filing, ordering supplies, answering phones and memo creation. Training of new employees including software training, reservation creation, and customer service.

Facilitates student tutorial groups through Socratic style questioning.Grades student participation, note taking, and organizational skills.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois; Collected and sorted all relevant materials from donors and legacy councils. Created and executed an organizational system for the preservation and use of archival materials. Identified and preserved archival quality documents, photographs, and uniforms.

Wrote assignments, study guides, rubrics and edited syllabi. Researched articles for classes and professor’s research projects. Performed a study of student citation accuracy.

Assisted new international students in acclimating to life on campus, including assisting with moving, shopping, and registering for classes, bank accounts, and cell phones. Processed, entered and filed forms for study abroad programs while maintaining confidentiality.

Performed clerical office duties including mass mailings, bill payments, and customer service. Recorded meeting minutes for official projects.

Master Of Public Policy, Public Policy Methodologies

Study Abroad, Brussels Studied the Euro crisis including the history of the European Union and creation of the Euro. Developed.

Bachelor Of Liberal Arts, Political Science

Study Abroad, Vietnam Studied political history through literature, as well as current business and political challenges. Developed.