Kelleen Kaye Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Washington, Dc

 ~~Vice President of Research and Evaluation, 2016-present ~~Senior Director of Research, 2009-2016 ~~Director of Research, 2007-2009Power to Decide has recently rebranded and was formerly the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. During my tenure there I • Led the organization’s research portfolio. This included proposal development, strategic planning, oversight of project deliverables, budget and personnel, data analysis, and survey development. • Oversaw evaluation of various initiatives and advised on departmental performance metrics.• Translated research for multiple audiences, via publications, presentations and online data tools. • Served as liaison to research community. Created and co-managed advisory group of leading scholars across multiple disciplines. Reviewed manuscripts for academic journals. Served as panel member for Program Archive on Sexuality, Health, and Adolescence, as well as expert advisor on various steering committees. • Original research includes modeling costs, savings and return on investment in reproductive health initiatives, and multivariate analyses of community factors explaining geographic health disparities.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Project director and co-principal investigator for study assessing ties between parental engagement and adolescent wellbeing. • Co-principal investigator for study of options to augment measures of family formation and wellbeing in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Analyzed trends, risk factors, and outcomes related to unintended pregnancy and single parenthood.• Analyzed data and policies related to parental time use, stress, and family work-life balance.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Analyzed data informing policies related to TANF and other safety net programs. Modeled caseload dynamics, assessed program effectiveness, and analyzed population-level risk and protective factors.• Analyzed legislative and regulatory proposals and provided data in response to quick-turn-around requests from the HHS Secretary and Congress.• Project officer on 20+ externally awarded contracts, conceptualizing projects, managing award process and providing subsequent project oversight. • Served as ASPE’s technical advisor on interagency working groups that shaped federal data collection such as the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, the National Survey of Family Growth advisory group, and the Measuring Fatherhood initiative.

Washington, Dc

• Created predictive model to identify dislocated workers at risk of lengthy unemployment, based on worker characteristics and labor market conditions. Model became the prototype for Dept. of Labor program directing enhanced services to workers most likely to exhaust unemployment benefits.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Analyzed person- and program-level outcomes related to unemployment, income support, employment training, job creation, and worker absenteeism. • Efforts included multivariate analyses, creation of simulation models, survey development, literature reviews, and site visits. • Co-authored project reports for state governments, federal agencies and international development organizations, and presented results at numerous conferences.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Performed statistical analyses and data tracking in support of macroeconomic forecasts.• Proofed statistical results in the twice-annual Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.

Mpp, Public Policy

Bs, Economics, Mathematics