Maryann Waugh MEd, principal, brings two decades of cross-industry experience in applied program evaluation, grant writing, analytics, reporting, and data visualization. She has led grant/contract proposals for over $2B in award; successfully procuring funding through state Medicaid contracts including Regional Accountable Entity, Behavioral Health Organization, and No Wrong Door, federal grants including SAMHSA, DHHS, DOJ, OJJDP, DOE, as well as other state and foundation level opportunities.

• Research and Evaluation Strategic Leadership – Design, Implementation Oversight, and Personnel/Budget Management• Grants and Contracts Proposal Development and Acquisition (Over $2B in Award)• Product Development – High Quality, Informative, and Easy to Read Reports Describing Research Results in Context of Relevant Policy, Literature Base, Organizational Value, and Ongoing Enterprise Needs• Rapid Analysis and Synthesis of Technical Information• Thought Leadership in Applying Evidence Base and Research Findings to Social Science and Healthcare Policy and Practice

Non-profit social sciences research institute specializing in research and evaluation in applied behavioral health, education, and criminal justice settings.

Oversee the Check, Connect and Expect program implementation in two distant WashingtonStateSchool Districts and support project goals and objectives throughout three implementation districts. Conduct real-time web-based data analysis to determine functionality of students' problem behaviors.Statistical analysis of multivariate, multi-site study data. Ensure implementation fidelity through training, data collection, informal observations, and facilitation of communication onsite and with UWBRC staff.Train and assist data collectors in bi-annual assessment of students. Conduct classroom behavioral observations.Report and journal writing for publication and national presentation.

Statistical and evaluation support for internal Division objectives as well as outside research groups and legislators. Production of monthly and yearly statistical reports describing DYC population trends.Preparation of fiscal impact statements in response to proposed legislation.Evaluation of Division programs and services especially those dealing with the mental health and the gender-responsive needs of youth involved in DYC.Authorship of legislatively mandated reports describing the annual progress of the Division.Completion and interpretation of data analysis to advise the executive management team on program evaluation, budget and resource requests, and Division, Department and Legislative mandates. Development and maintenance of Division of Youth Corrections website to share information with outside agencies, and to enhance collaboration within the Division through easy access to data and related juvenile justice content. Data and Analysis SkillsExperienced in the management of large and small data sets. Expertise in the appropriate application and interpretation of multivariate statistical models.Trained in appropriate quantitative analysis from simple correlations and t-tests to more complex analyses such as MANOVA, PCA, survival analysis, linear and hierarchical regression, and other predictive models. Advanced use of MS Office programs including Access, Excel, Exchange, PowerPoint and Word, SPSS Statistics and Modeler (for data mining and predictive analysis), and HLM. Experience with Crystal Reports