Reporting to the President & Chief Executive Officer, I lead the foundation’s research, evaluation, and learning agenda to demonstrate impact to the Board of Directors and drive change in the field. I secured a 5-year $5M grant from the CDC and direct an annual budget of $1.65M. I direct PH WINS, the only nationally representative survey of US state, territorial, and local government public health employees used by state and local governments and the CDC to make improvements in public health workforce development planning. I have also led projects unveiling a critical 80,000 FTE shortage in public health, launched the PH WINS survey internationally, and shaped workforce development policy. I am a recognized expert in the governmental public health workforce, with publications in leading journals such as the Center for Disease Controls (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series, Health Affairs, and the Annual Review of Public Health.

Developed a five-year strategic plan for the foundation and fostered a learning culture through after-action reviews. Led program evaluations to demonstrate impact, overseeing proposal processes, negotiating contracts and grants, and managing contractors and grantees to ensure successful project execution.

• Designed and managed multi-million-dollar mixed-methods research projects for the foundation’s performing arts, arts education, and education leadership portfolios• Led and facilitated strategic decision-making conversations that determined programmatic investment • Directly supervised teams of researchers and contractors to ensure Wallace-funded projects were substantively and financially on-track• Wrote requests for proposals for major research initiatives, managed the selection process, negotiated terms and conditions and scopes of work for contracts and grant agreements with selected teams • Managed all aspects of assigned grants including review and analysis of reports and budgets, course corrections, and preparation of analyses that explore strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities• Organized grantee convenings, including selecting of facilitators and content of the meetings• Oversaw a meta-analysis of market research regarding millennial’s attitudes towards the performing arts• Contributed to the design of communications strategies for foundation reports, including the creation of message maps and talking points• Presented at national conferences for practitioners and policymakers

Designed a three-year longitudinal study of developmental education students that included the creation and administration of surveys, focus groups, and individual interviewsFacilitated a study of instructional technology and managed three research assistantsTrained colleagues in qualitative methods, including how to conduct interviews and focus groupsDeveloped a policy brief profiling four states college readiness policies

Participated in strategic planning activities and grant writing to secure funding for related researchWrote multiple research papers and technical reports for diverse audiences, including site-specific formative evaluation reports with program implementation recommendations Contributed to research designs, site selections, and fieldwork data collection to address research questionsLed and conducted fieldwork at community colleges including course observations and stakeholder interviewsPresented research findings at conferences designed for practitioners, researchers, and policymakersCoordinated public relations events with policymakers and practitioners to disseminate project findingsFormulated a work plan and project management system to monitor tasks across National Center for Postsecondary Research partners Managed contracts with colleges and ensured timely payment to research sites

Researched and wrote a case study of South Carolina’s performance funding system for higher education, including conducting and analyzing phone-interviews with higher education policymakers for a study of higher education performance funding.

Managed and coordinated a federally-funded study that developed and tested the potential efficacy of a literacy intervention for developmental education students in three community colleges across the USCommunicated with site coordinators to ensure proper implementation of interventionAnalyzed data and co-authored various papers and presentations on intervention effectivenessSupervised and coordinated the work of research and office assistants

Courses: Critical Issues in Urban Public Policy and Practical Problems of Urban PoliticsCoordinated guest speakers, wrote lecture notes, redesigned course syllabi, and graded student work.

• Organized forums on Capitol Hill on salient youth policy issues, including a series on out-of-school time• Contributed to reports on dropout recovery and out-of-school time programs for older youth