Experience

ITVS

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Research And Evaluation

  • ‏أبريل 2020 - - الحالي

  Lead the transformation of ITVS into a more strategic and data-driven organization. Work to amplify the power of documentary films to shift harmful narratives about complex topics and spark community-bridging conversations critical to our democracy.- Evaluate major organizational initiatives in collaboration with filmmakers, academic researchers,and nonprofits. Recent work focuses on criminal legal reform and anti-oppressive filmmaking practices.- Collaborate with other senior leaders on high-level strategic planning and workforce development. - Lead workshops and team scaffolding exercises to increase outcome-oriented and data-driven task planning and strategy refinement.- Co-lead effort to improve how the organization measures and identifies ways to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging among our staff, filmmaker, and audience communities.- Standardize and professionalize organization-wide data storage and analysis processes.



Mathematica

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director and Senior Researcher

  • ‏يوليو 2016 - 2020

  Led evaluations of health and social policy programs, including the largest program ever tested to improve primary care in the US. Used research to inform policy decisions and help state and federal agencies improve access to and quality of social services.- Led a team of seven managers with a total staff of more than 120 qualitative and quantitative researchers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds.- Managed annual program budgets ranging from $50,000 to $20,000,000.- Managed relationships with government agencies (communicated progress, negotiated changes to the scope of work, secured additional funding). Received the highest annual CPARS ratings of “exceptional” or “very good” in all categories.- Designed and simultaneously ran multiple research projects that drew on different data sources (surveys, interviews, focus groups, and secondary data).- Translated complex research findings into actionable memos and briefings to help policymakers use the results to improve their programs. Work resulted in Medicare making concrete changes to how they pay for primary care.- Led development of an organization-wide mentoring program.



Mathematica

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • 2012 - 2016

• Research Analyst

  • 2009 - 2012



University of Michigan School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Project Manager and Research Assistant

  • 2007 - 2009

  -Managed financial and logistical operations for the evaluation of a quality improvement intervention aimed at increasing appropriate utilization of services in rural Tanzanian health clinics. -Conducted site visits to rural Tanzanian clinics to perform quality assurance checks of local data collection efforts, maintained the project database, and contributed to analysis. -Collaborated in questionnaire and sample frame development for a survey to determine the health needs and preferences of Liberian citizens. -Drafted grants for program evaluation.



Nemours Health and Prevention Services

• Program and Policy Analyst

  • ‏مايو 2008 - ‏يوليو 2008

  - Reviewed literature and recommended new evidence-based programs aimed at preventing obesity and promoting emotional health in children. - Helped to quantify the social benefits gained through the organization’s programs and policies. - Wrote program and policy briefs. - Presented work to senior managers and external audiences. - Reviewed literature and recommended new evidence-based programs aimed at preventing obesity and promoting emotional health in children. - Helped to quantify the social benefits gained through the organization’s programs and policies. - Wrote program and policy briefs. - Presented work to senior managers and external audiences.



University of Georgia

• Research Fellow

  • 2004 - 2007

  - Conducted and analyzed interviews to assess the social and emotional issues facing pediatric transplant patients. - Assisted in the creation and testing of a parent-directed intervention that increases appropriate referrals for children with psychological concerns, such as depression and anxiety. - Created program materials, including handouts, for a course aimed at teaching caregivers to effectively communicate with maltreated children about emotional experiences. Assisted in developing a system to code parent-child interactions to evaluation the program.