CV

Experience & Credentials

A straightforward look at my professional background. For the fuller story, see About and Approach.

Professional Experience

Co-founderSep 2015 – Present
The Open Canopy · Thousand Oaks, CA

Co-lead an evaluation, research, and learning practice supporting organizations to generate actionable evidence, strengthen learning systems, and use reflection and assessment to improve programs and inform strategic decisions.

Program EvaluatorSep 2014 – May 2018
Claremont Evaluation Center · Claremont, CA

Led and supported evaluation initiatives across sectors, partnering with organizations to develop evaluation strategies, theories of change, logic models, data collection systems, and analysis plans.

Director, Student Services & Program DevelopmentSep 2009 – Jan 2013
Government of Saskatchewan · Saskatchewan, Canada

Provided strategic leadership for health education programming, organizational development, and program improvement, including a ministry-wide organizational assessment that led to a new structure adopted by senior leadership.

Intergovernmental OfficerMay 2008 – Aug 2009
Canadian Intergovernmental Relations, Government of Saskatchewan

Provided strategic policy analysis and advice to the Premier, Ministers, and other ministries on complex intergovernmental issues and emerging policy priorities.

Executive Assistant to the Deputy MinisterMay 2006 – Oct 2008
Advanced Education, Employment & Labor, Government of Saskatchewan

Served as a senior advisor and key liaison to the Deputy Minister, working across the Ministry to advance executive priorities and coordinate policy, legislative, budget, and organizational matters.

Education

PhD, Evaluation & Applied Research Methods2022
Claremont Graduate University
MA, Psychology2018
Claremont Graduate University
MPA, Public Policy2009
University of Regina

Publications

  • Evaluation from Both Sides Now: Towards an Epistemology of Evaluation Practice
    CGU Theses & Dissertations · 2022
  • Planting the Seeds for High-Quality Program Evaluation in Public Health
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2021
  • Learning and Growing through Evaluation: Asthma Program Evaluation Guide
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2021
  • The Manifestations of Politics in Evaluation: An Exploratory Study Across the Evaluation Process
    Evaluation and Program Planning · 2021
  • Evaluative Thinking in Practice: The National Asthma Control Program
    New Directions for Evaluation · 2018

Professional Affiliations

  • American Evaluation Association (AEA)2015–Present
  • AEA Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building TIG, Member-at-Large2026–Present
  • International Association of Facilitators2024–Present

Skills

Evaluation Design Mixed-Methods Research Facilitation Capacity Strengthening Organizational Learning Measurement & Feedback Systems Partner Engagement Qualitative Analysis Quantitative Analysis Policy Analysis Project Leadership Coaching & Training Design Data Visualization

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