I help state agencies, foundations, and community coalitions answer the evaluation questions their decisions actually depend on — across health equity, traffic safety, behavioral health, and place-based initiatives.
Member · American Evaluation Association · Providence, RITrained in public health and community systems, he has led evaluations across multi-site, multi-stakeholder programs — from place-based health equity initiatives to statewide safety and behavioral health efforts. He helps government agencies and community organizations understand what works, for whom, and why.
He works across quantitative and qualitative methods: survey design, administrative data analysis, focus groups, stakeholder interviews. Typical engagements involve state and federally funded initiatives in health equity, traffic safety, injury prevention, behavioral health, and community development — with a focus on social determinants of health and place-based approaches that center resident voice. Member of the American Evaluation Association and the Evaluation Network of Rhode Island.
Three commitments shape every engagement.
Utilization-focused. Named primary users, theory of change, and intended use are fixed in writing before design begins. If the named user can’t tell me which decision the report will inform, we redesign the question before we collect data.
Participatory. The people closest to the program help shape the questions and interpret the findings — but participation is scoped, not symbolic. Every engagement names which decisions are co-owned with community partners and which are mine to make.
Equity-centered. Three questions ride every design: who benefits, who is missing from the data, whose voice shapes the narrative. They appear in the evaluation plan, not the appendix.
If the named user can’t tell me which decision the report will inform, we redesign the question before we collect data.
All of this sits on the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation. Agencies and funders get something they can act on: what is working, where it breaks down, what to try next.
Formative, process, and outcome evaluations for state and federally funded programs. Logic models, theory of change, evaluation plan design.
Logic models · Theory of change · CDC FrameworkSurveys, interviews, focus groups, and administrative data review. Quantitative and qualitative analysis and reporting.
Survey design · Qualitative coding · Admin dataEvaluation briefs, dashboards, and presentations for funders, leadership, and program staff. Formatted for the decisions each audience faces.
Federal reporting · Briefs · DashboardsEvaluation design for Health Equity Zone initiatives, community health assessments, and place-based programs addressing social determinants of health.
HEZ · SDOH · Community health · Place-basedReadiness assessments, data infrastructure guidance, and technical assistance for organizations building evaluation capacity.
Readiness · TA · Evaluation cultureLed evaluation across a coalition focused on housing stability, workforce development, and resident engagement. Designed data collection systems, facilitated cross-site learning sessions, delivered quarterly reports to federal and local funders.
Led change management evaluation for a pediatric healthcare system's ERP rollout. Developed readiness assessments, tracked adoption KPIs across finance, research, and supply chain, produced stakeholder communications and training reports.
Best fit: federally or state-funded evaluation contracts, place-based or multi-stakeholder programs, engagements where a named decision-maker can describe what the report needs to change.
Available for project-based and contract engagements. Email is best. I respond within one business day.
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