Name: Andrew J. Adelmann
Areas of Expertise: charter schools, education reform, evaluation of programs
in K-12 schools, school improvement
Organization: Designs for Learning
Address: 2233 University Ave W. #450, St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone/Fax:
651-255-8830
651-645-0240 Email: aadelmann@designlearn.net
Name: Tom Bartholomay, Evaluation and Research Specialist
Areas of
Expertise: Process, implementation, outcome, and impact evaluation;
development of program theories (logic models) and evaluation planning;
organizational network analysis. Organization: University of Minnesota Extension
Address: 448 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-626-2162
Email: Barth020@umn.edu
Name: Melissa
Boeke, Manager of Epidemiology and Assessment Services
Areas of
Expertise: Epidemiology, needs assessment, public health program evaluation
Organization:
Minnesota Institute of Public Health
Address: 2720
Hwy 10 NE, Mounds View, MN 55112
Phone: 763-427-5310/
763-427-7841
Email: mboeke@miph.org
Name: Steve
Boland
Organization:
Hamline University Master of Nonprofit Management
Address: 556
Selby Avenue, St. Paul
Phone: 651-356-8896
Email: steve@steveboland.com
Name: Chi-Keung
(Alex) Chan, Ph.D., President
Areas of
Expertise: Strategic Evaluation Planning, Mixed-Methods Evaluation, Formative
and Summative Uses of Value-Added, Cultural Relevance, Empowerment and Equity,
School Improvement, Survey Design & Implementation, & Multivariate
Statistics
Organization:
A Data-Driven Consulting Group
Address: 930
Trenton Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441
Phone/Fax: 612-227-1231
Email:alex.chan@datadrivenconsultinggroup.com
Name: Scott Chazdon
Areas of Expertise: Extension evaluation; community development outcomes;
qualitative research; mixed method designs; human services evaluation
Organization: University of Minnesota Extension
Address: 466 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave St. Paul, MN 55108-6068
Phone/Fax:
612-624-0982
Name: Barry Cohen
Areas of Expertise: evaluation capacity building; needs/capacity assessments;
participatory evaluation; outcome assessment; logic models and theories of
change; process evaluation and process use; mixed method evaluation;
qualitative and quantitative methods
Organization: Rainbow Research
Address: 621 West Lake Street #300 Minneapolis, MN 55408-2653
Phone/Fax: 612-824-0724/612-824-0429
Name:
Sarah Cohn, Evaluation
and Research Manager Organization:
Science Museum of Minnesota\ Address:
120 Kellogg Boulevard West, Saint
Paul, MN 55102 Phone/Fax: 651-249-7862
Email:
sarah@sarahcohn.com
Name:
Whitney Donigan, Curriculum Evaluation Data Manager Areas of
expertise: Medical Education Data Managemen Organization:
Medical School University of Minnesota
Address: MMC
293, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN
55455 Phone: 612-626-4281 Email: doni0005@umn.edu
Name: Danielle Dryke
Areas of Expertise: International health and development programs, local
community-based health programs, corrections, education. Mixed-method,
culturally competent designs.
Organization: The Improve Group
Address: 1385 Mendota Heights Rd., Suite 200B Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Phone/Fax: 877-467-7847 ext.
19/612-656-1731
Name: Heidi Gegax
Areas of Expertise: Youth development, education, non-formal learning.
Group facilitation, focus groups and consensus workshops.
Organization: Gegax Evaluation and Consulting
Address: 4805
Zenith Ave S., Minneapolis, MN
Phone/Fax: 612-382-7169 Email:heidigegax@me.com
Name: Leah Goldstein Moses, President/CEO
Areas of Expertise: large, multi-site studies, community engagement,
communications
Organization: The Improve Group
Address: 1385 Mendota Heights Rd., Suite 200B Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Phone/Fax: 877-467-7847 ext. 11/612-656-1731
Email: leah@theimprovegroup.com
Name: Leah
Hakkola (Graduate Student, Research Assistant)
Areas of
Expertise: Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods
Address: 3212 Fremont Avenue South, #203 Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone: 763.229.9129
Email: hakk0004@umn.edu
Name: Jody Hauer
Organization: Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor
Address: Rm 140, Centennial Office Bldg., 658 Cedar St. St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone/Fax: 651-296-8501/651-296-4712
Name: Mollie Illes
Areas of Expertise: Qualitative methods, early childhood education,
interest in racial/cultural differences
Organization: PhD Student, U of MN
Address: 7026 Oliver Ave S, Richfield, MN 55423
Phone: 612-227-8864
Email: cern0001@umn.edu
Name: Murdoch Johnson
Areas of Expertise: quantitative research; program theory; evaluation design
consulting
Organization: UpFront Organization Development Consulting
Address: 9752 380th St. St. Joseph, MN 56374
Phone/Fax:
320-255-9657 320-255-9657
Name: Pam Larson Nippolt, Program Leader Areas of Expertise: youth, families,
organizations, consultation Organization:
University of Minnesota Extension Address: McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak Street, Suite
270 B, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone/Fax: 612-624-8445/ 612-624-6905
Email: nippolt@umn.edu
Name: Kelly
Lehr, Senior Program Evaluator
Areas of
Expertise: Process and outcome evaluation; survey design; quantitative and
qualitative analysis; internal controls; fraud auditing; research and public
policy evaluation including evaluation of health, human services, educational
and government organizations and programs to address and end long-term
homelessness
Organization:
Ramsey County Community Human Services
Address: 160 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: 612-236-6841
Email: kalehr@gmail.com
Name:
Alison Link, Instructional Technology Fellow
Areas of Expertise: foreign language (German, French, Turkish), educational
technology
Organization:
U of MN, College of Education + Human Development
Email:
linkx109@umn.edu
Name: Jill M. Lipski Cain, Research Analyst
Areas of Expertise: general program evaluation; sexual violence prevention
education; social justice
Organization: The Improve Group
Address: 1385 Mendota Heights Rd., Suite 200B Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Phone/Fax: 877-467-7847 ext. 15/612-656-1731 Email: jill@theimprovegroup.com
Name: Michael
Luxenberg, President
Organization: Professional Data Analysts, Inc.
Address: 219 Main Street SE, Suite
302 Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone/Fax: 612-623-9110/ 612-623-8807
Email/Website: Michael@pdastats.com
Name: Gale Mason-Chagil
Areas of Expertise: evaluation design, draft findings, qualitative data
Organization: Cultural Inquiry Consulting: Research and Evaluation
Address: 1957 Roselawn Ave. W. Roseville, MN 55113
Phone/Fax:
651-645-5840 651-645-5840
Name: Deborah Mattila, Research and Evaluation
Director
Areas of Expertise: Education/Youth program evaluation, Arts evaluation
Organization: The Improve Group
Address: 1385 Mendota Heights Rd., Suite 200B Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Phone/Fax:
877-467-7847 x12 / 612-656-1731 Email: deborahm@theimprovegroup.com
Name: Diane
L. Morehouse, President
Areas of Expertise: Foundations, nonprofits, human services
programs
Organization: QED
Address: E2149 350th Avenue
Phone/Fax: 715-664-8872/ 715-664-8919
Email: qed@wwt.net Website: www.qedeval.com
Name: Susan Murphy, Outreach and Development
Coordinator
Areas of Expertise: Reporting, procurement, marketing, branding, assistance on
all aspects of evaluation projects.
Organization: The Improve Group
Address: 1385 Mendota Heights Rd., Suite 200B Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Phone/Fax: 877-467-7847 ext. 16/612-656-1731
Email: susanm@theimprovegroup.com
Name: Garth Osborn, Consultant
Areas of
Expertise: Utilization-focused M&E in international and cross-cultural
settings, focusing on primary health care and reproductive health, humanitarian
and long-term development programming. Qualitative and quantitative data
collection, analysis & reporting. Training and capacity building.
Address: 4104 Bryant Avenue South,
Apartment A
Phone: 612-876-5395
Email: GarthWorks@gmail.com
Name: Gayra Ostgaard, Survey Associate
Areas of Expertise: Qualitative methods, Participatory
Evaluation, Evaluation Design, Survey Design, Museum Based Evaluation, Visitor
Studies, Youth Program Evaluation
Organization: Science
Museum of MN
Address: 488 Wabasha Street North
Unit 308, St. Paul, MN
Phone/Fax: 651-303-6397
Email/Website: gostgaardg0@smm.com
Name:
Michael Patton
Areas of Expertise: Utilization-focused and Developmental evaluation
Organization: Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Address: 740
Mississippi River Blvd S, Apt 21E, St. Paul, MN 55116
Phone/Fax: 651-690-3254
Email:
mqpatton@prodigy.net
Name: Kirby
Pitman
Areas of
Expertise: Housing and education policy research
Address: 1779 Girard Ave. S.
Phone: 612-200-8075
Email: Kirbypitman@me.com
Name: Elizabeth Radel Freeman, Research and
Evaluation Director
Areas of Expertise:
Process and Outcome Evaluation; Instrument
Design; Logic Model Development; Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis; Needs
Assessment; Evaluation of Health, Human Services, and Educational Programs;
Mixed-method, culturally competent designs.
Organization: The Improve Group
Address: 1385 Mendota Heights Rd., Suite 200B Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Phone/Fax: 877-467-7847 ext.
17/612-656-1731
Email:
lizf@theimprovegroup.com
Name: Mia Robillos
Areas of Expertise: Evaluation of culturally-specific programs; qualitative and
quantitative methods; evaluation training and technical assistance
Organization: Rainbow Research
Address: 621 West Lake Street #300 Minneapolis, MN 55408-2653
Phone/Fax: 612-824-0724/612-824-0429
Name: Denise
Roseland, Senior Director for Planning & Evaluation
Areas of
Expertise: education evaluation, public health evaluation, multi-site
evaluation
Organization:
Minnesota State Colleges
& Universities
Address: 4845 Chicago Avenue
Phone: 612.298.2076
Email: rose0613@umn.edu
Name: Georgia Rowland, Senior Director of
Internal Operations
Areas of Expertise: Youth Programs, Homeless, Supportive Housing, Supervised
Visitation, Quality Assurance, Program Design and Management
Organization:Perspectives, Inc.
Address: 3381 Gorham Ave, St Louis Park, MN 55426
Phone/Fax:952-926-2600/952-926-9395 Email: growland@perspectives-family.org
Name: Dean Schieve, Principal Partner Areas of Expertise: Research and Evaluation Organization:DMD Consulting Address: 1274 S. 36th St. Phone/Fax: 701-746-8535/701-746-8535 Email: dmdds@gra.midco.net
Name: Francis J. Schweigert, Ph.D. Organization: College of Management, Metropolitan State University Address: 1501 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 Phone/Fax: 612-659-7296 612-659-7296
Name:
Patricia Seppanen, Independent
Evaluation Consultant Areas of Expertise: Evaluating complex
adaptive systems; using data in continuous improvement processes; have done
work in educational & youth serving systems, determinants of health,
healthy eating; willing to take on smaller projects or join larger evaluation
teams
Address:
4414 Oxbow Circle S.; Afton, MN
55001
Phone/Fax: 651-998-1782 Email:
designsepp@aol.com
Name: Sarah Sevcik Organization: MPH Program at the University of Minnesota Address: 3833 Grand Ave. So. #4 Minneapolis, MN 55409 Phone/Fax: 651-334-9424 651-334-9424
Name: Rebecca Stewart Areas of Expertise: Higher education; corrections; school safety; educational support programs; economic and community development . Mixed-method, culturally competent designs. Organization: The Improve Group Address: 1385 Mendota Heights Rd., Suite 200B Mendota Heights, MN 55120 Phone/Fax: 877-467-7847 877-467-7847 ext. 13/612-656-1731
Name:
Barbara Stone, Doctoral
Student
Areas of Expertise: refugees, homelessness, nonprofit admin., qualitative
research
Organization:
University of Minnesota Email:
stone526x@gmail.com
Name: Christa Treichel Areas of Expertise: Parent education and support; educational evaluation; positive youth development; evaluation of arts-related programming Organization: Cooperative Ventures Address: 1277 Dayton Ave St. Paul, MN 55104 Phone/Fax: 651-642-9067/651-645-6767
Name: Dianne Tuff Areas of Expertise: Organization development; focus groups, interviews, case studies; schools, chemical dependency, collaborative efforts Organization: UpFront Organization Development Consulting Address: 9752 380th St. St. Joseph, MN 56374 Phone/Fax: 320-255-9657 320-255-9657
Name:
Jane Vanderpoel, Management Analyst
Organization:
Dakota County - Office of Planning
and Analysis
Address:
1590 Highway 55, Hastings, MN 55033 Phone/Fax: 651.438.4423 Email:
jane.vanderpoel@co.dakota.mn.us
Name: Paul
Vliem
Areas of
Expertise: International Evaluation, Survey Design
Address: 1015
29th Avenue SE, Apt. A, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: 612-708-6353 Email: paul.vliem@gmail.com
Name: Ben Winchester, Research Fellow Areas of Expertise:Rural demographics, economics, leadership, data analysis and civic engagement. Organization: University of Minnesota, Extension Center for Community Vitality Address: 847 Maylott Avenue, Hancock MN 56244 Phone/Fax: 320-589-5033 Email: benw@umn.edu
Name: Eric Wong Areas of Expertise: Statewide health and human services; community-based health programs; long-term care; economic impact; systems change. Mixed-method, culturally competent designs. Organization: The Improve Group Address: 1385 Mendota Heights Rd., Suite 200B Mendota Heights, MN 55120 Phone/Fax: 877-467-7847 877-467-7847 ext. 10//612-656-1731
Name: Diana
Yefanova, MESI Intern
Areas of
Expertise: education/curriculum
evaluation, international development education, higher education teaching,
leadership education
Organization: MESI Address: 2285 University Ave. W., Apt. 160,
St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: (651)
645-1535 Email: yefan001@umn.edu
Name: Reid
A. Zimmerman, PhD, CFRE
Areas of
Expertise: Nonprofit program evaluation and logic models. Whole organization
performance measurement and management.
Participatory and utilization focused.
Balanced Scorecard. Change
Theory. Qualitative and Mixed Methodologies. Total Quality and Baldrige Assessments
Organization:
RAZimmerman Consulting
Address: 4629 550th Street, Pine City, MN 55063
Phone: Office:
320-358-3583 Cell: 651-295-7892
Email: reidazimmerman@gmail.com
