ALTA Solutions Group, LLC | Measurement and assessment

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Hello and Welcome!

This webpage summarizes 25 years of my professional experience.

You should first know I am passionate about teaching and learning and serving vulnerable populations. My career and service commitments reflect these core values.

It is also important for me to understand systems from multiple perspectives. I have been on the front lines of both making big new ideas come to life as an external evaluator and grant writer, and experiencing some of the intended impacts as a public school teacher.

I am also a stakeholder investor. I have collaborated with impact-oriented leaders ranging from internationally recognized experts to local school boards to teachers and students. For example, I have both worked directly with US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and overseen millions of competitively funded dollars, and also nagged freshmen about submitting their late Biology assignments. Equally important for learning systems. Equally engaging for me.

How Can I Help You?

Independent consultant offering a third-party perspective and original contributions that benefit common goals. Select client and partner organizations are featured below.
Lead external evaluator of multi-year initiatives totaling over $100M. Partner evaluator on much more.
Lead grant writer of funded projects totaling approximately $20M. Funders include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), US Department of Education (USDOE), National Science Foundation (NSF), Health Resource & Service Administration (HRSA), and others. Collaborator on over 100 grant proposals totaling well over $200M.
Reviewer of reports and funding proposals for NSF, USDOE, state Departments of Education, and others.
Value-add reporting to funders, federal agencies, stakeholders, project leaders, and peer scientists. 16 published papers.
Program development, management, and assessment with emphasis on outcomes that benefit learning across the lifespan.
Expert in all phases of ethical social science research involving small and large datasets.
Perspective on teaching and learning that bridges experimentation with the human experience, informed by visits and/or teaching in more than 400 public and higher education classrooms across 10 states including the NYC, Washington, DC, and Miami public schools, as well as 6 classrooms of my own.
Certified to teach Biology 7-12 in both NY (permanent) and WI. I have taught science in public and alternative high schools and received exceptional performance reviews.
2 Master's Degrees in Education including one from Cornell University. BS in Business Administration.
5 years of leadership on a nonprofit Board of Directors including Board Chair and Board Committee Chairs for an expanding regional behavioral health network in NY with a $10M operating budget.
Over 20 years of dedicated volunteer service to groups that benefit vulnerable populations.
- Four years working with the international volunteer engagement and training team at American Red Cross headquarters to design, monitor, and assess engagement strategies for volunteers worldwide.
- Six seasons of mowing the lawn and other volunteer hours at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Marshfield, WI.