TCI Featured Evaluators

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Tashera Bolds

Syracuse University STEM Fellow

Ms. Bolds’ research interest is STEM education within the context of urban education settings.

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Marisa Castellano

Consultant, OCCRL, Transformative Change Initiative

Dr. Marisa Castellano joined the OCCRL evaluation team in 2014 and assisted in the evaluation of a multisite TAACCCT consortium grant.

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Jennifer Cleary

Senior Researcher at Heldrich Center for Workforce Development

Jennifer Cleary's current work is focused on understanding and improving the responsiveness of higher education to the emerging needs of the labor market and assisting policymakers and educators to build industry-focused workforce strategies.

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Mr. John Cosgrove holds an MA in Sociology and has more than 30 years of community college experience in database design, program/grant evaluation, institutional research, strategic planning, and student outcome assessment.

Ms. Margaret Cosgrove holds a MS in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis, has served as an adjunct professor for the University of Missouri-St. Louis , and has extensive grant management, data analysis, and evaluation experience. 

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Tara Donahue

Managing Evaluator, McREL International

Tara Donahue, Ph.D., conceptualizes, manages, and conducts research and evaluation projects on several different education-related programs.

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Heather Lewis-Charp

Senior Associate at Social Policy Research Associates (SPR)

Heather Lewis-Charp has an M.A. in Education from the University of California, and over 17 years of experience evaluating workforce and education programs.
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Derek V. Price

Principle Owner, DVP-PRAXIS, LTD.

Dr. Derek V. Price's firm specializes in mixed-method formative and summative evaluation services to inform implementation and measure impact. 

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Sandra Staklis

Senior Research Associate, RTI International’s division of Education and Workforce Development

Sandra Staklis, Ph.D., has expertise in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and survey design, and experience in the areas of secondary and postsecondary student outcomes, community colleges, workforce education and development, and program evaluation.

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Soko S. Starobin

Associate Professor, Director of the Office of Community College Research and Policy at Iowa State University

Soko S. Starobin’s research agenda focuses on gender issues in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields among community college students and Career and Technical Education (CTE) program research and evaluation.

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Sarah Stewart

Research Associate, Hezel Associates

Ms. Stewart’s primary focus is on STEM education-related projects, as well as workforce development program evaluation.

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Leah Woodke

President, Woodke 360

Dr. Woodke has almost 30 years of experience in education ranging from early childhood to higher education; 12 of those years were in Tribal higher education.