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We want to shine a light (hopefully, even a ray of sunshine) on the information needed to make Insightful observations to drive improvement.

Meet the PIE (Chart) Makers

Our staff has a blend of skills, backgrounds, and expertise that help us ensure that no matter what the project or content area is, we’re able to find a balanced approach to evaluating it.

Mindy Anderson-Knott, President

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What's your favorite thing about your career?
Working with people to help them collect and use data in ways that lead to positive impacts and ultimately improve lives. I realize that some are less comfortable with data, but I am in my “happy place” when I can help people understand the context within which they are operating so they can make data-driven decisions that lead to better outcomes.
What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
I want programs to succeed, so I view my role as an evaluator to be a critical friend who has the best interests of the program at heart and will push the program to achieve its goals. I provide unique insight by reviewing data from a different lens and a critique as a friend who wants the program to succeed. Three words that best describe me are positive, flexible, and social.
What led you to this career?
As a first-generation college student coming from a small high school, I was naïve about the social sciences. My undergraduate advisor sparked my passion for wanting to study people, and my research assistantship in graduate school initiated my love for applied research. I then spent several years directing survey research and evaluation efforts at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It was during this time that I realized evaluation was the key to combining my experience in survey research with my love for using data in an applied setting, so to further my education in the area I earned a Certificate in Evaluation Practice from George Washington University.

Liz Gebhart-Morgan, Vice President

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What's your favorite thing about your career?
Bringing a full story together. I love putting together the final product, whether that’s a report or presentation, and helping people understand the big picture of whatever program or process we were evaluating. The collaboration and lightbulb moments that come throughout the whole process are incredibly bucket-filling for me.
What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
Listening. I love being able to listen to all the different perspectives and the creativity that goes into making it one comprehensive story. And Excel. I proudly drink coffee out of my “I heart spreadsheets” mug! Probably because the three words that best describe me are INFJ, type A, and organized.
What led you to this career?
I’d originally gone to graduate school because I wanted to run a nonprofit one day (I graduated with a Masters in Public Affairs and Masters of Public Health). Within my first semester, I fell in love with research and how data could be used to improve processes and programs. Evaluation brought me the best of both worlds.

Cole Boyle, Evaluator

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What's your favorite thing about your career?
I enjoy working with others to help make sense of complex data so that programs can uncover insights that lead to data-driven decision making, program improvements, and desired outcomes.
What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
Flexibility and listening. No two programs or processes are exactly alike, so it’s vital to be able to listen, understand the “big picture” context, and adapt the evaluation plan to fit the needs of the program or process being evaluated as well as the needs of those who are implementing the program or process. Three words that best describe me are thoughtful, analytical, and relator.
What led you to this career?
I initially wanted to pursue a career in medicine or become a public health practitioner, but after I took my first research methodology course as an undergrad, I realized that I had a strong passion for research and data. During my capstone project for my Masters of Public Health (MPH), I evaluated a sexually transmitted infection education project and recognized the value that evaluation can bring to a program.

Joyce Schmeeckle

What's your favorite thing about your career?
I have had so many opportunities to engage with organizations and leaders who are passionate about their mission and the possibility of improving the lives of those they serve. Evaluation has been a contributing factor in making an impact on individuals and communities.
What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
Using evaluation processes and results to help organizations increase their program effectiveness: ultimately leading to a better world. Three words that best describe me are experienced, curious, relationship-oriented.
What led you to this career?
The enthusiasm I felt during my Evaluation graduate class when I first discovered there was a profession that used research methodology in the real world.
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