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Administration
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Leadership
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Jane Reisman, PhD
President
jreisman@organizationalresearch.com
As founder and president of ORS, Jane guides the company's strategic direction and promotes a client-focused, participatory and comfortable work environment. The former professor of Sociology has vast experience in the evaluation of human service, public health and community development programs, particularly in the areas of children and families, early childhood and the environment. In recent years, much of her focus has been evaluation of system initiatives and advocacy policy change. As a consultant, she facilitates the development of outcome-based strategic plans and evaluation systems for foundations, the public sector, non-profit organizations, and system initiatives or public private partnerships.
Jane also develops coaching and training materials in outcome-based planning and evaluation, including theory of change, logic models, evaluation designs, data collection systems and use of evaluation data for strengthening programs. She has earned a national reputation for her specialized expertise in the development of evaluation designs for measuring community and system level change, building capacity and evaluating advocacy and policy efforts.
Jane's clients appreciate her depth of experience in the field and the clarity and focus she lends to their ambitious efforts. Her approach to evaluation is participatory, emphasizing the use of evaluation as a management practice to strengthen programs and strategic directions. Rather than produce bound reports that collect dust on a shelf, Jane delivers evaluations, tools and data summaries that result in achievable best practices.
One of the primary authors of the publication "Outcomes for Success!" and "A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy," Jane earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Oregon and later was a faculty member at Ohio State University and Pacific Lutheran University. She was honored by colleagues in 2001, winning the "Best Sociological Practice Award" from the Society of Applied Sociologists.
Jane unwinds by practicing yoga. She is an enthusiastic traveler, whether basking in the tropical sun or soaking up history and culture in Italy, Greece, or Israel. Jane lives in Bellevue with her husband, son, their imposter golden retriever, and a fluffy little dog.
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Sarah Stachowiak, MPA
Vice President
sstachowiak@organizationalresearch.com
Sarah enjoys working closely with clients to design effective and meaningful evaluations for programs, organizations and initiatives. Clients appreciate her straightforward approach, organizational skills, and ability to make complex concepts concrete and understandable. Through the entire process, including theory of change and logic model development, data collection and reviewing results, Sarah works to help clients learn about and understand the process so they become empowered consumers of evaluation.
Sarah develops and implements systems to maintain high quality evaluation work, including considerations for data quality, protections of human subjects, and documentation of data collection and analysis processes. She serves as a resource to all evaluation projects and participates in strategic decisions for the company.
Sarah has a range of experience, working with clients serving diverse populations in areas such as early childhood, advocacy and policy change, community development, K-12 education/afterschool, and alcohol and other drug prevention. She values and uses both quantitative and qualitative approaches and works to develop data collection methods that are useful and practical. One of Sarah's strengths is creating products and reports that present information in ways to maximize the use of evaluation findings. Whether working as an external evaluator, a coach or a trainer, she enjoys learning about clients' contexts and needs and working with them to find approaches that will support program improvement, learning and, ultimately, results for the people and communities these organizations serve.
Sarah holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs. Prior to joining ORS, she was a Research Associate at the University of Washington's Center for the Study and Teaching of At-Risk Students, performing program evaluation and project management.
Sarah's travel bug has taken her around the world, with a recent seven month trip to 16 different countries. When grounded in Seattle, she enjoys reading, hiking, backpacking, camping, cooking and solving The New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. Sarah is guided by Gandhi's exhortation to "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
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