Executive Committee
Min Ma, President Min has led research and evaluation projects in the social sector for more than 15 years - from evaluating community health coalitions in the United States to designing child labor prevention programs in East Africa. Min practices culturally responsive and equitable evaluation and draws from a broad range of evaluation, social science, and human-centered design methods. She is a data and tech nerd, loves dabbling in information design, and is an aspiring polyglot. Min received her MA at Tufts University and her BA at Haverford College. |
Patrick Kinner, Vice President Patrick has been a program evaluator for more than 12 years and currently works as an external consultant. He works on evaluation and needs assessment projects in public health, community health, healthcare systems, education, and behavioral health and substance use across the country. The thread connecting all of his work is the desire to elevate community voices, building evaluation capacity through participatory engagement, and using mixed methods data to enhance the services that improve people's lives. Before joining GBEN, Patrick was one of the founders of the Vermont Evaluation Network. He also worked as a licensed mental health professional for many years before becoming an evaluator. |
Noe Medina, Clerk Noe J. Medina has worked in the field of education for more than 30 years. He established Education Policy Research (www.eprconsulting.net) in 1986 as an independent consulting firm to provide evaluation services to school districts, charter schools, higher education institutions, museums, non-profit organizations, and state agencies. He has designed and facilitated collaborative, culturally-responsive evaluations of projects designed to improve student achievement, reduce at-risk behaviors among adolescents and youth, promote health and wellness among students, address skill and learning needs of school staff, increase use of computers and telecommunications in the school, and restructure the operation of schools. These projects have generally focused on the needs of communities of color and other at-risk and underserved populations. |
Sylvia Pu, Treasurer Sylvia Pu's work centers on measuring and improving school-to-career pathways through research, evaluation, and coaching. She specializes in gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing interview and survey data, and creating succinct reports to facilitate meaning-making. She has worked with underserved student populations including international students, English-as-second-language professionals in the tech industry, healthcare professionals, the Indigenous communities in New Mexico, and communities disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system, and on topics broadly related to advancing minority students through equitable school to career pathways. |
Kelly Washburn, Programming Co-Chair Kelly Washburn is the Sr. Director of Strategy and Impact at MassHire Metro North Workforce Board (MNWB). After being a full-time evaluator prior to MassHire, she now leads a team that oversees the organization's data, labor market information, communications, and programs focused on entrepreneurship and digital equity. She leverages her skills in data skills to track and communicate the impact of MNWB in regards to their strategic plan. Kelly received her B.S. in Health Sciences from the University of Central Florida and her Master’s of Public Health from Northeastern University. |
Dana Benjamin-Allen, Programming Co-Chair Dana’s personal and professional life is rooted in service, with youth development as its hallmark. Since serving as an AmeriCorps member in 2005, she has been profoundly impacted by the power, possibility, and potential of bringing people together to solve complex challenges. |
Sarah Faude, DEI Chair Sarah Faude joined YW Boston in July 2019 to serve as Director of Research and Evaluation, where she supports four programs (FYRE, InclusionBoston, LeadBoston, and UncoverBoston) to effectively measure and communicate their impact. She also supports YW Boston in equitable data collection, management, and dissemination practices. She came to this work with over a decade of research, writing, and teaching experience at the intersection of institutions and racial inequality, particularly in education. Her research has been published in the journals Educational Policy and Sociology of Education, and featured in Chalkbeat and the Boston Globe. |
Daniel Parmer, Membership Co-Chair Daniel is the Director, Research and Evaluation at Combined Jewish Philanthropies. In his role, Daniel helps develop clear and measurable outcomes to assess the impact of CJP’s grantmaking strategies and investments and leads in the design and implementation of several large-scale evaluations around mental health and anti-poverty initiatives. Daniel has nearly 20 years of experience in survey research and evaluation including program evaluation, needs assessment, and demographic studies. Daniel received his PhD in Social Policy and Management from the Heller School at Brandeis University |
Rucha Londhe, DEI Co-chair Dr. Rucha Londhe is a strategic storyteller, equity expert, researcher, and public communicator with over 18 years of experience leading transformative evaluations across health, education, and global development. Her expertise spans trauma-informed systems design, proposal strategy, community-rooted evaluations, and cross-sector partnerships. Rucha is passionate about data and stories that don’t just inform—but transform. With a doctoral degree in Human Development and Family Studies from UConn, Rucha's work lives at the intersection of narrative, impact, and inclusion. |
Elaine Tsao, Membership committee co-chair Elaine joined the National Council for Mental Wellbeing in 2022, where she manages and leads various research and evaluation initiatives, including for Mental Health First Aid. She has experience in program development, implementation, management, and evaluation in the fields of youth development, education, community health, mental health, and public health in both Hong Kong and the United States. Elaine is particularly passionate about addressing issues using innovative programming, data-informed decision-making, and systems approaches. She holds a BA from Scripps College and an MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. |
