Donna Owens

195 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 | (617) 513-3825 | donnacharlesowens@gmail.com
Works in: Massachusetts

Last updated:
Monday, Apr 18, 2022

Evaluation Research consultant, specializing in process and outcomes evaluation, performance management, and organizational development. Evaluation background includes youth development, gender-specific and arts-integrated prevention programming, community-based participatory action research, and mixed-methods evaluation. Core Faculty in the Graduate School of Arts & Social Sciences at Lesley University. Experience teaching cultural competency, ethics, creativity, psychopathology, research and evaluation, and graduate thesis seminars. Approach to consultancy is reflective of the culture and context of the organization, program, participants, and community; based on a process of deep listening; and, begins with learning about your organization, your programs, and your needs.

Areas of Expertise:

Board assessment, structure, training, performance

Evaluation training, Organizational evaluation, Program evaluation

Succession / transition planning

Diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), Employee / supervisory training, Leadership training and development, Performance management, Team building

Managing change, Meeting facilitation, Strategic planning

Data management

Deep expertise in these issue areas: Mental Health, Social Services / Human Services, Youth Development

Past Clients:

  • Organization: Roxbury Presbyterian Church Social Impact Center
    Description of services provided: Implementation and outcomes evaluation; Grant writing and reporting, prospect research
    Year services provided: 2016-current
  • Organization: Center for Culturally Fluent Leadership
    Description of services provided: Evaluation consultation, data analysis, survey development, and process review
    Year services provided: 2017-2018
  • Organization: Fostering Racial Justice
    Description of services provided: Survey creation
    Year services provided: 2017
  • Organization: Resilient Sisterhood Project
    Description of services provided: Online ticketing set-up; Constant Contact set-up; Maintenance of contact lists; Design Save the Date and Sponsorship form; Survey development and data analysis
    Year services provided: 2016-2018
  • Organization: Yamba Market & Boutique
    Description of services provided: Leadership Team Development
    Year services provided: 2021-current
  • Organization: South End Soccer
    Description of services provided: Program evaluation consultation; Survey Review
    Year services provided: 2021
  • Organization: UsTOO International
    Description of services provided: Formative Evaluation consultation
    Year services provided: 2020


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