Project Management

ROBIN KANE

Principal

RK Evaluation & Strategies, LLC

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abpmgl@r.postjobfree.com

www.rkevaluation.com

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

More than twenty years of experience in program planning, evaluation, project management, policy

advocacy, and strategic communications in the public service sector

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Program Planning & Facilitation

Led evaluation planning processes for nonprofit and public agency clients identified intended

outcomes, indicators, key audiences, strategies, activities, outputs, and data collection methods

Clients include the National Park Service, the Family Project of the Human Rights Campaign,

the D.C. Office of Partnerships and Grants Services, and American Inns of Court

Facilitated program planning consultations with nonprofit staff members, boards of directors, and

advisory councils, delivering multi-year work plans, action memos, and comprehensive meetings notes

Clients include the All Children All Families Initiative, the Health Equality Index, and the

W elcoming Schools Program of the Human Rights Campaign

Program Monitoring & Evaluation

Conducted all phases of comprehensive process and outcome evaluations for foundation, government,

and nonprofit clients created logic models, evaluation plans, and data collection tools (including

surveys, interview protocols, and focus groups guides); conducted interviews, site visits, surveys, and

focus groups with multiple stakeholders; and analyzed and wrote evaluation reports featuring key

findings, conclusions, and recommendations

Clients include the National Park Service, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners,

REALITY Israel Experience, Centers for Disease Control, and the Intellectual Property Rights

Attach Program and Global IP Academy of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Evaluation Teaching, Training, & Technical Assistance

Led multiple training sessions in all aspects of program evaluation, including webinars on advocacy

evaluation, half-day sessions on outcomes and results, and multi-day trainings covering evaluation

planning to data analysis

Clients include the Congressional Hunger Center, the Missouri Foundation for Health, Echoing

Green Foundation

Co-taught a graduate course in program evaluation at The George Washington University

Project Management

Led multiple client accounts as an independent consultant, at an evaluation consulting firm, and at two

public relations firms, managing budgets, work product, and relations with clients

Managed an organizational development process through Innovation Network with the Annie E. Casey

Foundation to implement results-based accountability into all aspects of the foundation s work

Launched an advocacy evaluation project at Innovation Network funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies to

identify evaluation frameworks for nonprofits and foundations that invest in public policy advocacy

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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & TRAININGS

Presenter: Introduction to Advocacy Evaluation; Making Media Tracking Meaningful; and Coalition Building

and Grassroots Mobilization Mapping Connections and Action. Online training webinars delivered to

grantees and partners of the Missouri Foundation for Health, July August 2011

Trainer: Monitoring and Evaluation Overview. Half-day interactive training for fellows of the Mickey Leland

International Hunger Program of the Congressional Hunger C enter, Washington, DC, July 2011

Presenter: REALITY Israel Experience Impact Study. Webinar presentation of evaluation findings for

Repair the World, March 2011.

Moderator and panelist: The Advocacy Framework: An Evaluation Model for Public Policy Campaigns.

Presented at the American Evaluation Association annual conference, Toronto, October 2005.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Principal & Founder RK Evaluation & Strategies, LLC, Washington, DC

Independent Consultant Clients: AFSCME, American Inns of Court, D.C. Office of Partnerships and

(2006-Present) Grants Services, Human Rights Campaign, Missouri Foundation for Health

(through Tanya Beer), National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners,

National Park Service and U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (through the

Federal Consulting Group), Schusterman Family Foundation (through

Successlinks, LLC)

Adjunct Professor The George Washington University, School for Public Policy & Public

(Spring 2006; Spring 2007) Administration, Washington, DC

Senior Associate Innovation Network, Inc., Washington, DC

(2004-2005) Clients: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, Dyson

Foundation, Echoing Green Foundation

Research Associate The George Washington University, Department of Public Administration

(2002-2003) W ashington, DC

Clients: US Department of Transportation, General Services Administration

Senior Account Executive Fenton Communications, W ashington, DC

(2001-2002)

Advocacy/Policy Director Family Pride Coalition, W ashington, DC

(1999-2001)

Media Director Consumers Union of the U.S., Inc., W est Coast Regional Office,

(1996-1999) San Francisco, CA

Media Director National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington DC

Public Information Manager

(1990-1995)

EDUCATION

Master of Public Administration, concentration in Nonprofit Management, 2003

The George Washington University, School of Business and Public Management, Washington, DC

Honor Graduate; Initiated into Pi Alpha Alpha, national honor society for public affairs & administration

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, Foreign Service & International Politics, 1987

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Semester study abroad, 1985, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan

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