Dana Minney has seven years experience as a data leader conducting program evaluation in education and the non-profit sector, and ten years as a consultant using coaching and project management tools to work with individual clients and teams. Dana brings a passion for enabling positive change for all students, caregivers, organizations, and communities by applying and sharing tools to identify and measure developmental goals. She continuously advocates for equity-focused change and was awarded a More Just World scholarship for her doctoral study on equity-focused, data-informed decision-making at St. Edward’s University. Earning a master’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a Program Evaluation concentration initiated the transition into K12 education where she currently applies research methods, insights, and analysis to inform and report on district improvement efforts. Since then she has earned a doctorate in Organizational Change and Leadership in Higher Education. Other career highlights include a multi-year field study on social and emotional learning in after school care that resulted in two publications: one in the Journal of Youth Development, and one in a graduate level textbook, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Assessment in After-School Care: How Accessible Evaluation Can Lead to Widespread Quality. Additional publications and knowledge products may be viewed by clicking on Portfolio.