Services

Selected Work

A few examples of the kinds of problems I help solve. Details shared with permission; more case studies available on request.

College AccessGovernanceResearch & Evaluation
Evaluation · Data Systems · Strategy

Statewide Research and Evaluation for a Community College Network

Challenge

A statewide program serving students across California's community colleges needed research, evaluation, and data systems to show impact and guide decisions.

What I Did

  • Built and lead a statewide research and evaluation function
  • Designed mixed-methods studies, surveys, and focus groups
  • Developed data systems and dashboards for ongoing learning

Result

Ongoing evidence on student outcomes that informs programming, reporting, and funder conversations.

Board Governance · Leadership Transition

Community Land Trust Governance — Growing a Young Nonprofit

Challenge

The Sacramento Community Land Trust needed to grow from a volunteer-led board into an organization with staff, reserves, and capacity to deliver.

What I Did

  • Served as Board Chair
  • Led the search and hiring of the organization's founding Executive Director
  • Guided budget planning and reserve growth

Result

A larger operating budget, stronger reserves, and a founding Executive Director in place — transforming a volunteer-led board into a capable, staffed organization.

College Access · Implementation · Data Systems

Regional College-Guidance Rollout — 27 Schools, 80%+ Educator Adoption

Challenge

Schools across Greater Sacramento needed to adopt the California College Guidance Initiative's statewide college and career planning platform — and new tools often go unused.

What I Did

  • Led implementation across 27 schools
  • Trained and supported counselors and educators on day-to-day use
  • Tracked adoption and used the data to target follow-up support

Result

More than 80% of educators adopted the platform, putting college and career planning data in front of the people advising students.

27

Schools

80%+

Adoption Rate

Writings & presentations

Publications & reports

  • Transforming Land and Home Ownership: Emergent Strategy and Community Cultural Wealth in Developing Community Land Trusts — Dr. Ahmed Ayman Naguib, Ed.D. dissertation, University of the Pacific (2024). Read it
  • Parables of Umoja: Seeding Radical Futures — Contributing author, book chapter (2026)
  • Umoja at a Glance — Co-author, statewide program report (2025)
  • First-Generation Student Dropout Report — College Track (2020)

Selected presentations

  • "Belonging as the Bridge: Validating Umoja's Theory of Change" — Strengthening Student Success Conference, The RP Group (2026)
  • "Assessing and Supporting Student Equity Programs" — Post-conference workshop, The RP Group (2025)
  • "The Umoja Village Effect: Building Belonging and Success for Black Male Students" — A2MEND Conference (2024)
  • "Umoja: Fostering Educational Abolitionists and Co-Conspirators" — A2MEND Conference (2024)
  • "The Impact of Umoja: Statewide Evaluation Findings" — Umoja Conference XX (2024)
  • "Leveraging Collegiate Partnerships with College Access and Completion Programs to Improve Student Outcomes" — NASPA Western Regional Conference (2018)
  • "Driving Student Matriculation and Success Through Identifying Best Fit College Attributes in the Admissions Process" — NASPA Western Regional Conference (2018)
  • "Pathways to College Success after AmeriCorps" — AmeriCorps College Fair (2017)

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