Christy Olenik, MSW, PhD
Dr. Olenik is the founder of Partners in Evaluation & Planning and has been working with human service and health organizations for over 15 years. Starting out in direct service and moving to program management and evaluation, she has worked in a variety of service areas, such as, juvenile justice, child abuse prevention, homelessness, youth development, teen pregnancy, and job training and placement. Dr. Olenik's expertise includes process and outcome evaluation, focus groups, developing measurement tools, and writing research reports. Dr. Olenik has a Master of Social Work degree, and a Ph.D. in social work.

Kathleen Dowell, PhD
Dr. Dowell has over 15 years of experience in all phases of evaluation, including research design, data collection, data analysis, and report writing. Dr. Dowell's areas of interest include adolescent pregnancy prevention, sexuality education, substance abuse treatment, and child abuse and neglect prevention. Having worked in both the public and private sectors, Dr. Dowell brings a broad range of experience and expertise to her work in helping community-based organizations and government agencies increase their evaluation capabilities. Dr. Dowell has a Master of Arts degree in clinical psychology and a Ph.D. in policy sciences.

Consultants
When projects require, Partners in Evaluation & Planning turns to a well-qualified group of consultants who have expertise in evaluation, data collection, data analysis, or specific content/knowledge areas.