Evaluation & Research
Designing and leading mixed-methods research grounded in community partnership.
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Inspired by Eos and Iris—symbols of illumination and connection—our name reflects the way we work, bringing clarity to complex challenges and building bridges across communities, policy, and practice.
Eos & Iris Strategies helps organizations turn insight into action. We partner with community-based organizations, public agencies, and foundations to sharpen strategy, strengthen evaluation, and build capacity for lasting impact.
Services Offered
Health Care Transformation & State Policy
Supporting states and health systems through complex delivery and payment reform.
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Capacity Building & Technical Assistance
Building internal capacity for learning, planning, and continuous improvement.
Learn moreWe design and lead rigorous, community-centered evaluations and research studies that help organizations understand what’s working, for whom, and why. Our approach is grounded in community-engaged research principles — centering the voices, knowledge, and priorities of the communities most affected. We bring deep expertise in mixed methods, combining qualitative inquiry with quantitative and administrative data analysis to generate evidence that is both credible and actionable. Our work spans health care, policy, and professional settings.
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Evaluation
& Research
We support states, health systems, and payers navigating complex delivery system and payment reform. Grounded in implementation science, we help leaders decide what to implement and how — attending to context, barriers, governance, financing, and the conditions that enable sustainable change. We have deep experience in state-led reform initiatives, federal-state partnerships, and the policy and financial levers that drive system-level impact.
Expertise areas
Health Care Transformation & Policy
We build the internal capacity of organizations to sustain their own learning, planning, and improvement. Drawing on deep expertise in stakeholder engagement, community-based collaborations, and training, we offer hands-on technical assistance and strategic advising that strengthens organizations from the inside out.
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Capacity Building & Technical Assistance
About Me
I founded Eos & Iris Strategies on a simple belief: that rigorous research and thoughtful strategy, grounded in the communities they serve, can drive meaningful and lasting change. With more than two decades of experience leading complex, mixed-methods research and evaluation, I partner with public agencies, foundations, and community-based organizations to turn rigorous analysis into strategy they can act on.
My work spans health care delivery transformation, Medicaid and Medicare policy, value-based payment, and their intersection in behavioral health, primary care, and community and rural settings. I have led large-scale federal and state evaluations, including the CMS Innovation Center’s Vermont All-Payer ACO Model, the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model, the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program, and Vermont’s Medicaid 1115 Global Commitment to Health Waiver. Community-engaged research is at the heart of how I work: I partner with stakeholder committees, community advisory boards, health care and social service organizations, academic institutions, and people with lived experience to co-design and implement projects.
I have a PhD in social policy with a concentration in health services research from the Heller School at Brandeis University, where my commitment to applied, community-grounded scholarship first took root. My book, Breaking the Poverty Cycle, grew out of undergraduate research and a Rotary fellowship with a Mexican community-based organization — an early lesson in the power of co-created knowledge that has shaped my approach to collaboration. I am adjunct faculty at Northeastern University’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences and have also taught at Brandeis and Tufts. I remain deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of researchers and policy practitioners.
Eos & Iris Strategies is based in Cambridge, MA. I work with clients across New England and nationally, and I welcome conversations about research, evaluation, strategy, and partnership — wherever the work takes us.