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Jami Bodonyi,
MSW, Research Manager Coordinator |
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Kathy Brennan, MSW,
Research Coordinator |
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Kate Grossman, MS, MA,
Research Manager |
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Renee Lamberjack, BA,
Research Coordinator |
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Oma McLaughlin, MPH,
Research Coordinator |
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Carol Harper, Research
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Jami
Bodonyi, MSW, Research Manager
Jami Bodonyi is an evaluation project manager
at the University of Washington School of Social Work, Northwest
Institute for Children and Families. She is managing a six-year
evaluation of the Sound Families Initiative, an initiative
funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide
service-enriched transitional housing to homeless families.
Jami also oversees a multi-year evaluation of a HOPE VI public
housing revitalization effort in Tacoma, Washington. She has
a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Cornell University
(1990) and a Master's in Social Work from the University of
Washington (1996). Jami previously worked as the research analyst
for Families for Kids, a foster care system change initiative
with a focus on legally free children. She has also collaborated
with University of Washington faculty on a child neglect fatality
study as well as conducted various evaluation projects for
public and private child welfare agencies. Jami has presented
at several national conferences, including the American Evaluation
Association Annual Conference, the National Alliance to End
Homelessness Conference on Ending Family Homelessness, the
CWLA Conference on Research in Child Welfare, and the U.S.
Children’s Bureau Conference: Using Automation for Children
and Families.
Contact Information
E-mail: jamib@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-9105
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Kathy
Brennan, MSW: Research Coordinator
Kathy Brennan joined the Evaluation Services team
in 2001 and has supported evaluations related to foster care, homelessness, and
early childhood education. She brings to program evaluation a strong background
in collaboration and program administration. Ms. Brennan earned a Master's in
Social Work from the University of Washington (1995). As Director of Family Support
Centers at Lutheran Social Services, she led a county-wide partnership among
family centers to promote healthy development among children and families. Kathy
engaged community leaders and families to successfully launch both the South
Everett Neighborhood Center and Familias Unidas: Latino Resource Center. She
is able to employ evaluation methods relevant to the interests and needs of culturally
diverse participants, and aims to share data in ways that are useful to key stakeholders.
Contact Information
E-mail: kdb14@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-1631
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Kate Grossman,
MS, MA, Research Manager
Kate joined the NICF Evaluation Services team
in February of 2006. Kate comes to the Institute with over 15
years of experience in program development and administration
in human services, with particular emphasis on the development
of housing and services for youth who are homeless or in out
of home care. She brings a background in Counseling Psychology
and Public Policy Studies and a passion for community engagement
to her work. Kate is currently working on an evaluation of a
promising best practice model for foster care, the Mockingbird
Society Family Model; an evaluation supporting a collaborative
effort led by the Children’s Home Society to provide comprehensive
services to teen moms; and an evaluation of the YWCA’s
GirlsFirst Program, which aims to help young women of color as
they transition from middle school to high school to experience
academic success, self-esteem, and develop leadership skills
and career goals.
Contact Information:
E-mail: kateg3@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-7424
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Renee Lamberjack,
BA, Research Coordinator
Renee has been with the Institute since April
2005 and works in a support role on several evaluations including
the Sound Families Initiative and the Early Head Start-University
of Washington Partnership. Before coming to the Institute, Renee
worked as a Women's Advocate at a shelter for single women and
a Case Manager with transitional housing and eviciton prevention
programs in Seattle. Renee graduated from Miami University of
Ohio in 2001 with a Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary
Studies and a focus on social inequality in urban areas.
Contact Information:
E-mail: rlamber@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-8174
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Oma McLaughlin,
MPH, Research Coordinator
Oma joined Evaluation Services in 2006. She
supports evaluations of a training program for social workers
(CWTAP) and of Family Group Conferencing. Oma completed her Master's
in Public Health, with a focus on maternal and child health,
through UW's Community-Oriented Public Health Practice program.
Before coming to NICF, Oma worked on a King County project encouraging
community-level action to increase children's school readiness.
Contact Information:
E-mail: omam@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-9608
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Carol Harper, Research Manager
Contact Information:
E-mail: charper@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-7694
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