Learn How Clear Impact Suite and Results Based Accountability Are Helping Improve Student Outcomes
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Hear from education leadership in the government, philanthropic, and non-profits sectors as they share their stories and outline practical approaches for tracking, reporting, and using data for greater student success. In particular, technology that enables strategic planning, project tracking, multiple partner connection via data sharing in real time, and nesting data for organization, department, and regional reporting.
Presenting organizations:
- The Delta Health Alliance (DHA) was established nearly 25 years ago by the Delta Council and four public universities to address healthcare and education disparities in the Mississippi Delta. As Mississippi’s largest nonprofit with over 500 employees, DHA conducts research, delivers services, and provides education across 38 initiatives in 27 rural counties. Its programs—ranging from maternal care to literacy and workforce training—are developed in collaboration with over 50 partner organizations and focus on improving community well-being.
- Wayne County Community Schools supports the development of culturally responsive, trauma-informed Community Schools across Wayne County, New York, by fostering school-centered programs that extend into communities to help youth and families thrive. Using a flexible framework grounded in data, teamwork, and proven practices, they tailor solutions to meet the unique needs of each school and community.
- Partners for Rural Impact (PRI) is a national organization that drives equitable systems change to support rural youth through collaboration, capacity-building, and place-based initiatives like the Appalachian Cradle to Career Partnership. With national partnerships and targeted support, PRI empowers rural communities to improve education and upward mobility for all children.
- Clear Impact provides performance management software, training, and services to help public sector and nonprofit organizations measure program outcomes, track funding impact, and improve community well-being using the Results-Based Accountability™ (RBA) framework. As the exclusive certifying body and global license holder for RBA, Clear Impact supports data-driven decision-making through expert consulting and its Clear Impact Scorecard software.
Presenters
Dan Duncan
Senior Consultant, Clear Impact
As a Senior Consultant at Clear Impact and Education Lead, Dan brings a wealth of Results-Based Accountability (RBA), Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), and Collective Impact experience to Clear Impact clients across the country. He uses his experience to help clients and communities achieve even greater community-level outcomes.
After receiving a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Arizona State University, Dan started his professional career as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Community Food Bank and the Executive Director of Information and Referral Services, both in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to joining Clear Impact, he spent almost 30 years as a United Way leader.
Aparna Nandula
Chief Information Officer at Delta Health Alliance
Aparna Nandula is the Chief Information Officer at Delta Health Alliance, overseeing all technology operations. She optimizes software, drives organizational excellence, and leads IT system designs for DHA’s research initiatives.
With over eight years at DHA and prior experience, Aparna collaborates effectively with colleagues. Her background stems from (education in) geophysics, software development, manufacturing, health care, systems administration, data analytics, compliance, and regulations. Aparna excels in strategic accountability, partnership building, communication, and change leadership, showcasing her business acumen and results-driven approach.
Dr. Rebecca Tucker
Director of Data and Evaluation – Partners for Rural Impact (PRI)
With a decade-long tenure at Partners for Rural Impact (PRI), Dr. Rebecca Tucker’s experience provides vital context to her current role as the Director of Data and Evaluation. A strong proponent of Results Based Accountability (RBA), Dr. Tucker has successfully guided her team in implementing data-driven approaches to support and inform decision-making processes. She is currently completing Harvard’s Strategic Data Project and she is learning valuable skills that are helping guide the team’s next phase of work. Dr. Tucker lives in Lexington, Ky with her new baby girl, her husband, and their two dogs.
Ripley Hoffman, MSW
Community Schools Project Manager at Syracuse University, Member of the Wayne County Community Schools Evaluation Team
Ripley Hoffman is a Community Schools project manager at Syracuse University and a member of the Wayne County Community Schools Evaluation Team. With the evaluation team, Hoffman is working to develop a county-wide data and evaluation system to understand the effectiveness of the Community Schools model in Wayne County. Additionally, she supports the Central New York Community Schools Steering Committee. Hoffman sees the Community Schools model as a system level intervention to drive change in public education. She works to expand the body of research around the effectiveness of the model.
She earned a Master of Social Work from the University at Albany with a concentration in macro studies. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Binghamton University.
Ryan D. Heath, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Syracuse University, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Ryan Heath is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Syracuse University, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences. His research seeks to understand how organized activities during out-of-school time (OST) and community schools promote the healthy development of students from under-resourced backgrounds, students of color, and other historically marginalized youth.
As part of his community-engaged research, Heath collaborates with local school districts and agencies on initiatives that expand and improve community schools across central and western New York, including co-founding the CNY Community Schools Collaborative and the New York State Community Schools Thruway Coalition. He has hosted multiple conferences at Syracuse University, bringing research and best practices to OST and community schools practitioners from across New York State.
Heath earned a master’s degree in clinical social work and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Heath also received a pre-doctoral fellowship and graduate certificate in interdisciplinary education sciences through the University of Chicago Committee on Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. He completed his bachelor’s degree with honors at Brown University.