Indiana Evaluation Association - 21st CCLC Evaluation

21st Century Community Learning Centers Evaluators

The following IEA members are interested in partnering with 21st CCLCs. Community partners are encouraged to contact evaluators directly to discuss partnering with them on the proposals.

If you are an IEA Member and would like to be included in this list, please share info on this form or email indianaevaluation@gmail.com.

Evaluator Information shared in 2024

Name	Organization	Contact Info	Location	Bio/Description
Kate Bathon Shufeldt	Thrive Nonprofit Solutions	www.thrivenonprofitsolutions.com 317-653-5757 thrivenonprofitsolutions@gmail.com	Indianapolis, but serves statewide	Kate Bathon Shufeldt is the founder of Thrive Nonprofit Solutions. She founded Thrive after working in nonprofit, for-profit, and governmental agencies in Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, and Arkansas. She has extensive experience in program planning and evaluation and has worked with 21st CCLCs since 2011. She currently works with 21st CCLCs and REACH grantees as a local evaluator under both cohort 10 and 11. In addition to evaluation services, she also assists with the grant proposals and provides technical assistance throughout the year. She has proved to be a successful fundraiser and grant writer, having helped obtain over $10 million in grants for clients.
Jennifer Bellville, Doug Berry, Drew Buttrum, Sam Crecelius, Heather Davis, Dan Diehl, & Amanda Vote	Diehl Consulting Group	www.diehlconsultinggroup.com 317-588-6070 sam@diehlgrp.com	Evansville & Indianapolis	Diehl Consulting Group (DCG) was founded in 1998 and officially incorporated in 2004. DCG has expanded to include four senior consultants, two consultants, one assistant consultant, one data analyst, and several field consultants with varying expertise. DCG supports decision making in businesses, non-profits, community organizations, and education through the collection, use, and dissemination of data. DCG has over 20 years of experience providing evaluation and consultation services in OST settings, including state and local evaluations. DCG has served as Indiana’s state evaluator for 21st CCLC since 2018 and REACH since 2022. DCG currently provides local evaluation services to over 85 21st CCLC sites in Indiana. The typical 21st CCLC evaluation provides a mix of process and outcome evaluation: onsite observations, surveys, analyses of academic and behavior data, and technical assistance and support. Through local evaluation work, DCG supports clients in completing their IN-QPSA and uses the Indiana Afterschool Standards to structure program observations and inform recommendations and support. DCG staff have served on the IDOE 21st CCLC Advisory Council and 21st CCLC Evaluators Advisory Group; provided recommendations for the development of the IN-QPSA, 21st CCLC high school program evaluation guidelines, and 21st CCLC reporting requirements; and participated in the 2012 IN-QPSA pilot. DCG staff are current members of the Indiana Out-of-School Time Advisory Board, Indiana 21st CCLC Stakeholders group, and Indiana Afterschool Network. DCG staff include a former 21st CCLC Project Director responsible for the management of four state and federal 21st CCLC grants and a former 21st CCLC assistant program director/site coordinator responsible for the administration of programming at two state-funded 21st CCLC programs.
Mindy Hightower King & Danielle Sovinski	Limelight Analytics, LLC	www.limelightanalytics.com 812-325-0317 mindy@limelightanalytics.com	Bloomington & Indianapolis	Limelight Analytics, LLC has provided local evaluation services to more than 85 Out-of-School Time (OST) program sites over the past 25 years. The Limelight team has supported 21st CCLC grantees, recipients of Indiana's REACH grant (201-2024), and an array of youth-serving non-profit organizations that provide STEM, SEL, asset-based enrichment, and academic support programming. Our team has experience in in youth development, education, public health, and workforce development. The Limelight team has also managed statewide evaluation projects in Indiana and Kentucky, and has provided performance measurement support for USDOE and several state education agencies.
Karla Reichert	Reflect & Envision Consulting LLC	https://reflect-envision.com/ 314-302-6227 KDR@reflect-envision.com	St. Louis	With over 10 years of evaluation experience, Karla Reichert has been challenging systems through program evaluations, organizational structure reviews, and the development of continuous improvement plans. Karla has conducted evaluations at the federal, county, and community levels in the fields of education, health, social services, and human resources. Her strength lies in elevating the varied perspectives of different stakeholder groups, shedding light on their interconnected experience.
Catherine Bous	Catherine Bous Consulting LLC	cbous29@gmail.com	Cleveland	Catherine Bous is a seasoned Strategy and Evaluation Professional with over 8 years of impactful experience in the social impact sector. Catherine works with small nonprofits to implement evaluation strategies and program improvements using data-driven insights. Catherine's expertise extends to project management, mixed-method research, and client relationship management. She has presented at conferences like the Nonprofit Technology Conferences and contributed to publications on data-driven strategies for racial equity in grantmaking. Beyond her professional endeavors, Catherine actively engages in civic responsibilities as a Board Member for the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, as an Associate Board Member for America Scores Cleveland, an Alumni Board Member at the Mandel School, and as a coach for Soccer Shots Cleveland. Catherine is also an Adjunct Professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, where she received her Masters in Social Work in 2015.
Dr. Jamie Garwood	Garwood Consulting	260.414.6378 jlgarwood@gmail.com	Fort Wayne	Dr. Garwood is an experienced evaluator of both schools and non-profit programs, including serving as an evaluator for the 21st Century Learning Center after school program and a trained evaluator for Cognia, a school accrediting agency. She also has more than 15 years of experience working in the non-profit sector developing and evaluating social service programs, with special expertise in youth programming, literacy and college readiness. Jamie is an experienced researcher, earning a Doctorate in Education Leadership by conducting a mixed methods study of Indiana’s K-12 voucher program. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs, both focusing on education and social welfare research and policy.
Jennifer Borland, Julia Li and Claire Quimby	Rockman et al Cooperative	www.rockman.com jennifer@rockman.com 812-369-8692	Bloomington and serving statewide	Since 1990, Rockman et al Cooperative (REA) has been an independent evaluation, research, and consulting firm that specializes in studies of educational programs in formal and informal settings. Jennifer Borland, the Director of Research programs at Rockman et al Cooperative, also serves as the President of the Indiana Evaluation Association. Since joining the company in 1998, she has evaluated numerous educational programs in formal and informal settings, with notable clients including PBS KIDS, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Microsoft Partners in Learning and many notable museums and media producers around the country. Jennifer and her colleagues have served as evaluators on grants funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Indiana Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, IMLS, and NASA. She is the former editor of the newsletter of the Indiana Educator's Technology Center, and previously worked with the Center for Excellence in Education at Indiana University before coming to Rockman et al in the late 90s. Together with her colleagues, Claire and Julia, the team at Rockman is dedicated to meeting its clients' needs in the most efficient and least obtrusive ways possible and we pride ourselves on being flexibility so that evaluation is a ultimately a great benefit to a project and not a painpoint.

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