Registration begins 5/8/2015.

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Paul Elam, President, Public Policy Associates, Inc.

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Willard Walker, Senior Project Consultant, Public Policy Associates, Inc.

Nicole Robinson, Board President, ¡Milwaukee Evaluation! 

Speakers

Paul Elam, Ph.D., President of Public Policy Associates Inc. (PPA), is a skilled team builder, project manager, and researcher with expertise in corrections, child welfare, and justice issues. He is a collaborative leader who brings an abiding commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity to his public policy work. Dr. Elam believes that sound public policy analysis should include an examination of whether all people are being treated fairly and equitably.  He is an affiliated faculty member with the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment. Dr. Elam is currently assisting the U.S. Department of Justice to establish or enhance alternatives to incarceration that focus on reducing criminal behavior and enhancing public safety through Swift and Certain Sanctions (SAC) initiatives.  In this work he assists jurisdictions across the United States in developing and improving the fidelity of their programs to the SAC model. Dr. Elam is also working with the Governor’s Committee on Juvenile Justice, the Michigan Department of Human Services, the Michigan Supreme Court, and local jurisdictions to ensure that justice-involved youth are processed in compliance with the core requirements of the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Contact: pelam@publicpolicy.com

Willard K. Walker, Senior Project Consultant, has extensive experience working with workforce development, state policy, school-to-work, and race and diversity issues. He is a member of PPA's five-person leadership team, which sets strategic direction for the company. Mr. Walker has provided training on issues of inclusion, equity, and diversity for the Lansing Board of Water & Light; coordinated an Employer Conference on Workplace Diversity in the Lansing area; and assisted in a crime analysis evaluation for the Michigan Department of Human Services, Bureau of Juvenile Justice. He has worked with clients to improve recruitment and retention of African American teachers, including development of a coordinated recruitment planning process for urban districts.  He conducted research to address the plight of young males of color in a project initiated through the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Contact: wwalker@publicpolicy.com

Moderator

Nicole Robinson, Board President and Co-Founder of ¡Milwaukee Evaluation! Inc. has been an evaluator and capacity builder for 10 years and has worked in the nonprofit sector for 15 years. Ms. Robinson specializes in advocacy evaluation and the use of GIS in program planning. Ms. Robinson works with an incredible board made up of Wisconsin-based evaluators (Emily Connors, Laura Pinsoneault, Omoshalewa Bamkole, and Angela Fitzgerald) to further the mission of ¡Milwaukee Evaluation! Inc., the Wisconsin statewide American Evaluation Association (AEA) affiliate. ¡Milwaukee Evaluation! Inc. has three goals: to further the science and practice of evaluation, provide networking and skill building opportunities for evaluators, and establish a pipeline for evaluators of color and other underrepresented groups (e.g., LGBT, Spanish-speaking, rural, youth, non-college enrolled young adults). These webinars are offered as part of its field-building work to advance the field of evaluation. Contact: nicoleninarobinson@gmail.com