B5. Building the Data-use Capacity of Multi-Sector Grantees
Session Designer:
Marty Campbell, College Futures Foundation
Session Description
Multisector community collaboratives have become an effective approach for addressing many complex social problems, and grantmakers often play a role in convening or sponsoring these initiatives. While research data can be a powerful driver of collaborative strategy and actionable outcomes, participating organizations may lack the capacity to collect or utilize data, and data sharing may not occur due to practical, technical or other difficulties. In order to fully leverage collaborative potential, it is necessary to develop trust and build data-use capacity among stakeholders. Join us for a discussion about the opportunities and inherent tensions in the use of data when engaging multiple stakeholders in a community initiative. Through concrete examples, session participants will learn strategies to understand and support grantees’ capacity building in data inquiry, planning and use to support collaborative work.
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Session Designers
Marty Campbell, College Access Foundation of California
Speakers
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Amy Gerstein, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Stanford University Graduate School of Education
Speaker Biography
Amy Gerstein joined the Graduate School of Education as Executive Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities in 2009. In this capacity, she provides leadership and strategic direction for the Center’s community-based research and policy work. Gerstein is actively involved in fostering relationships between the university and youth-serving organizations to catalyze community change – close to home and in cities across the country. A skilled coalition-builder, she oversees a staff of researchers and policy analysts engaged in a program of rigorous research and capacity building that brings together and informs practitioners, policy makers, and youth advocates. Prior to arriving at the Gardner Center, Gerstein was Executive Director of the Noyce Foundation, and Executive Director of the Coalition of Essential Schools. She has been a consultant to foundations, educational organizations and nonprofits. She holds a PhD in Education from Stanford University and a BA from Brown University.
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Marty Campbell, College Futures Foundation
Speaker Biography
Marty brings over 30 years of experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Marty joined College Futures Foundation as Chief Learning Officer in 2013. In this capacity, Marty is responsible for the leadership and management of the Foundation’s evaluation, learning, and research functions and their application to strategy development and program operations. Prior to College Futures, Marty served as Executive Director of Resources Legacy Fund, which achieves the conservation goals of foundations and philanthropic individuals by leveraging the capabilities of a nonprofit and law firm. Marty also served for 14 years at The James Irvine Foundation in various capacities, including providing leadership in developing the Foundation’s strategies and overseeing its grantmaking and evaluation activities. Marty spent the first decade of her career managing development and relief efforts in Africa for CARE and Peace Corps. Marty holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University and a BA from Dartmouth College.