Metis Associates: Leadership Team. About Us. Stanley Schneider.
President/CEO and Senior Research Scientist. Stan Schneider has broad experience in applied research and evaluation in the areas of educational and youth programs, comprehensive community initiatives, child welfare, and anti- poverty initiatives. His professional interests include designing and managing large research projects, fostering organizational self- evaluation, and building the capacity of communities to collect and interpret data.
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A proud product of the New York City public schools and the City University of New York, Stan is a former public school teacher and school district director of research and evaluation. He conducted his graduate work in educational psychology at New York University and began working with Metis Associates in 1. Peter Jenkins Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. A certified public accountant, Peter Jenkins has particular expertise in financial and cost accounting and reporting.
He possesses wide knowledge of computer systems to support processing and fiscal operations and has considerable experience in corporate governance, strategic and business planning, and internal auditing. Marilyn Zlotnik. Vice President, Development and Communications. Marilyn Zlotnik directs Metis's marketing, business development, and communications activities. She has extensive experience in program planning and implementation, competitive grants development, and training and technical assistance. Since coming to Metis in 1. Marilyn has led successful efforts that have secured more than $2. Metis clients, including school districts, institutions of higher education, state education departments, and community- based organizations.
Susanne Harnett. Managing Senior Associate, Research and Evaluation. Susanne Harnett has more than 1. Since joining Metis in 1. Susanne has been the principal researcher on the evaluation of several large- scale educational initiatives in New York City and other urban school districts around the country. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology from the University of Virginia. Robert Harrington. Managing Senior Associate,Information Technology.
Robert Harrington leads projects in evaluation, research, information- systems development, and strategic planning for education, workforce development, and community development. A highly skilled developer of analytical databases, Bob also oversees information- system support provided to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Family- to- Family Initiative and leads evaluation work for Living Cities: the National Community Development Initiative. Bob earned a master's of business administration degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Donna Tapper. Managing Senior Associate, Research and Evaluation. Donna Tapper has extensive experience in the formative and summative evaluation of human services and educational programs, and has worked as an applied researcher in the public and nonprofit sectors. Her interests include case studies, survey research, and policy evaluation.
Since joining Metis in 1. Donna's work has included evaluations of collaborative, youth- development, and school- to- career programs. She holds a master's degree in Latin American studies from the University of Wisconsin and has done graduate work in political science. Donna Wilkens. Managing Senior Associate, Research and Evaluation. Adding value to Metis's projects since 1.
Donna Wilkens has more than twenty years of experience in research, evaluation, policy analysis, program planning, and development. Specializing in the field of education, her work has concentrated on early childhood education, family literacy, charter schools, magnet schools, class- size- reduction initiatives, and teacher professional development. Since relocating in 1. Metis's Atlanta office, Ms.
Wilkens has broadened her work in human services to include the study of comprehensive community initiatives, providing evaluation technical assistance to 1. Metis's work for the Georgia Family Connection Partnership. He brings more than 2. Manuel applies a community- ecology systems approach to his work.
His interests include comprehensive community improvement, dropout prevention, leadership development, youth development, early childhood education, and organizational development. He holds a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Temple University. Frances L. Schorr. Senior Research Scientist. Frances Schorr has more than 2. Her interests include program development, self- evaluation, and capacity building to help communities collect, interpret, and use data to improve outcomes for children and families. Since joining Metis in 1.