P/PV President Nadya Shmavonian received the 2011 Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award from Wharton Women in Business, a professional organization at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. The group cited her extraordinary history of professional excellence, commitment to service, and firm position as a role model to women in business. For more information, click here.
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Nadya K. Shmavonian, President
Ms. Shmavonian has extensive executive management experience, as well as expertise in strategic planning and organizational development for foundations and nonprofits, and has worked in both health policy and humanitarian relief.
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Amy Arbreton, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Arbreton's expertise encompasses youth development, mentoring and after-school initiatives. Her statewide and national evaluations are known for blending qualitative and quantitative methods, achieving a nuanced look at programs' effectiveness.
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W. Wilson Goode Sr., Senior Fellow
Dr. Goode was the first elected African-American Mayor of Philadelphia; today he is the force behind P/PV's Amachi mentoring children of prisoners initiative. He was recently awarded the $100,000 Purpose Prize given by Civic Ventures to exceptional individuals over age 60 in recognition of this work.
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Carla Herrera, Ph.D., Senior Policy Researcher
Dr. Herrera is a sought-after expert in the field of mentoring. Her body of work includes includes rigorous random assignment and other national studies related to community-based, school-based and group mentoring.
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Sheila Maguire, Senior Vice President, Program Effectiveness
Ms. Maguire has broad expertise in workforce development and adult education initiatives, including the community college system, and job-training, welfare-to-work and sectoral employment programs.
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Wendy McClanahan, Senior Vice President, Research and Evaluation
Ms. McClanahan's expertise focuses on juvenile justice, youth violence, prisoner reentry and mentoring for high-risk youth. She has designed and managed a variety of rigorous, random assignment studies, as well as other types of program evaluation and implementation research.
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Marty Miles, Senior Program Director
Ms. Miles has extensive experience with workforce development and adult education programs that prepare low-skilled individuals for successful employment and job advancement. She has particular expertise working with practitioners to develop data-driven "cultures of continuous improvement" within their organizations.
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