People
Meet the CEP team.
Emily Radwin
Emily analyzes data, writes reports, and leads creation and presentation of CEP’s benchmarking assessments. She helped develop CEP’s approach to supporting funders’ data collection and thoughtful use of demographic data. Emily works alongside funders to help them...
Associate Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Emily Yang
Emily supports the research team at CEP in designing studies, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and writing reports. Prior to joining CEP in March 2022, Emily conducted academic research in nutrition policy and social services. During her fellowship at...
Senior Analyst, Research
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Emma Relle
Emma analyzes quantitative and qualitative data, writes reports, and provides assessment insight to CEP clients. Prior to joining CEP in July 2021, Emma graduated from Boston College with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a minor in Education. As an undergraduate, she...
Senior Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Erin Fitzgerald
Erin analyzes quantitative and qualitative data, writes reports, and provides assessment insights to CEP clients. Prior to joining CEP in April 2021, Erin worked for an investment consulting firm in Boston. She graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in...
Senior Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Grace Nicolette
Grace oversees the organization’s partnerships, outreach efforts, fundraising, communications, and innovative programming. She is a co-host with CEP’s President Phil Buchanan of the widely acclaimed Giving Done Right podcast. Grace was formerly a client lead on CEP’s...
Vice President, Programming and External Relations
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Heather Smith
Heather helps schools across the country drive change through student and community feedback. Prior to joining YouthTruth, Heather developed and ran educational programming across diverse STEM learning spaces including building robust career pathways into the tech...
Partnerships Lead, YouthTruth
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Jay Kustka
Jay works closely with the programming and external relations team to create, design, and update marketing materials for CEP. Jay has many years of experience in graphic design, having worked previously in Boston and London for R.R. Donnelly Financial and in New York...
Art Director, Programming and External Relations
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Jennifer de Forest
Jen has a lifelong passion for the art and science of school improvement. Prior to joining YouthTruth, Jen spent nearly a decade in the classroom. She has led schools in California and New York City, and from the perch of a state association, she worked with countless...
Interim Vice President, YouthTruth
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Jesús Gerena
Jesús is CEO of UpTogether (previously Family Independence Initiative), a national organization with a bold mission of changing policies, systems, and underlying beliefs so that all people in the United States are seen and invested in for their strengths and are able...
CEO, UpTogether
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Jimmy Simpson, Jr.
Jimmy works with hundreds of educators across the U.S. to help them use student voice and feedback to create more equitable and effective school systems. Prior to joining YouthTruth, Jimmy worked as an outdoor science teacher, a STEM summer camp director, and a...
Director of Partnerships, YouthTruth
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John Rangos
John supports the Assessment and Advisory Services team’s survey processes and operations. Before joining CEP in November 2022, John worked at Daily Table and Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. He holds a B.A. from Denison University in English and Psychology. In...
Coordinator, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Jordi Hertz
Jordi uses visual storytelling to inform and engage a wide range of stakeholders. She strives to use her creativity and design skills to augment and support the great work of her co-collaborators at YouthTruth. Jordi began her design career in publications –...
Creative Director, Design and Communications, YouthTruth
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Joseph Lee
Joseph leads the creation and presentation of assessment insights for CEP’s clients. Previously, Joe worked at CEP from 2007 to 2010. Prior to rejoining CEP in 2022, Joe served as a senior advisor at The Boston Foundation where, as part of The Philanthropic...
Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Joyce Cheng
Joyce analyzes quantitative and qualitative data, writes reports, and provides assessment insights to CEP clients. Prior to joining CEP in July 2022, Joyce graduated from Emory University with a Master of Public Health. During her degree, she conducted a community...
Senior Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Kara Doyle
Kara analyzes quantitative and qualitative data, writes reports, and provides assessment insight to CEP clients. Prior to joining CEP in July 2023, Kara graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Managing for Social Impact and the Public...
Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Kemi Richards
Kemi analyzes quantitative and qualitative data, writes reports, and provides assessment insights to CEP clients. Prior to joining CEP in July 2023, Kemi graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master of City Planning. During her graduate studies,...
Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Kevin Bolduc
Kevin leads the creation and delivery of CEP’s performance assessments and advisory services, including the development of new tools that help funders improve their effectiveness. Since joining CEP in 2001, Kevin helped design CEP’s groundbreaking Grantee Perception...
Vice President, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Kevin Quigley
Kevin is responsible for general administrative, clerical, and database upkeep for CEP offices in both Cambridge and San Francisco. Prior to his work with CEP, Kevin provided admin assistance for nonprofits such as Virtually Wired – the first nonprofit internet...
Administrative Assistant, Finance and Operations
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Kris Sanda
Kris provides streamlined financial data to all departments internally at CEP as well as to external clients, while overseeing the day-to-day financial operations for the organization. Prior to joining CEP in 2015, Kris worked with various for-profit organizations,...
Senior Manager, Finance and Operations
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Kristy Luk
Kristy leads the creation and presentation of assessment insights for CEP's clients. Prior to joining CEP in 2022, Kristy worked at TCC Group, where she project managed customized client engagements focused on nonprofit and philanthropic strategy as well as grants...
Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services
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