Our team
The Center for Community Health and Evaluation (CCHE) has a national reputation for assisting nonprofit organizations, foundations, and health departments in program planning, setting targets for success, assessment and evaluation design, data analysis, and sharing lessons learned. We invite you to contact any of our team members below.
Seattle
| Bill Beery
Director |
206-287-4390
beery.b@ghc.org |
| Emily
Bourcier
Research Associate/Senior Program Manager |
206-287-2035
bourcier.e@ghc.org |
| Carol Cahill
Program Manager |
206-287-4602 cahill.c@ghc.org |
| David
Cammon
Administrative Specialist |
206-287-4318
cammon.d@ghc.org |
| Juno Cavell Administrative Specialist |
206-287-4389 cavell.j@ghc.org |
| Allen
Cheadle
Evaluation Consultant |
206-543-3736
cheadle@u.washington.edu |
| Maddy Frey Research Associate/Program Manager |
209-287-4360 |
| Howard Greenwald Evaluation Consultant | 206-287-4394
greenwald.h@ghc.org |
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Sylvia Hoffmeyer Program Manager |
206-287-2399 hoffmeyer.s@ghc.org |
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Clarissa Hsu
Research Associate/Senior Program Manager |
206-287-4276
hsu.c@ghc.org |
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Maggie Jones
Research Associate/Senior Program Manager |
206-287-4604
jones.margaret@ghc.org |
Marie Kelly |
206-287-2200 |
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Heidi Merrifield
Grants Manager, Post-Award |
206-287-4691
merrifield.h@ghc.org |
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Dave Pearson
Associate Director |
206-287-4391
pearson.d@ghc.org |
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Sandra Senter
Research Associate/Senior Program Manager |
206-287-4378
senter.s@ghc.org |
California
| Suzanne Rauzon Evaluation Consultant | 510-325-4128 srauzon@berkeley.edu |
| Rebecca Spring Evaluation Consultant | 510-967-8403 rdspring@earthlink.net |
Kentucky
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Muriel Harris Evaluation Consultant |
502-852-4061 mjharr08@louisville.edu |
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Bill Pfeifle Evaluation Consultant |
859-333-0543 pfeifle@uky.edu |
Bill
Beery, MPH
Bill is the director of CCHE. From 1997 to 2007, he was the vice president of programs for the Group Health Community Foundation, overseeing the foundation's extensive evaluation activities. He holds an MPH (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1974). Previously, he directed Disease Prevention and Community Services and The Center for Health Promotion at Group Health Cooperative. He has also worked in health programming and evaluation in Africa and Asia. Bill is a professor (affiliate), University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine. He has held academic appointments at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. His evaluation and research interests are community-based health promotion and prevention programs for low-income/high-risk populations.
Emily Bourcier, MPH, MHA
Emily is a research associate and senior program manager trained in social and behavioral sciences. She currently works on evaluations for Kaiser Permanente's Community Benefit strategy, including the Community Health Initiative and Safety Net Initiative. She also coordinates the evaluation for Seattle-King County's Steps to a Healthier US Initiative. During her six years with CCHE her work has included an evaluation for the Northwest Health Foundation to assess the legacy of its first decade of community grant-making, an evaluation of Hope Lodges for the American Cancer Society National Home Office, a proof of concept evaluation about incentives and the built environment, an assessment of hospitality workers' attitudes and working conditions to help the statewide hospitality union gain a better understanding of its membership, and community needs assessments with Northwest Tribes. She holds a BA in Biological Sciences from Smith College, and an MPH and MHA from the University of Washington.
Carol
Cahill, MLS
Carol is a program manager with a background in information science and community health planning, with a special interest in community health assessment. She joined CCHE in 2005, having received a fellowship from the Sewell Learning Partnership to focus on strategic planning for Group Health's community benefit program. Carol coordinated implementation and evaluation of the Children's Access Fund, a $1 million donation from Group Health to improve access to care for children outside of King County, and participated in evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living Research Program. Carol received her MLS from the University of Washington in 1977 and earned a certificate in Geographic Information Systems, also from UW, in 2008.
David Cammon, BA, PMP
David is an administrative specialist who joined the CCHE team in 2007. His previous work has been in the fields of banking and information technology project management and delivery. David earned his bachelors degree in history from Seattle University and Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute. David's key responsibilities include supporting the business needs of the group and implementing new efficiencies.
Juno Cavell, BS
Juno is an administrative specialist. She joined the CCHE team in December 2009 with experience supporting academic departments at the University of Nevada. Juno earned a bachelor of science degree in health ecology from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Allen Cheadle, PhD
Allen is a research professor, University of
Washington Department of Health Services and
Community Medicine. He holds a PhD in
Economics (University of California-Berkeley,
1988). His recent work has focused on methods
of evaluating community-based health-promotion
programs. He has led design and analysis
components of all of the Foundation's
evaluation projects. Allen is working to move
community-based evaluation methods away from
the use of randomized controlled trials in the
direction of qualitative case study
techniques. He also works with multiple local
communities to improve collaboration between
UW and community-based organizations.
Maddy Frey, MPH
Maddy Frey is a research associate working on several projects with CCHE. She earned her MPH from the University of Washington’s community-oriented pubic health practice program in 2009. Maddy’s experience with community-based organizations has been focused on a wide variety of public health issues, including alcohol misuse in veteran populations and evaluating the effectiveness of community health worker programs in East Timor. At CCHE, she is working on evaluations for the King County Food and Fitness Initiative, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, and Kaiser Permanente.
Howard P. Greenwald, PhD
Howard is a professor of Management and Policy
at the University of Southern California
School of Policy, Planning, and Development.
He is also a clinical professor at the
University of Washington School of Public
Health. He holds a PhD in Sociology
(University of California-Berkeley, 1975) with
specialties in opinion research,
organizational behavior, and the modern labor
force. Howard recently completed projects on
minority recruitment and retention in the
health professions. He is currently directing
a project on health insurance among employed
California Latinos, and an investigation of
racial profiling in vehicle stops. He has
published on interventions to control violence
and to reduce isolation among inner-city
elders. His book, Who Survives Cancer?,
reports results of a 10-year study on cancer.
Muriel Harris, PhD,
MPH
Muriel Harris is an assistant professor in the
School of Public Health and Information
Sciences, University of Louisville. She holds
masters and doctoral degrees in Public Health
with a concentration in Health Promotion,
Education and Behavior from the University of
South Carolina. She has been a member of
program evaluation teams and has worked as an
individual contractor on multiple evaluation
projects for several years. She currently
teaches two program evaluation courses to
master's students, both of which involve
student engagement in community based project
activities. In addition to her teaching
responsibilities she has most recently
conducted an evaluation of the Kentucky
Tuberculosis program which had as its focus,
reducing rates of TB among minority
populations. Dr. Harris joins the CCHE team as
a locally based evaluator for the Foundation
for a Healthy Kentucky initiatives.
Sylvia Hoffmeyer, BA
Sylvia is a program manager for CCHE. She is supporting data collection and analysis, including organizing and conducting key informant interviews for Kaiser Permanente’s Community Health Initiative in Colorado. Sylvia has over 25 years of experience working in the field of project management and administration with community-based nonprofit organizations in education, social work, the environment, community outreach, and social change. She has a BA in liberal studies with a concentration in values and social change from Antioch University.
Clarissa
Hsu, PhD
Clarissa is a medical anthropologist who holds a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology (University of Washington, 2000) and brings specialized training and experience in qualitative research methods. She is a research associate and senior program manager specializing in qualitative methods, research design, and participatory evaluation. Clarissa has worked on wide variety of evaluation and research projects including the Plan/Practice Improvement Plan Evaluation, the Partnership for the Public's Health (PPH) Initiative and an Ethnographic Study of Childbirth Education Classes. Her research has focused on the cultural, social, and political factors that shape midwifery care, childbirth, and end-of-life care.
Maggie
Jones, MPH
Maggie is a research associate and senior program manager at CCHE with an MPH in community-oriented public health practice (University of Washington, 2007). Maggie spent two years at the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice working on an assessment of cross-border public health preparedness needs and evaluating public health training initiatives. Prior to that, Maggie coordinated the research program for a small non-profit agency in Minneapolis. Her research focused on using qualitative and quantitative methods to support organizational and community development around cultural competency. She is coordinating evaluations of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky initiatives and the California HealthCare Foundation/Kaiser Permanente Specialty Care Initiative.
Marie Kelly, MS, CRCP
Marie is responsible for pre-award grants management. Before joining the CCHE team she was a business analyst for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Discovery program. Marie has extensive experience in grants and contracts administration in the health sector. She earned a BA in business and finance administration from Pacific Lutheran University and an MS in high school mathematics education from the University of Washington, and she is a Certified Research Contract Professional.
Heidi Merrifield
Heidi has responsibility and oversight for post award financial management, including administration of active projects, budget management and financial reporting through closeout of project. She has more than 15 years experience working in health care and educational settings. Her interests include using IT applications to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the financial and project-related systems at CCHE.
Dave
Pearson, PhD
Dave is the associate director of CCHE and has
worked in program evaluation for the past 25
years. He is a medical sociologist holding a
PhD in Sociology (Washington State University,
1979) and is a professor (affiliate),
University of Washington School of Public
Health and Community Medicine. Dave currently
directs field operations for all of the major
health improvement efforts. His areas of
interest include the evaluation of community
based health promotion, tobacco prevention,
and Indian health.
William Pfeifle, EdD,
MBA
Bill Pfeifle is a professor in Health Services
Management at the University of Kentucky
College of Public Health. He earned his
doctorate in education at the University of
Kentucky (1977) and an MBA with a certificate
in medical management in 2003. Throughout his
career he has been involved in numerous
educational and service-related projects
within the university and on state, national
and international levels. His research
interests focus on the impact of education and
leadership on individual and collective
behavior in the pubic domain. Dr. Pfeifle
joins the CCHE team as a locally based
evaluator for the Foundation for a Healthy
Kentucky initiatives.
Suzanne Rauzon, MPH
Suzanne is a director of community health
projects and evaluation studies. She has over
15 years experience leading community-based
initiatives and developing organizational and
community change strategies. She has developed
partnerships and collaborative projects
working on a wide range of sectors and
approaches, including several school-based
interventions, a nation-wide cardiovascular
risk screening effort and work site health
initiatives. She holds an MPH (University of
California-Berkeley, 1986). She has expertise
in strategic communications, change
management and public health planning. Suzanne
also has credentials in the fields of
nutrition and exercise physiology, and is
affiliated with the University of California
at Berkeley, Center for Weight and Health.
Sandra
Senter, MN, MPH
Sandra Senter is a research associate and senior program manager holding master's degrees in Pediatric Nursing (University of Florida, 1971) and Public Health Education (University of California–Berkeley, 1977). She has been with the CCHE Evaluation Team since 1997 and has coordinated numerous evaluations including the California Youth Takin' on Tobacco Program, The California Wellness Foundation Health Improvement Initiative and Tracks in the Sand evaluations, American Cancer Society Sun Safe Communities program, the planning phase of The California Endowment Partnership for the Public's Health Initiative, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living Research Program evaluation. She has served as evaluation consultant to the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice at the University of Washington since 2003. Prior to joining CCHE, Sandra's experience included a range of nursing practice and serving as an independent consultant to health care organizations and health-related businesses with an emphasis on program planning, evaluation, quality improvement, health education, and training.
Rebecca Spring, MPH
Rebecca is participating in Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit evaluations in California. She holds an MPH with an emphasis on Community Health Education (San Jose State University, 2004). Prior to working at CCHE, Rebecca directed an evaluation of HIV/AIDS medication adherence at a community health center in San Francisco and was responsible for overseeing quality improvement initiatives at a consortia of health centers in Santa Clara County, California. Her previous evaluation experience has focused on HIV prevention and treatment, tobacco prevention, obesity prevention, and food security.