Robert’s background is in survey research, data analysis, and program evaluation. He has research and evaluation experience in a number of areas, including early childhood education, postsecondary access and success, career pathways, community health, and capacity building.

Robert provides mixed-methodological expertise on several projects related to place-based collective impact, economic mobility, and systems change, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Building Equitable Pathways, a community of practice to build more equitable college and career pathways; NSF INCLUDES, a national initiative to broaden participation in STEM; and PolicyLink’s Winning on Equity campaign. He also manages Equal Measure’s evaluation for the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, to inform the district’s efforts to advance employees into professional careers.

Prior to joining Equal Measure, Robert was an intern at Abt SRBI, where he supported questionnaire development and data analysis for public transportation surveys for the U.S. Department of Transportation and numerous state transportation agencies. Before that, he was an Emerging Scholar at the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, where he co-authored a report on immigrant legal aid organizations. He has interned at several large nonprofit organizations, including United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, Public Health Management Corporation, Consumer Reports, and the Smithsonian Institution.

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The year he spent living in the countryside in South Korea, or about the local coffee roast he is currently enjoying.