Our Team
Affiliated Specialists
Beth Gamse
Education Evaluation Leader and Consultant
Dr. Beth Gamse, MC² Affiliate and Independent Consultant, is an experienced education evaluation leader. She has worked with federal, state, local, philanthropic, and non-profit partners to design and conduct program and policy studies. Dr. Gamse has conducted studies across diverse content areas, school/district reform efforts, and policy initiatives--the majority of which address implementation and impact of initiatives to improve educational outcomes for underserved students, teacher preparation and evaluation, transitions to postsecondary college and career, improvements to afterschool and expanded learning, and research-practice partnerships. She has an Ed. D. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Deborah Good
Evaluation and Organizational Learning Consultant
Deborah is co-founder of Good Insights Consulting. For more than 15 years, Deborah has explored how community-based research and evaluation can inform program, policy, and practice in a variety of settings. She partners with schools and nonprofits in using meaningful data to deepen their organizational learning. She currently serves as the Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Coordinator for Oregon State University’s Outdoor School.
Ruth Júarez
Data Analyst and Visualization Consultant
Ruth Juárez is a Data Analyst and Visualization Consultant for MC². Ruth brings her deep expertise developing data dashboards to support several nonprofits and state-led efforts to understand program impact to her work as a consultant with MC² Education. Ruth's interactive dashboards allow the consumer to improve their understanding of complex and nuanced social issues that a static table or graph cannot convey. Her formal training in physics and chemistry add to the rigor she employs in every task. Her newer studies in equity and data sovereignty help her deploy products that are grounded in respect and inclusion. In all, she brings her experience of eight years to this work with MC² Education.
Lawrence Bernstein
Design, Analysis, and Educational Consultant
Lawrence consults on design, analysis, and overall evaluation approach for MC². He has over 30 years of experience in program evaluation and statistical data analysis. Lawrence has designed and implemented a range of evaluations of national, state, and local programs intended to improve academic outcomes for elementary and secondary students. Lawrence’s major areas of research include high school reform, college access programs, elementary/secondary education, and student mentoring programs. His areas of specialization include the design of complex research studies involving experimental random assignment and quasi-experimental designs, and multivariate statistical analysis, such as hierarchical linear modeling and longitudinal growth curve modeling.
Carla Nieto
Accounting Consultant
Carla is an accounting consultant for MC². Carla keeps the business end of our work running smoothly. Carla has over 10 years of experience in financial accounting. She completed her Master of Accounting (MACCT) from the University of New Mexico, Anderson School of Management. With a robust background spanning over a decade in both government and nonprofit sectors, Carla has worked with nonprofit organizations in grant management and financial and accounting planning. She brings substantial expertise and experience in the nonprofit accounting arena. Carla has a deep connection and commitment to her community and, in her free time, has volunteered for Income Tax Assistance/Counseling for the Elderly programs offering free essential tax returns. She was also the Treasurer of the board of South Valley Academy, her alma mater.
Bruce Randel
Research Methodologist & Statistician
Bruce Randel, Ph.D., President and Chief Consultant at Century Analytics, Inc., is an affiliate of MC². Dr. Randel has worked on dozens of rigorous evaluations of educational interventions. He has extensive experience with evaluation design, randomized control trials (RCTs), cluster randomized designs, quasi-experimental designs (QEDs), comparison interrupted time series, difference-in-differences analyses, propensity score matching, statistical power analyses, and implementation fidelity. Dr. Randel is certified under Version 5.0 of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Standards and Procedures for group designs. He also has experience in educational measurement, including psychometrics, item response theory, classical test theory, large-scale testing, formative assessment, and alignment.
Helen Chen
Senior Analyst
As founder and principal of HC Consulting LLC, Helen has a passion for improving opportunities for youth through education. Her consulting practice focuses on program evaluation, curriculum and teacher professional development, and technical assistance. She provides thought partnership to leaders intent on delivering high-quality, evidence-based programs, at scale, with the goal of reducing gaps in opportunity. Working with researchers and foundations, she has designed and implemented randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental evaluations for studies in K-12 and postsecondary education, with a particular focus on building pathways from grade to grade and into postsecondary education and the workforce. She guides organizations in program evaluation, project management, and coaching to improve their direct services and internal capacity for scale and sustainability.
WHO WE ARE
Transforming Education with Expertise
At MC², we are committed to answering questions with real-world context. With team members located coast-to-coast and with offices based in New Mexico and Massachusetts, together we cast a wide net of experiences while centering local context and cultural relevance in our work.
Our team specializes in research and evaluation, data democratization, and international development, employing a unique mix of research methods such as interviewing, focus groups, lottery studies, quasi-experiments, and descriptive studies to inform decision making.
