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supporting people, efforts, and organizations in deepening their contributions and connections with joy and purpose

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develop.
advise.
spark.

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For the past 25+ years, Jara Dean-Coffey has partnered with people, organizations, and efforts to elevate their collective understanding of the relationship between values, context, strategy, and evaluation, shifting practices and mindsets so that they are more fully in service of equity, justice and liberation. 

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Jara is a 2024 recipient of AEA Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award.

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She’s got about 5-6 years left in her, so get in while the get-ins good.
 

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Dr. Chera Reid, PhD 
Co-Executive Director
Center for Evaluation Innovation

"Jara invites both/and thinking that expands possibilities and reminds that our work toward equity and justice requires head, heart, and hands. She steps into possibility and invites me to do the same."

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