Dr. Tackett's background in writing and managing grants, working in public education and nonprofits, and evaluating at the practitioner level helps her understand the challenges educational institutions, healthcare organizations, and nonprofits face and work with them in a participatory manner – focusing primarily on the use of evaluation findings. She earned her doctorate from Western Michigan University in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research Design. Dr. Tackett can be contacted at wendy@ieval.net.