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Local Resources
Below is a list of important local partners with data expertise engaged to help leverage limited staff capacity…
Smart Beginnings Greater Roanoke
To supplement staff capacity, we had a team of data experts and analysts working together on the project.
From Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) and the City of Roanoke Office of the Chief Scientists
Dr. Craig T. Ramey and Dr. Sharon L. Ramey, who were providing the primary guidance to the project. Dr. Maria Stack Hankey, their associate, is now the Smart Beginnings Greater Roanoke Data Committee Chair, and has been working with Drs. Crowell and Friedman (see below) on the data clean-up, matching, and analyses.
From VTCRI
Dr. Denise Friedman (primarily working on the analysis of CHIP of Virginia data sets)
From Roanoke City Public Schools
(with the approval and support of RCPS Superintendent Dr. Rita Bishop)
John Lincoln (Director for Data and Analysis), with assistance from Kim Tesky (Assistant Director)
Independent data consultant
Dr. Nancy Crowell (paid through Virginia Early Childhood Foundation – Innovative Partnerships grant)
Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond
Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond engaged the following important local partners to expand their data capacity:
From Bridging Richmond
Jason Smith
From United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg
Michael Mallet
From Communitas Consulting
Casey Cox
From Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
Martha Shickle
From Early Impact Virginia
Laurel Aparicio
From Child Care Aware of Virginia
Donna Foley
From ChildSavers
Janet Burke and Preston Martin Lyons