Positive Impact Consultants (PIC) is a collaboration between two community psychologists, Dr. Ann Price of Community Evaluation Solutions and Dr. Susan M. Wolfe of Susan Wolfe and Associates, and a public health professional, Jenn Ballentine, MPH of Highland Nonprofit Consulting. PIC was formed in May 2020 to address the evaluation and organizational capacity needs of nonprofits, foundations, and coalitions.
PIC Values
All PIC collaborators are committed to and strive to address equity, inclusion, and racial and social justice in all their work. We are committed to a self-reflective practice that includes reflecting on our position and privilege as we work with clients and each other. We denounce white supremacy in all its forms, from microaggressions to racial hate crimes, and work to identify and dismantle structures that uphold white supremacy. We take the time to have difficult conversations with our family and peers, we embrace discomfort, and we educate other people on ways to be more human towards everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, economics, gender, sexual preference, religion, age, and other categories that serve as the basis for discrimination and oppression.
All PIC collaborators adhere to the five AEA principles: address systematic inquiry, competence, integrity, respect for people, and common good and equity. We value relationships and collaborative approaches, and we strive to be objective, reflective, and responsive in our practice.
Meet the PIC Partners
Ann Webb Price, PhD
Ann – The Visionary
Ann Webb Price is always dreaming up new ways to serve clients, communities, and new evaluators. Ann likes the creative process of designing interventions and evaluations, implementing complicated community projects and building clients’ evaluation capacity. When she isn’t working, she can be found in the kitchen cooking or baking. Other favorite hobbies are reading, hiking in North Georgia, traveling, or spending time with her husband, three sons and two grandchildren.
Ann has a Master of Arts degree Clinical Psychology from the University of West Florida and a PhD in Community Psychology from Georgia State University. She has been the President of Community Evaluation Solutions since 2004 and has over 20 years of evaluation and research experience.
Jenn Ballentine, MPH
Jenn – The Planner
Jenn Ballentine is methodical, systematic, and super detail oriented. She skillfully operationalizes project goals and develops practical, detailed project implementation and management plans, processes and systems. As the mom to two busy teens and an active community member, Jenn’s planning skills come in handy both personally and professionally! In her spare time, Jenn enjoys playing tennis, reading, cooking yummy vegetarian meals and volunteering in her community.
Jenn has a Master of Public Health degree from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She has been the President of Highland Nonprofit Consulting since 2007 and has over 20 years of evaluation and research experience, including seven years as a Public Health Analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Reproductive Health.
Susan M. Wolfe, PhD
Susan – The Inspirer
Susan M. Wolfe is passionate about working in communities and promoting health and educational equity. She loves doing this work and thinks she would do it as a hobby if it wasn’t her job. She often takes on heavy loads of work, but always seems to get quality work delivered on time. She enjoys working with young evaluators and sharing her experience and expertise because they share theirs with her. Aside form work, she loves to travel, hang out with her husband and dogs, crochet, cook, and watch too much television.
Susan has a Master of Arts degree in Ecological Psychology from Michigan State University and a PhD in Human Development from The University of Texas at Dallas. She has been the CEO of Susan Wolfe and Associates since 2009 and has over 35 years of evaluation experience. Her work experience includes evaluation, program management, and academic research in settings that include medical centers, the federal government, nonprofit organizations, universities, libraries, school districts, and mental health services.
Meet the Affiliates
Cheralynn Corsack, MPH
Cheralynn Corsack specializes in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis that center peoples’ experiences. She is passionate about giving data back to those who provided it and facilitating conversations to empower people to contextualize, understand, and use their data to take action. In her free time, Cheralynn casually bikes around Atlanta, crafts ceramics on a pottery wheel, and plays grass-court volleyball.
Cheralynn has over seven years of experience in evaluation and works as a consultant to foundations, nonprofits, and other organizations to measure what matters and make data-informed decisions. Cheralynn earned her Master of Public Health in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health at University of California, Berkeley, where she was trained in program planning and evaluation, quantitative and qualitative methods, and theories of social behavior.
Amber Kelly, PhD
Dr. Amber Kelly is a service-oriented community psychologist, educator, resource cultivator, and nonprofit leader with over ten years of experience making a positive impact within communities. With expertise in program evaluation, community outreach, leadership development, and capacity building, she has consistently demonstrated a commitment to fostering sustainable relationships and achieving significant community impact. As the CEO of Collaborative Solutions, Dr. Kelly partners with communities in program design, evaluation, and community engagement strategies, utilizing a strengths-based approach.
Her graduate studies training includes Community Psychology (Ph.D. National Louis University), Public Service Management (MS, DePaul University), and Public Mental Health with a Certificate in Health Disparities and Health Inequality (John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health). Dr. Kelly values collaboration and the application of asset-based community development principles in community-engaged work. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Cincinnati and National Louis University.
Colleen Kassouf Mackey, MPA
Colleen Kassouf Mackey is an experienced mixed methods, multi-site evaluator, applied researcher, and project manager. She relies heavily on a critical lens and participatory approaches to amplify the credibility, authenticity, and social justice potential of evaluation design, data, and discussions. Colleen lives and loves by the shores of Lake Erie in Lakewood, OH along with her partner and three kids. She is a huge data viz nerd who finds mental release outdoors, in the gym, and at home with a book in hand and pup nearby.
Colleen has a Master of Public Administration from American University and is obtaining a graduate certificate in qualitative research from Kent State University. As founder of Data Shine, she has collaborated with clients who work in the spaces of higher education access; arts and the humanities; AmeriCorps, volunteering and civic engagement; public health and health equity; leadership development; and more.
Norma Martinez-Rubin, MBA and MPH
Norma Martínez-Rubin enjoys the collegiality, thoughtful discussions, and data discoveries that evaluation studies can support. Applied research, evaluation, and analyses satisfy her joy of learning. She’s happy to exchange lessons learned. She does so when engaged as a thought partner to mission-driven organizations and foundations willing to explore possible solutions to seemingly insurmountable human conditions. She enjoys improvisational theater, visual arts, travel, mini schnauzers, and just about any dessert with a dash of cinnamon.
Norma has a Master of Business Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy University School of Management and a Master of Public Health degree from the UCLA School of Public Health. In 2005, she launched Evaluation Focused Consulting, a sole proprietorship based in California. Her evaluation consultancy followed a career as a public health analyst, administrator, and health educator working with multicultural staff on local, statewide, regional, and national disease prevention and health promotion projects and initiatives.
Jessica Metcalfe, PhD, MPH
Jessica Metcalfe, PhD, MPH, is the Principal Consultant and President of Green Mountain Evaluation, and has been working in evaluation and applied research for over ten years. Jessica’s interests include public health, food systems, nutrition, community development, education, and programming for youth and families. Jessica volunteers her time as the co-chair of the Vermont Evaluation Network, a board member of the Vermont Garden Network and the Mount Holly Conservation Trust, and a snow reporter for the Unofficial Okemo ski newsletter.
Jessica completed her graduate and post-graduate work at the University of Illinois, where she earned a Master’s degree in Public Health, a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies, and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community Nutrition. Jessica loves gardening, cooking, camping, skiing, and snowboarding. When she’s not working, you can often find Jessica hiking in the woods on her property with her husband, dogs, and cat.
Tasha Parker, PhD, MPA
Dr. Tasha Parker is the Founder and Principal of the Institute of Development, a community consulting firm focused on bridging the gap between equitable outcomes and sustainability for communities and organizations. Dr. Parker is a trauma and resiliency specialist with over 17 years of experience in mental and behavioral health, social change and justice, youth development, and social services.
She earned her PhD in Community Psychology from Wichita State University, concentrating on prevention, program development and implementation, evaluation, trauma and resiliency-informed systems/organizations, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Dr. Parker also holds a master’s in Public Administration with an emphasis on nonprofit management. She is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker with over 12 years of providing therapeutic services. Dr. Parker is passionate about partnering with individuals, communities, and organizations. She believes the true currency for sustainable systemic change is rooted in equity, cultural and intellectual humility, and harm reduction.
Sylvia Pu, PhD
Dr. Pu is a mixed-method researcher with over a decade of experience conducting interviews, surveys, and community-based participatory research with under-resourced and underserved students and adult learners. She has worked with international students, ESL professionals in the tech industry, healthcare professionals, the Indigenous communities, and communities disproportionately negatively affected by the criminal justice system. She specializes in using narratives and life stories to evaluate and measure the impact of educational, employee development, and DEI-related programs.
Dr. Pu is a first-generation immigrant from China with a unique background in sociology, nonprofit management, and finance. She received her bachelor’s degree in Finance from the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, a top university in China. She completed her Ph.D. work with the Department of Sociology at University of Connecticut, where she focused on uncovering the causes of unequal educational and life outcomes. Dr. Pu also holds a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from UConn. Dr. Pu lives with her spouse in Connecticut, and enjoys, among many other things, a cup of hot tea on a cold, snowy winter day.
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