Gale+Berkowitz



Evaluation Director David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA, USA, Planet Earth
 * Gale Berkowitz**

Contact info: gberkowitz@packard.org; @berkowitzg

Call me a slow learner, but my exploration is still around evaluating networks! Either that, or it really isn’t that easy to conceptualize and/or carry out. (I believe it is the latter.) I can believe in networks, see them, participate in them, watch them grow (or shrink), make progress (or get stuck), and sometimes even influence them. But how do you systematically monitor networks and determine if they have made the changes them have planned? And how can you use this information to make those networks work smarter?
 * My most pressing questions about networks:**

I have been directing evaluation at the Packard Foundation since early 2005. Everyday is challenging (in a good way) but (almost) always rewarding. I am fortunate to work with so many evaluative thinkers. Creating, expanding and maintain an environment that is not only appreciative of monitoring and evaluation, but also learning from improvement.
 * Brief Bio:**

My background is steeped in evaluation training and experience, management consultation, research and policy analysis for a variety of foundations and community service organizations, federal, state and local governments. Currently I am a member of the Independent Sector Advisory Group on Nonprofit Effectiveness, the REDF Advisory Council, and the conference advisory committee for the 2011 GEO Learning Conference.

I received my Bachelor’s Degree from Johns Hopkins University, and my Master’s and Doctorate in Public Health degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.