657 19th Avenue NE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55418
612.623.9110
Program Evaluation Services
Partners for high-quality evaluations that are put to use
We’re passionate about using data to demonstrate effectiveness, ensure accountability, and facilitate learning.
We empower our clients with evidenced-based solutions.
We’re passionate about using data to demonstrate effectiveness, ensure accountability, and facilitate learning.
We empower our clients with evidenced-based solutions.
We support our clients’ transformative health and wellness initiatives with a full range of services. Our evaluation consulting work informs program design, identifies opportunities for improvement, and helps our clients plan for the future.
How We Work
Flexible to fit client needs
No one-size-fits-all approach here. We tailor every evaluation to meet our clients’ needs.
- We plan evaluations and create program frameworks, like logic models and theories of change, that help organizations move forward strategically.
- We use qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method designs and are experts in a range of data collection methods, from interviews and focus groups, to surveys and observation.
- We offer both formative and summative evaluations, focused on process, outcomes, and/or impact.
- We provide in-depth qualitative analysis and advanced quantitative analysis.
- We help clients navigate their increasingly complex and systems-focused environments using a variety of approaches, like developmental and principles-focused evaluation.
Hyper-focused on utility
Our clients use our evaluations to plan, make decisions, and move their programs forward.
- We ensure evaluation findings are accessible and easy to digest by using a variety of reporting techniques and data visualization strategies.
- We help clients make use of their findings with roundtable discussions, hands-on activities, and other techniques.
- We help organizations integrate evaluative thinking into their culture and organizational processes through workshops and trainings.
Innovative and full-service
We deliver rich, meaningful data and cost-effective solutions.
- We develop and maintain secure web-based applications to streamline data collection and automated reporting.
- The applications produce customized, automated dashboards and reports that allow for real-time progress tracking and instant feedback.
- We boost survey response rates and data quality with our custom-built, mixed-mode survey management system and innovative strategies.
Commited to quality and professionalism
Ethics are a big deal to us. So is quality. Our commitment to our clients is unwavering.
- We follow the American Evaluation Association’s guiding principles for evaluators.
- Every client benefits from our collective experience, thanks to our team-based collaborative approach and our team’s diverse and extensive backgrounds in evaluation, research methods, and public health.
- We ensure projects run smoothly no matter where our clients are located, using proven meeting facilitation and project management strategies.
Ready to get started?
Whether your evaluation needs span six months or six years, we’re ready to partner with you. Many of our clients have been with us for over 10 years — because they rely on our skilled team for evaluations they can use and results they can trust.
"Since 2000, PDA’s evaluations of QUITPLAN® Services and health systems change initiatives have given us timely, high-quality information to help us better understand our programs, allowing us to be more efficient and effective. The entire PDA team has an impressive set of knowledge and skills. We wouldn’t have been as successful as we’ve been without PDA."
Paula Keller, Director of Cessation Programs
ClearWay Minnesota℠
Evaluation & Learning Team
Our dedicated and talented evaluation and learning team is united by a common desire to improve communities.
Harlan Luxenberg
President & CEO
Emily Subialka Nowariak
Associate Director of Evaluation
Melissa Chapman Haynes
Director of Evaluation
Amy Kerr
Director of Evaluation
Featured Highlights
Facilitating learning for a health equity-focused community grant program
PDA's evaluation helped the Hawai'i Community Foundation share successes and opportunities in serving priority populations.
Using principles-focused evaluation with a complex, multi-grantee initiative
PDA used a principles-focused evaluation framework to guide our evaluation of a statewide initiative to prevent chronic disease.
Using responsive evaluation to provide a coalition with actionable insights
PDA's responsive evaluation and data visualization techniques provided useful reports to Ohio’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.
Our Clients
Our evaluation team partners with state health departments, foundations, and nonprofits. These are a few of our valued partners.
