khele@btw.informingchange.com

Kris develops evaluation plans, designs data-collection tools, leads data collection and analysis efforts and prepares reports for BTW research and evaluation projects. She is also project manager for several BTW endeavors, including complex, multi-year projects for which she oversees task and budget management and overall quality assurance.

Prior to her work at BTW, Kris worked on program evaluations, training manuals, policy initiatives, survey research projects and program plans for community agencies. She worked at the Hawaii Outcomes Institute, writing comprehensive state and county health status profiles. At the Center for Community Wellness (now Health Research for Action), she evaluated data for an after-school program.

Kris’s areas of research and evaluation experience include community clinics, health, workforce development, leadership and social outcomes measurement. She also has considerable direct-service experience, including reproductive health education, counseling, psychosocial assessments and case management. She is proficient in Spanish.

Kris holds an MA in Social Welfare and Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego.