lajose@btw.informingchange.com

Lande provides organizational leadership and directs BTW client work. Drawing on her expertise in research, evaluation, analysis and communication, Lande designs and directs complex organizational planning and evaluation projects related to education and the workforce. Her experience includes issues of governance, executive leadership and organizational alignment, where she is adept at helping clients use data to inform their decision-making.

Some of Lande’s current and recent clients include:

• The Jim Joseph Foundation
• The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• The Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative
• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• California Tomorrow
• Green For All

Prior to joining BTW, Lande worked at MDRC, where she directed a comprehensive evaluation of the Lumina Foundation’s signature Achieving the Dream Initiative, aimed at transforming the nation’s community colleges and improving student outcomes. She served for several years as a senior program officer at the James Irvine Foundation, worked with the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers and conducted evaluations for the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development.

Lande currently serves on the board of REDF and the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools, and as a commissioner with the Planning and Oversight Committee for the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth. She is a past board member of the San Francisco University High School, Common Sense California, the Coro Center for Civic Leadership and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Lande holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received an MA in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles’ School of Public Affairs and a BA in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College.