Jennifer Thompson, PhD, is a Senior Director at Equal Measure with over 15 years of experience leading and implementing evaluations, using mixed-methods data collection and analyses. Her evaluation work has focused on economic mobility, youth development, education, and workforce development, working with foundations, community-based organizations, and government entities.

At Equal Measure, Jennifer plays lead roles on several national and regional evaluations, including with the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions’ Opportunity Youth Forum, a national network to change systems to better serve opportunity youth, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s LEAP (Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential) initiative, which seeks to improve outcomes for young people who have been involved in public systems or experienced homelessness. Jennifer also leads Equal Measure’s learning and evaluation efforts for Robin Hood’s Mobility LABs, an initiative aimed at increasing economic mobility through community-centered and data-driven pilots.