Jaime Saunders, M.P.A.
Senior Research Associate |
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Expertise
Program evaluation, community indicators, strategic planning and facilitation, organizational development
Current Projects
- Assistance with a major 7-county community indicators project to help drive a strategic planning process designed to stimulate community solutions to critical challenges
- Creation of a web-based resource for community indicators projects
- Development of a community profile for a county
Completed Projects
- Analysis of the fiscal impact of land development decisions for an upstate New York community
Education
B.A. in Business Administration and Sociology from Whittier College; M.A. in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University; graduate course work at Milano the New School for Management and Urban Policy in New York City
Background
Ms. Saunders joined CGR in April 2008 with more than 10 years experience in nonprofit management, program development and evaluation, organizational development, marketing and community relations. Prior to joining CGR she was principal of Praxis Point Consulting and provided contract services to New York-based nonprofits in the areas of organizational development and marketing.
Previously Ms. Saunders was Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Operations for an America’s Second Harvest food bank serving 550 human service agencies in a 10-county region in upstate NY. Her responsibilities included overall agency management, inventory control, public relations, customer development, employee development, program development, special events and fundraising. She has also served in development and community relations capacities with other nonprofit agencies.
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