Evaluation Officer
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, United States
Dr. Julian Williams is an Evaluation Officer at the MacArthur Foundation. In this role he supports the Foundation’s evaluation activities by facilitating the design, implementation, and dissemination of evaluation learnings. He accomplishes this by collaborating with program teams, foundation leadership, and external partners. Before joining the Foundation, Julian was Senior Partnerships Manager at the Partnership for College Completion (PCC), where he led a team that worked with Illinois’ colleges and universities to eliminate gaps in degree completion by race and socioeconomic status through equity-centered programming and coaching for administrators, staff, and faculty. Prior to his role at PCC, Julian worked full time as the Chief Executive Officer at Institution Builders, Inc, a consulting company that provides evaluation and research services to non-profits, foundations, and governmental agencies. Currently, he works part time with select clients as a consultant.
Julian is a proud Chicago Public Schools graduate, a Posse Scholar, a Diversifying Faculty in Illinois Fellow, and a Chicago Surge Fellow. He has a BA in Educational Studies and in English Literature from Denison University and a M. Ed. and Ph.D. in Education Policy Studies, with a concentration in Evaluation from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Julian is the board chair for Fields of Dreams, Chicago, a non-profit that serves middle-school youth by helping them develop their strengths, wellness practices, and servant leadership. Julian is also the co-chair of the of the Pathways Initiative, a collaborative to strengthen the diversity of the Chicago area evaluation field by increasing the recruitment, training, and retention of culturally responsive and equity-focused evaluators of color in the Chicago region. Additionally, Julian is the site supervisor for the American Evaluation Association’s Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI), a national program designed to diversify the field of evaluation.
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Friday, October 25, 2024
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST
Amplifying the Voices of Emerging Evaluators of Color in Chicago
Friday, October 25, 2024
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST