Who We Are

The Impact Center at FPG is a collaboration of implementation scientists and support providers, researchers, evaluators, learning specialists, and communication specialists.

We are committed to supporting inclusion, equity and diversity in our workplace and in the systems we serve. See our statement from June 2020 and our statement from March 2021.

Sonya Abbate
Implementation Associate
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
William Aldridge
Senior Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Capri Banks
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Stephanie Catlett
Stephanie Catlett
Project Manager
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sandy Diehl
Sandra Diehl
Media & Networking Lead
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Ariel Everett
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Maria Daza Gil
Administrative Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Alana Gilbert
Project Manager
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Rachel Gonwa
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Lena Harris
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Adam Holland
Adam Holland
Technical Assistance Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Robin Jenkins
Senior Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Cassie Koester
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Sherra Lawrence
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Barbara Lowery
Program Assistant CBHLT Project
CBHLT, OJJDP
Nebraska Statewide Probation System Reform Inclusion Institute, Educare, TRA and NC Script
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Kimberly Maloney
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Jessica Reed
Senior Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Tamara Robertson
Child Welfare Support Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Jennifer Robinette
Administrative Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Rebecca Roppolo
Quality and Outcome Monitoring for Improvement Lead
Research Scientist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Meriel Shire
Meriel Shire
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
Diana Tursi
Diana Tursi 
Implementation Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill

We welcome collaboration with partners and colleagues through project and field activities. Collaborators with The Impact Center at FPG share similar interests and approaches within implementation practice, evaluation, and research. Collaborators have partnered with our team in past or current activities, participate in a variety of ongoing learning and resource-sharing activities with our team, and share an interest in exploring future opportunities to work together.

Maisun Anary
Maisun Ansary
Graduate Student
Masters of Public Health
Health Behavior University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jenna Montgomery Armstrong
Jenna Montgomery Armstrong
Psychologist
Silber Psychological Services, P.A.
Jenna Barnes
Jenna Barnes
Program Director for Early Childhood
MDC
Sarah Birken
Sarah Birken
Associate Professor
Implementation Science
Wake Forest Medicine
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Jacquie Brown
Implementation Specialist
Jacquie Brown and Associates
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Brian Bumbarger
Founding Partner/CEO
Science, Systems & Communities (SSC) Consulting
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Julie Chin
Applications Specialist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Leslie deRosset
Implementation Specialist
Gillings School of Global Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Department, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Denni Fishbein
Director of Translational Prevention Research
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Ximena Franco
Advanced Research Scientist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Blaine Garman-McClaine
PhD Student, Special Education
Indiana University
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Sherika Hill
Director of Evaluation and Innovation
Family Connects International
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy
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Alexis Kirk
Director of Implementation Science
Centerstone Research Institute
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Julia Moore
Executive Director
The Center for Implementation
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Wendy Morgan
Learning and Development Senior Strategist
FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Kristin O’Connor
Senior Policy Analyst
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
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Simon Pipkin
Implementation Specialist
Capacity Building Center for States
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Byron Powell
Assistant Professor
Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
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Ron Prinz
Carolina Distinguished Professor and Director
Parenting & Family Research Center
University of South Carolina
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Rohit Ramaswamy
Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director of Research, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Maggie Sullivan
PhD student
Department of Educational Psychology; Implementation Associate, Impact Center
University of Minnesota

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