Lori Fabian, President, Fabian Consulting, Inc. has served as a consultant in grantsmanship, outcome measurement, and program evaluation since 1994. Prior to her consulting career, Lori was Foundation Funding Coordinator for United Way of Los Angeles, where she developed its first organized Foundation Development program.
Since 1997, Lori has been a qualified trainer and consultant in United Way of America’s program evaluation systemand has provided training and consultation in outcome measurement for organizations across the nation. In 2007, she was recruited by The Rensselaerville Institute’s Center for Outcomes as a senior consultant to provide outcome management training and technical assistance to agencies in the New York/New Jersey area, and has since become proficient in several other outcome measurement models. Lori has provided outcome measurement training to organizations such as the Performance Institute in Washington, DC, Center for Nonprofits in Trenton, NJ, the Mississippi United Ways Association, and New Jersey/New York Girl Scout Training Cluster, which selected Lori as the 2007 recipient of its Compass Award for Excellence and Leadership in Learning Facilitation.
In 2006, Lori served as principal investigator conducting a major evaluation for the Foundation Center in New York and all five of its regional offices, sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation. This national project was designed to measure the effectiveness of one of the organization’s long-running programs. The process included focus group research, surveys, a meta-analysis of existing information, and an Open Space Technology workshop. The resulting report was used by the Foundation Center to modify the program in the context of its recent Strategic Plan.
For six years, Lori was responsible for outcome measurement and reporting for Learning Connections©, a multi-year, multi-level program developed by the Center for Development and Learning to improve student achievement in five under-performing New Orleans public schools. Learning Connections© received national recognition by the American Psychological Association, National Staff Development Council, and Video Journal of Education, among others.
Currently, Lori is working as external evaluator for a SAMHSA-funded substance abuse program for the chronically homeless for Urban Renewal Corporation in Newark and is assisting United Way of Passaic County NJ in its efforts to refine and streamline its outcome measurement and reporting systems. Other current and recent outcome measurement and evaluation clients include All Saints Episcopal CDC in Hoboken, NJ; United Way of Essex and West Hudson Counties, NJ; United Way of Monroe County, PA; Girl Scouts Rolling Hills Council, NJ; Girl Scouts Lenni-Lenape Council, NJ; Jewish Family Services of Clifton, NJ; Catholic Diocese of Trenton, NJ; Memorial Day Nursery, Paterson, NJ; and Boys & Girls Clubs of Hawthorne, Paterson, and Passaic, NJ.
Lori utilizes the services of a team of independent contractors as appropriate to the needs of her individual clients. Her team includes specialists in statistics, focus group research, information technology, survey development, grant writing, board development, fundraising, and strategic planning.
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