Jonathan P. Scaccia, PhD, is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of the Wandersman Center. He has extensive experience in helping organizations select, adapt, implement, and evaluate community-based improvement interventions. One of the initial developers of the R=MC2 readiness model, he currently uses comprehensive, applied research methods to evaluate quantitative and qualitative differences in organizational readiness. These methods have been used in multiple projects that span very different settings (community coalitions, schools, US Air Force bases, federally qualified health centers, and more). He also researches change manage strategies to build readiness. His evaluation work with Wandersman Center partners was awarded the American Evaluation Association’s 2017 Evaluation of the Year. Dr. Scaccia obtained his PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina. He previously completed a research fellowship in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OASH/HHS). He is also an evaluation consultant & faculty with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Finger Lakes Law and Social Policy Center. He is based out of the Wandersman North office.
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