About us:

We are Doctoral and Master’s level Program Evaluators with 8 years of experience. We have worked with social service agencies, school districts, universities, community-based coalitions, and other non-profit organizations, designing program evaluations tailored to the needs of each program. We have experience with federal, state-level, and private funding. We can work with you to design a Program Evaluation study for programs large or small.

Lynn DellaPietra, Ph.D.: Dr. DellaPietra is a member of the American Evaluation Association and an evaluator with 8 years of experience in program evaluation. Her evaluation experience has included working on nationally-based, federally-funded ‘Drug-Free Communities’ grants, focusing on drug prevention programming for youth and teens. She has also worked with the Bensalem and Pennsbury School districts to evaluate their anti-bullying programs. A neuropsychologist by training, she has extensive experience in assessment and has taught research methods and other courses at the university level. Dr. DellaPietra holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from Boston College, a Ph.D. in clinical psychology (subspecialty, neuropsychology) from Drexel University, and has post-doctoral training in pediatric neuropsychology from Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University.

Patrick Grugan, M.A.: Mr. Grugan has worked with Advanced Evaluation Services since its inception. He has long-term experience in both the non-profit and research fields, and holds multiple publications in academic journals. His work evaluating a drug prevention project helped it to become a SAMHSA National Model program, and has focused on community-based programs addressing school outcomes, drug prevention, and community involvement. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Pennsylvania, and his graduate work took place at Clark University.