Kay Knapp

kayknapp@msn.com

Kay has worked in the public policy arena for thirty years.  Her primary interest, derived from academic training in political science and social science methodology, is to bring a strong empirical focus to public policy initiatives.  The empirical focus takes many forms including:

• defining and measuring results
• evaluating goal achievement
• developing monitoring systems to track progress
• designing simulations to assess options

Kay has worked at the county, state and federal levels of government over the course of her career.  She has also served as a consultant to more than two dozen state governments within the U.S. and several internationally.  Kay has worked within a broad substantive arena including courts and criminal justice, public health, human services, public libraries, and public works.