EVALUATION - Key Persons


Dr. Dominic Combs

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director

Dr. Faron Hollinger

Job Titles:
  • President & CEO, the Akribos Group

Dr. Karl Hamner

Job Titles:
  • Director
Dr. Hamner has been a social science and health researcher, program development and evaluation consultant, and training specialist for federal, state, county and community-based agencies. He has extensive experience conducting research and evaluation on multi-cultural health and social issues, as well as conducting professional development workshops and trainings on a wide range of topics. Throughout his career, he has written or directed the development of numerous successful grant proposals funded by a wide variety of federal agencies - including the Department of Defense, the Department of Veteran Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration, Housing and Urban Development, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration - private and corporate foundations - including The California Endowment, The David & Lucille Packard Foundation, The Mott Foundation, and The Alcoa Foundation, and numerous state, regional and local agencies. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1993.

Melanie Ginn

Job Titles:
  • President & CEO, Ginn Group Consulting