About the Webinar:
Now more than ever, public health systems must clearly explain how strategies, programs, and services deliver better health outcomes for people and communities. During this one-hour webinar, sector leaders will share how they advance public health in their respective communities and how Clear Impact plays an important part in those efforts. The Arkansas Department of Health will present their accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board and Scorecard is used to publicize state health assessment data and to manage the department’s Strategic Plan. Forsyth County Public Health will present how they use Scorecard to implement their Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and integrate it with state initiatives from the North Carolina Health Department.
Date: December 2nd, 2025
Time: 1pm-2pm EST
Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WPtbGdywSxKdl6ToU9d8sw
About the Presenters:
Rupa Sharma serves as the Epidemiology Manager overseeing the Performance and Evaluation Services within the Chief Science Office at the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). With over 27 years of progressive leadership at ADH, she has held roles including Chief Epidemiologist and Director of the Office of Performance Management, Quality Improvement, and Evaluation.
Her expertise spans public health program evaluation, performance management, strategic planning, epidemiology, and biostatistics, as well as agency accreditation and grants management. Rupa has worked extensively across programs such as Oral Health, Injury Prevention and Substance Misuse, Cancer Control, and infectious disease response including COVID-19, Zika, and HIV/AIDS.
She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Zoology, was awarded the Mahendra Vidya Bhushan for academic excellence, and earned a Fulbright Scholarship to complete a Master of Public Health at Colorado State University.
Past Events
Join us for an intensive webinar on Results Based Accountability and best data practices on selecting, gathering, reporting, and analyzing data to best tell your organization’s story.
Date: September 30th, 2025
Time: 2pm-3pm EST
Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o1xh039tQsmJVaqmyGuf_w
About the presenters:
Dr. Donnie Ray Hale, Jr., Ed.D. is Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Community
Engagement at the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL), where he leads initiatives in
relationship building, fundraising, leadership development, and community school capacity
building. He has over 20 years of experience in higher education, community engagement, and
strategic partnerships, including leadership roles at Florida Memorial University, the University
of Central Florida, and Florida International University. His work focuses on race, educational
access, human development, and systemic equity.
As a Senior Consultant at Clear Impact and Education Lead, Dan Duncan brings a wealth of Results-Based Accountability (RBA), Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), and Collective Impact experience to Clear Impact clients across the country. He uses his experience to help clients and communities achieve even greater community-level outcomes.
After receiving a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Arizona State University, Dan started his professional career as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Community Food Bank and the Executive Director of Information and Referral Services, both in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to joining Clear Impact, he spent almost 30 years as a United Way leader.
The Future of Results-Based Accountability — Leveraging AI for Greater Impact
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 30th, 2 PM – 3 PM (EST)
Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar
About:
Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring Mark Friedman, Director of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute and creator of Results-Based Accountability (RBA), alongside Adam Luecking, CEO of Clear Impact and author of Social Sector Hero — How Government & Philanthropy Can Fund for Impact.
You’re probably familiar with how the Results-Based Accountability framework is helping organizations and communities worldwide get from talk to action to create measurable impact. AI is a rapidly evolving and powerful tool that individuals, teams, and communities can use to enhance their RBA implementation.
In this session, Mark will provide a brief overview of the RBA framework, while Adam will showcase how Clear Impact’s Scorecard AI Assist tools can help organizations…
Learn More/ Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F37zJCzvQtONdMbejiqbkg#/registration
Education in Action: Leveraging Data and Technology to Improve Student Outcomes
Date + Time: June 10th, 2025 at 2pm ET
Location: Virtual Webinar with Q+A
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__nCiCE51S0u4p5f7YTguTQ#/registration
About:
Hear from education leadership in the government, philanthropic, and non-profits sectors as they share their stories and outline practical approaches for tracking, reporting, and using data for greater student success. In particular, technology that enables strategic planning, project tracking, multiple partner connection via data sharing in real time, and nesting data for organization, department, and regional reporting.
Presenting organizations:
- The Delta Health Alliance (DHA) was established nearly 25 years ago by the Delta Council and four public universities to address healthcare and education disparities in the Mississippi Delta. As Mississippi’s largest nonprofit with over 500 employees, DHA conducts research, delivers services, and provides education across 38 initiatives in 27 rural counties. Its programs—ranging from maternal care to literacy and workforce training—are developed in collaboration with over 50 partner organizations and focus on improving community well-being.
- Wayne County Community Schools supports the development of culturally responsive, trauma-informed Community Schools across Wayne County, New York, by fostering school-centered programs that extend into communities to help youth and families thrive. Using a flexible framework grounded in data, teamwork, and proven practices, they tailor solutions to meet the unique needs of each school and community.
- Partners for Rural Impact (PRI) is a national organization that drives equitable systems change to support rural youth through collaboration, capacity-building, and place-based initiatives like the Appalachian Cradle to Career Partnership. With national partnerships and targeted support, PRI empowers rural communities to improve education and upward mobility for all children.
- Clear Impact provides performance management software, training, and services to help public sector and nonprofit organizations measure program outcomes, track funding impact, and improve community well-being using the Results-Based Accountability™ (RBA) framework. As the exclusive certifying body and global license holder for RBA, Clear Impact supports data-driven decision-making through expert consulting and its Clear Impact Scorecard software.
As a Senior Consultant at Clear Impact and Education Lead, Dan brings a wealth of Results-Based Accountability (RBA), Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), and Collective Impact experience to Clear Impact clients across the country. He uses his experience to help clients and communities achieve even greater community-level outcomes.
After receiving a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Arizona State University, Dan started his professional career as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Community Food Bank and the Executive Director of Information and Referral Services, both in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to joining Clear Impact, he spent almost 30 years as a United Way leader.
Aparna Nandula is the Chief Information Officer at Delta Health Alliance, overseeing all
technology operations. She optimizes software, drives organizational excellence, and leads IT
system designs for DHA’s research initiatives.
With over eight years at DHA and prior experience, Aparna collaborates effectively with
colleagues. Her background stems from (education in) geophysics, software development,
manufacturing, health care, systems administration, data analytics, compliance, and regulations.
Aparna excels in strategic accountability, partnership building, communication, and change
leadership, showcasing her business acumen and results-driven approach.
Director of Data and Evaluation – Partners for Rural Impact (PRI)
With a decade-long tenure at Partners for Rural Impact (PRI), Dr. Rebecca Tucker’s experience provides vital context to her current role as the Director of Data and Evaluation. A strong proponent of Results Based Accountability (RBA), Dr. Tucker has successfully guided her team in implementing data-driven approaches to support and inform decision-making processes. She is currently completing Harvard’s Strategic Data Project and she is learning valuable skills that are helping guide the team’s next phase of work. Dr. Tucker lives in Lexington, Ky with her new baby girl, her husband, and their two dogs.
Ripley Hoffman is a Community Schools project manager at Syracuse University and a member of the Wayne County Community Schools Evaluation Team. With the evaluation team, Hoffman is working to develop a county-wide data and evaluation system to understand the effectiveness of the Community Schools model in Wayne County. Additionally, she supports the Central New York Community Schools Steering Committee. Hoffman sees the Community Schools model as a system level intervention to drive change in public education. She works to expand the body of research around the effectiveness of the model.
She earned a Master of Social Work from the University at Albany with a concentration in macro studies. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Binghamton University.
Ryan Heath is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Syracuse University, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences. His research seeks to understand how organized activities during out-of-school time (OST) and community schools promote the healthy development of students from under-resourced backgrounds, students of color, and other historically marginalized youth.
As part of his community-engaged research, Heath collaborates with local school districts and agencies on initiatives that expand and improve community schools across central and western New York, including co-founding the CNY Community Schools Collaborative and the New York State Community Schools Thruway Coalition. He has hosted multiple conferences at Syracuse University, bringing research and best practices to OST and community schools practitioners from across New York State.
Heath earned a master’s degree in clinical social work and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Heath also received a pre-doctoral fellowship and graduate certificate in interdisciplinary education sciences through the University of Chicago Committee on Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. He completed his bachelor’s degree with honors at Brown University.