Abby has over 25 years of experience in partnering with public, private, and nonprofit sector organizations. At Root Cause, she works with schools, hospitals, public agencies, nonprofits, and foundations throughout the United States to help them conduct research, develop strategies, collect and use data, strengthen their services, build organizational capacity, and implement change. 

As one of Root Cause’s first employees, Abby has worked with local, state, and national organizations in all issue areas, with a particular focus on health and education. Prior to Root Cause, Abby worked as a consumer healthcare product director at Johnson & Johnson, an investment analyst at Cambridge Associates, and a market researcher for Fortune 100 and start-up companies. She is skilled at using different qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to collect data, understand needs and concerns, identify key themes and takeaways, and provide recommendations.

Abby received an A.B. with honors from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. She has been published in Stanford Social Innovation Review and Social Innovations Journal and has taught at Harvard University and Bay State Community College.

Current and Past Projects:

• Customized Capacity Building and Technical Assistance for State Street Foundation Grantees
• Youth Violence Prevention Funder Collaborative
• Merger Exploration with Ways to Work & More Than Wheels
• Emerald Cities Collaborative Strategic Plan
• Launching the Boston CHIME (Child Homelessness Intercept Mapping and Engagement) Coalition
• Strategic Planning for Massachusetts Head Start Association
• Good Jobs Metro Boston Coalition Wraparound Supports

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