Polly works collaboratively to support evaluation for a range of projects and programs in the Higher Education Innovation Ecosystems (HEIE) vertical, specifically those supported by the Federal Innovation Team. She is well suited to support the HEIE vertical, with 13 years of prior experience in higher education, eight of which were spent working in program evaluation, assessing outcomes of community-based programs designed to prevent youth crime, violence, and drug use. Polly holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Colorado State University (CSU) and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Data Analytics from CSU Global.