President and founder of Social Dynamics, LLC, Dr. Douglas Klayman is an Applied Sociologist. He holds a Doctorate degree in Sociology with emphases in Applied Sociology and Social Stratification. He is an experienced evaluation consultant and expert in the design and implementation of national and community-based evaluation studies, CATI surveys, and a range of social research, evaluation, and survey training and technical assistance. During the past 22 years, Dr. Klayman has conducted evaluations and analyses of numerous child welfare, education, disability, homeless, health, and youth services programs, and serves as Project Director and Corporate Monitor on most Social Dynamics contracts. In addition to directing the work of Social Dynamics, Dr. Klayman has served as graduate Program Coordinator and Adjunct Professor in public sociology at American University. He has taught numerous college courses in such areas as policy analysis and research methods at colleges and universities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Dr. Klayman has served as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal Contemporary Sociology, is a member of the American Sociological Association Task Force on Public Sociology, a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS) and has reviewed for Sage Publications, the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, the Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Barry Goldman is a 25-year veteran of business development, operations, and management. He served as President of PHB International for 25 years, leading the company's financial and corporate operations team into both domestic and international markets. Mr. Goldman also is co-founder and served as Chief Operating Officer at Apperian, Inc., an application development and information technology company. During his time at Apperian, he brought the company into the federal market for the first time. As COO of Social Dynamics, Barry oversees contracts administration, information technology infrastructure, accounting, human resources, and federal regulatory compliance. For more information, please contact Barry Goldman at 301-990-1101 or BGoldman@socialdynamicsllc.com.
Barry Goldman, Chief Operating Officer
Anne Chamberlain, M.S., Director of Program Evaluation
Anne Chamberlain is an education researcher with extensive experience in quasi-experimental and experimental (random assignment) studies. She has led a number of education and related studies including serving as Co-Principal Investigator of the evaluation of the SFA school program and four multi-million dollar randomized trials in 40 schools across 12 states. Ms. Chamberlain also managed the Education Commission of the States' Roles and Leadership for Post-Secondary Education. Her work included the development of school-to-work models at four universities. In the area of systems change evaluation, Ms. Chamberlain directed a study of the NY Partnership for Statewide Systems Change 2000, as well as the Schuyler-Chemung District's Classroom Instructional Models project, a State Education Dept. 5-year inclusive education initiative. She also designed and managed an evaluation of the U.S. Department of Education's Even Start reading program. Ms. Chamberlain leads Social Dynamics' Program Evaluation practice area. She holds a BA, a BFA in Visual Art, an MS in Education, and is ABD at the University of Maryland in Public Policy and Evaluation. Please contact Anne Chamberlain at 301-990-1105 or AChamberlain@socialdynamicsllc.com.
Dr. Robert Bleimann, Director of Research and Policy
Robert Bleimann has 34 years experience directing and conducting research and evaluation projects for State and Federal clients. Dr. Bleimann has managed numerous national and state-level projects in a variety of human services programs and served as an analyst in the Program Evaluation and Methodology Division of the General Accounting Office (GAO). Dr. Bleimann’s professional experience has focused on the following areas: outcome and impact evaluation research in human services programs; applied research, policy analysis, and performance measurement; process evaluations, program analysis, and Business Process Analysis (BPA); advanced programming, data analysis, and data mining using SPSS; survey design and implementation, including instrument development and testing; implementation of large-scale field data collections; and processing administrative datasets to generate management information. He has subject matter experience in the following areas: TANF, Food Stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance), child support enforcement (CSE), Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs, program integrity and error rate reduction (PERM), Medicaid eligibility, employment and training, and others. Robert Bleimann has a MA in Government from Lehigh University and a PhD in International Relations from University College, London. Please contact Robert Bleimann at 301-990-1105 or BBleimann@socialdynamicsllc.com.
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