35th and State Street, Chicago
About Us
35th Street Consulting Commitment:
Our goal for every project is to build local capacity to accurately interpret and utilize data to create achievable, relevant plans and strengthen local capacity to track progress over time. We will support you in developing a path forward that is informed by local lived experiences, strategic waypoints, and common-sense steps towards a healthy future for everyone.
Genay Jackson, MPH
Qualitative Research Leader
Skilled interviewer and group facilitator in English and Spanish
Community survey design and analysis expertise
Strengths-based capacity building and assessment experience
Priyanka Dhamane, MPH, BPharm
Quantitative Research Leader
10+ years’ expertise in biostatistics, data modeling and analysis, Qlik customization
Skilled at securely managing client-generated data for utilization analysis
Expertise in customizing client-friendly tools to review and monitor key performance indicators
Danielle Walters, MPH
President, 35th Street Consulting, LLC
25+ years of experience in stakeholder research, capacity building, community development, and planning
Has led effective, research-based strategic planning projects for government, public, and other community-based organizations, both nationally and internationally.
I became an epidemiologist because, as a service provider and qualitative researcher, I found that the expertise to communicate the success I knew we had on the ground into clear measurements that resonated with policymakers was missing. As a result, I sought to gain additional research expertise in quantitative measures in an effort to ensure that quality interventions on the ground were better recognized and that public policy benefited from grassroots insight. For thirteen years, I had the privilege of playing that role as the Executive Director of a non-profit on 35th and State Street in Chicago, and as a consultant assisting the City of Chicago in preparing HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhoods proposals.
My primary area of interest is utilizing my skills and experiences to serve as a “translator.” I enjoy the opportunity to work with service providers on the ground to capture not only the impact of their work, but also the insight they have about the communities that they serve into quantitative and qualitative measures that meet the necessary rigor for comparison and policy development. As a service provider, I appreciate the sense of burden felt by providers of seemingly arbitrary evaluation requirements, and as a researcher, I also appreciate the need for more substantive data. As such, I continue to strive to communicate to policy makers and providers alike the need for relevant, effective, creative solutions to measurement that do not add administrative burden on the ground and maintain the integrity of both the data and the work.
Why 35th Street?
For thirteen years, the people of 35th and State Street in Chicago embraced and educated me. On 35th Street, I had the privilege to serve as the Executive Director of a non-profit, and as a consultant assisting the City of Chicago in preparing HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhoods proposals, and the requisite collaborations and data sharing that is an essential component of such broad community change. Through hard-won lessons, fierce friendships, and relentless re-evaluation of ideas, the neighborhood and our City, 35th Street informs more of my work and understanding of the world than any other influence, and for that, this business pays homage to that teacher in its name.
Contact
Danielle Walters, MPH
773.573.9842
Pennington, NJ 08534
dwalters@35thStreetConsulting.com