i2i Institute
is a woman-owned business and in a HUBZone designated area of rural Northern New Mexico. We currently have five staff members and nine independent contractors, working in New Mexico and across the United States.
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Marah Moore
Founder and Director
Marah Moore holds a Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning (MCRP), and has been working in the field of evaluation and planning for over 20 years. She founded i2i Institute in 1994, and has since led more than 50 evaluation studies and provided numerous workshops and trainings. Over the past ten years both evaluation and training efforts have been grounded in systems thinking. Marah is an associate with the Human Systems Dynamic Institute, where she is the chair of the evaluation work group, and has served on the epidemiological workgroup for the New Mexico Department of Health.
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Summer Wood
Senior Research Analyst
Summer brings narrative expertise, project management skills, and a passion for stories to her work at i2i Institute. She holds a B.S. in Geography, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and is the author of two published novels. Prior to joining i2i, Summer worked extensively in arts administration, and she remains faculty at the University of New Mexico's Taos Summer Writers' Conference. Her ongoing interest in place and culture inspires her exploration of the myriad ways data can illuminate their intersection.
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Mary Richardson
Evaluator
Mary Richardson has a PhD in social and cultural anthropology. Her work is focused mainly on community-based action research and evaluation, using qualitative methods and participatory approaches. Her areas of expertise include community development, as well as agricultural, environmental and rural issues.
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Sanjay Poovadan
Information Technology Specialist
Sanjay handles the behind-the-scenes systems work for i2i, keeping our IT running smoothly while also managing team logistics, accounting and payroll, and office and archive facilities.
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Claire Nicklin
Evaluator
Claire is based in Quito, Ecuador and has been working for over two decades in agriculture and environmental research and development. She has experience in facilitating communities of practice, developmental evaluation, theories of change, mixed methods evaluation, adaptive action, strategic planning, and knowledge management. Previously she has worked in cacao, Rainforest Alliance certification, ecotourism, agrobiodiversity projects, and urban agriculture, currently she works with the Collaborative Crop Research Program of The McKnight Foundation (ccrp.org). She has a M.P.S in International Agriculture and Rural Development from Cornell University and a B.A. in the Science in Society Program from Wesleyan University.
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Barb Trujillo
Evaluator
Barbara comes from a long career in Education, as a teacher, a principal, and a researcher. Her particular passion lies in supporting educational and community projects involving immigrant and native communities. She received her PhD. in mathematics education, with an emphasis on the mathematics education of Latino/as. She works out of her home office in Albuquerque, lovingly attended by her two cats. She has lived in Mexico, Nicaragua and Turkey, and would do all of them all over again!