Dr. Amanda Eckhardt

Amanda Eckhardt, PhD, serves as the Chief Program Officer at Urban Resource Institute, where she leads strategic program design and promotes an inclusive leadership framework in collaboration with program leaders across four departments. A researcher by trade, her training and fellowships in evaluation are rooted in leading research institutions and foundations, including Harvard Medical School, Lehigh University College of Education, the National Institutes of Health, the Robin Hood Foundation, and Arbor Rising. She is a thought leader and consultant to the National Institutes of Justice and the Office for Victims of Crime. Additionally, she is a published author and presenter on impact design and evaluation in various journals (e.g., American Journal of Evaluation) and at national and international conferences (e.g., International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference).