Mindelyn Anderson, PhD is Founder of Mirror Group, an evaluation, learning, and strategy consulting firm that makes data and information meaningful, accessible and actionable. She started the company in 2017 and has since grown Mirror Group into a formidable partner supporting foundations, nonprofits, and cross-sector initiatives with government, industry and community at the table.

Notably, Dr. Anderson increased annual revenue from $5k to $1.5 million as Mirror Group served over 50 clients, across more than 15 states and the District of Columbia, in a diverse range of impact areas including health systems, economic development, environmental justice, criminal justice, education, arts and culture. Prior to becoming CEO in 2024, Mindelyn served as Principal Consultant where she cast the MG vision that data is the currency of the 21st Century and set the MG consulting posture as firm yet loving partners with an organizational theory of change to serve as a mirror to reflect where we are (evaluation), what is possible (learning), and how we can get there (strategy) leveraging data for equitable transformation.

Mindelyn’s commitment to advance culturally responsive and racially equitable practice includes speaking and facilitation engagements with boards and executives, thought leadership to influence evaluation professionals, and advisory roles to shape organizations’ data infrastructure. She serves on the board of iF a Foundation of Radical Possibility and was Past-Chair of the Independent Consulting TIG of the American Evaluation Association and was co-coordinator of Washington Evaluators’ Evaluation Without Borders. She is also co-facilitator, with Kiva Slade, of Counterpart, a community that cultivates liberatory leadership with CEO-COO pairs.

Before Mirror Group, Professor Anderson served as Program Director of the Masters of Science in Measurement and Evaluation at American University, Honors Faculty in Residence and Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northeastern University, and Marilyn Yarbrough Fellow at Kenyon College. Her scholarship was supported by sponsors including the National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and National Institutes of Health. She also held fellowships at American Institutes for Research and Mathematica Policy Research.

Dr. Mindelyn Anderson earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in Sociology with minors in Anthropology and Policy Studies from UCLA. Mindelyn, a California Bay Area native, resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband (the other Dr. Anderson), three daughters and a son. You can find her out and about in the DC, Maryland, Virginia area serving community organizations dear to her including Zion Church, John Eaton Elementary School, Hardy Middle School, and Thirty Mighty Men Ministries. Feel free to ask her anything about work, life, and everything in between.

Johns Hopkins University
PhD, Sociology

UCLA
B.A., Sociology
Minor, Anthropology
Minor, Policy Studies

• Learning & Strategy

• Process Evaluation

• Developmental Evaluation

• Facilitation

• Training & Workshops

ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS
• American Evaluation Association (AEA)
• Baltimore Area Evaluators (BAE)
• Black Owner & Women’s Collective (BOW Collective)
• Black Women in Data (BWD)
• Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA)
• Expert Hub (Catalyst-Ed)
• iF a Foundation of Radical Possibility (iF)
• Small Business Majority
• Washington Evaluators (WE)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS
• Intersectional Qualitative Research Methods Institute (IQRMI)
• Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD)
• Virtues Project™ International Facilitator (VP)
• Interrupting Bias (KS-G)
• Implementation Research and Equity (NIRN)

BUSINESS EXECUTIVE & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COHORTS
• 1863 Ventures (3Rs)
• Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (Business Finance Boot Camp)
• Pacific Community Ventures (PCV)
• Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICCC)
• Walker's Legacy Foundation (Women Who Enterprise)
• Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Program (e-Cornell)
• Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (10KSB)
• Nasdaq Milestone Circles

Alexis (she/her) currently serves as Executive Assistant to the CEO Founder of Mirror Group LLC. Alexis completed her B.S. in psychology from Hunter College and M.S in Biomedical Sciences from Rutgers University. Alexis is what it looks like when blending small business & non-profit management, with biomedical sciences and psychology.  

In her professional career Alexis thrives in creating and implementing processes, designing impactful campaigns and tidying organizational databases. Alexis’ academic background and experience in cancer research helped shape her analytical mind which serves, in tandem with her passion for artistry, as the foundation for her creative-problem solving. 

In my free time, I enjoy coffee beans and trying new recipes. Most recently I have been applying my analytical mind to conversions of U.K. to U.S. measurements, to ensure that the texture of my cookies are perfectly soft yet crunchy on the outsides. 

If I’m not indulging in fresh baked cookies or espresso bean aromatics, I am in an informal life group discussion on how to apply Galatians 5:25 to my current & everyday life.

Rutgers University
M.B.S, Biomedical Sciences

CUNY Hunter College
B.S., Psychology

• Administrative Support

• Project Management

• Calendar Management

• Onboarding

Briettny (she/hers) serves as a Project Manager at Mirror Group LLC, bringing over 5 years of diverse experience spanning higher education, mental health, and nonprofit sectors. 

Thriving in project management, Briettny embodies servant leadership with an unwavering commitment to social impact. At Mirror Group, she seamlessly integrates these values across all service lines.

Drawing from her lived experiences as a neurodivergent, multi-racial, first-generation career professional, Briettny is dedicated to ensuring that data is both accessible and actionable to clients and partners. She utilizes a range of project management and evaluation methodologies, such as Agile and Culturally Responsive & Racially Equitable Evaluation, to lead organizational change, strengthen capacity-building efforts, and propel research initiatives forward. Whether working together remotely or in-person, Briettny brings her authentic self and encourages others to do the same. 

Briettny is the first in her family to achieve a higher education and earned a Master of Arts in Education, Counseling, and Student Personnel, in addition to a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from San Jose State University. She also attained the Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute, embodying her belief in the importance of lifelong learning!

When recharging, Briettny enjoys unwinding at her custom-built gaming PC, picking up the Kindle, or seeking solace amidst the natural beauty of the Uinta Mountains through camping adventures.

San Jose State University
M.A., Education, Counseling, and Student Personnel
B.A. Psychology

Project Management Institute
Project Management Professional Certification

• Agile Project Management Methodologies

• Learning and Development

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Qualitative Research

• Waterfall Project Management Methodologies

ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS
• Project Management Institute Member

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS
•Crucial Learning | Crucial Conversations
•Gallup | Successful Strengths Coaching
•Google | Project Management Certification

Eve (she/her) serves as a Research & Evaluation Assistant at Mirror Group LLC. Eve received her B.S. in Sociology and Criminology and M.S. in Sociology from Virginia Tech. In college, she initially planned on pursuing a career in law enforcement before fully understanding what that work and those institutions entailed. She pivoted, realizing that the community-based support and work that she wanted to do could be done outside of the criminal justice system. Her dream was to somehow use research to work in, and with, communities to address the issues most pressing for them.

Her interests in sexual violence prevention, child abuse prevention, reproductive rights, and gender and racial equity are rooted in her work as a student organizer. Her sociological training provides frameworks to critically examine the systems that sustain inequalities and opportunities for change. She developed a passion for qualitative research while completing her Master’s thesis, which involved conducting and analyzing interviews with fellow Asian adoptees regarding their responses to increased violence against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. She enjoyed qualitatively coding their interviews and finding patterns and commonalities in their experiences, while uplifting individuality and nuance at the same time.

Her passion for building human-centered connections through qualitative work, and her desire to practice community-centered and participatory research and evaluation, led her to Mirror Group, where her greatest joy is uplifting the voices of community members regarding the issues that most affect them. As an assistant at Mirror Group, Eve also enjoys using her artistic eye to create data visualizations and presentations, while keeping digital accessibility at the forefront of her designs. Her most vital asset at Mirror Group is her curiosity, wonder, and cultural humility, which she brings to every engagement.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S., Sociology

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
B.S., Sociology and Criminology
Minor Psychology

• Qualitative Systems Thinking

• Data Visualization

• Digital Accessibility

• Creative Problem Solving

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS
• Women's Resource Center Crisis Intervention Training
• Evaluation for Arts, Culture, and Heritage: Principles and Practice Training, University of Leeds

ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS
• Southern Sociological Society (SSS)
• Help Save the Next Girl

LaShaune Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Creighton University, founder of Estella Lucia Evaluation, LLC and a Consultant at Mirror Group where she co-facilitates accountability practice circles, trainings, workshops, and strategic planning retreats and serves as a subject matter expert on a range of client projects. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California-Santa Barbara. She was a Medieval/ Renaissance Studies and Sociology double major at Wellesley College. She is a public health researcher who focuses on health equity, community partnerships, and cultural humility. Her primary research areas are Muslim maternal/child health, African American breast cancer disparities, and LGBTQ cancer-related distress. She is the Community Liaison for the Creighton University at Highlander Accelerator; and is currently a New Generation Fellow with the Place-Based Justice Network. She is a former Annie E. Casey LEEAD fellow. As a storyteller, she frequently employs arts-based methods. She has provided evaluation services to youth, health, public education, juvenile justice/foster care, and equity projects.

University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD, Sociology
Doctoral Certificate, Human Development
Doctoral Certificate, Feminist Studies

Wellesley College
B.A., Sociology
B.A., Medieval/ Renaissance Studies

• Program Evaluation

• Data Collection & Analysis

• Writing

• Research

ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS
• American Evaluation Association (AEA)
• Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA)
• Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS)
• American Sociological Association (ASA)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS
• New Generation Place-Based Justice Network Fellowship
• Health Disparities Research Education Certificate Program, Creighton University
• Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD)
• Development Evaluation Fellowship, Sherwood Foundation

Dr. Geri Lynn Peak brings over three decades of expertise in evaluation and applied research, specializing in making data meaningful through what she terms "Insight Facilitation." This innovative approach helps communities identify crucial questions that serve as mirrors reflecting current realities, lenses for understanding collective experiences, and beacons illuminating paths forward.

As a self-described "Spiritual Demographer," Dr. Peak brings a unique liberatory lens to evaluation, learning, and strategy work. She excels at helping organizations and communities transform by dismantling systemic barriers while building collective power. Her practice integrates the Virtues Project™ and deep listening techniques to support clients in achieving both personal and systemic transformation.

With 38 years of evaluation experience, Dr. Peak has established herself as a trusted partner to foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies. Her work spans local, national, and international contexts, with particular emphasis on supporting self-determination initiatives within marginalized communities. She brings a distinctive blend of scientific rigor and spiritual wisdom to data interpretation and strategy development, making complex information both accessible and actionable for her clients.

Dr. Peak's commitment to community extends beyond her professional work. A native of Los Angeles now residing in Baltimore, she is an accomplished fiber artist, jewelry designer, and organic gardener. She brings this same creative energy to her evaluation practice, crafting innovative approaches that honor both quantitative and qualitative forms of data.

When not leading evaluation initiatives, Dr. Peak can be found practicing restorative arts, mentoring emerging evaluators, or tending to her garden. Her multifaceted approach to life and work exemplifies the integration of art and science in making data meaningful for transformative change.

• Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health DrPH, Public Health

• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) MPH, Public Health

• Liberatory Evaluation

• Insight Facilitation

• Virtues-Driven Strategies

• Participatory Research

• Cultural Responsiveness

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CERTIFICATIONS

• Virtues Project™ Master Facilitator (2010)

• Social Transformation Certificate Program (2023)

• Evaluation Scholar Practitioner designation

ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS

• Living Well Brain Trust Member

• DewMore Baltimore (Board Member)

• WombWork Productions (Board Member)

• Baltimore Bahá'í Community (Governing Body)

• Association for Bahá'í Studies (Africana Studies Working Group)

• Old Money New Systems Collaborative Member

• Wealth Reclamation Academy of Practitioners (WRAP Board)

• Liberatory Learning Circle (Founder)

• ACE Evaluation Network

Lara Martin is a global health and humanitarian leader with over 16 years of experience dedicated to working with and for communities across diverse contexts. As an evaluator and technical advisor, she brings expertise in making data meaningful and actionable in complex humanitarian emergencies, US disasters, and low-resource settings.

Drawing from her extensive field experience leading emergency responses across multiple continents, Lara approaches evaluation and learning through a servant-leadership lens. She has a particular passion for helping organizations develop innovative monitoring, learning, and accountability strategies that center community voices and needs. Her work spans the government, nonprofit, and foundation sectors, where she has successfully secured over $100 million in funding for vital humanitarian initiatives.

Throughout her career, Lara has served as a trusted advisor on humanitarian policies and approaches, including to the Obama Administration on North Africa. Her experience includes directing national disaster response programs across all US states and territories, leading global priority-setting bodies on health programming in humanitarian settings, and contributing to emergency responses in Haiti, Bangladesh, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, and beyond.

As an educator and mentor, Lara has trained future aid workers and shared humanitarian best practices with organizations including the US CDC, US Army, and various Ministries of Health. She brings this wealth of experience to Mirror Group's evaluation, learning, and strategy practice, where she helps partners transform data into meaningful action for sustainable change.

Lara holds a Master of Public Health and Certificate in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies from Emory University, a Master of Arts in Social Anthropology of Development from the University of London (SOAS), and currently serves as Board Chair for Positive Impact Health Centers. When not working, you can find her engaged in environmental justice initiatives as a Just Energy Academy fellow with the Partnership for Southern Equity.

Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health

• Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

• Certificate in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

University of London - SOAS

• Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Anthropology of Development

University of South Florida

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Anthropology

• Project Management and Program Development

• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)

• Grant Writing and Fundraising

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS

• Mental Health First Aid Certification, Mental Health First Aid England

• Gender Based Violence Research Methods Certificate, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Qualitative Research Methods Certificate, Emory University

• Humanitarian Cluster Coordination Certificate, United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)

• Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Certificate, United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS

• Board Chair and Quality Management Committee Chair - Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC)

• Environmental Justice Fellow - Partnership for Southern Equity

• Member, American Public Health Association

• Member, American Anthropology Association

• Member, Junior League of Atlanta

• Instructor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Technical Advisor, US Army Humanitarian Response Training

• Global Health Technical Advisor for various NGOs and Ministries of Health