Melinda Mollette, Ph.D., serves as a Research Associate for the Region 7 Comprehensive Center. She has more than 15 years of experience leading program evaluations and research projects for districts and non-profits across the southeast. She has experience providing technical assistance to education leaders related to logic models, evaluation design, and the development of proposals for state and federal funding. […]
RMC Staff
Verónica Ruiz de Castilla
Verónica Ruiz de Castilla, Ph.D., has extensive experience in the design and implementation of qualitative and quantitative data analyses: data and predictive analytics, statistical and econometric analysis, cost analysis, data visualization, and evaluation services. Before joining RMC, Verónica served as the principal investigator for three REL Southwest studies that use mixed methods to analyze factors associated with the academic growth […]
Daniel Mangialomini
As the Office Manager, Daniel Mangialomini supports the Region 7 Comprehensive Center staff to deliver high quality services. Mr. Mangialomini has more than 13 years of experience working in several areas of industry, with much of his experience in the finance and government sectors. Mr. Mangialomini has worked in client and relationship management in the finance sector and the project […]
Sarah Hughes
Sarah Hughes provides support to the Region 7 Comprehensive Center’s Florida Standards Implementation project. She is a senior research associate at RMC Research Corporation with over 20 years of experience in working with state leaders to strengthen early childhood education, early language and literacy, standards alignment and implementation, PK-3 approaches, school readiness, and kindergarten transition. Ms. Hughes engages in intensive […]
Shannon Lasserre-Cortez
Shannon Lasserre-Cortez, Ph.D., manages evaluation projects for the RMC Tampa office and provides technical support, research, and evaluation services to a variety of education programs. Dr. Lasserre-Cortez serves as lead evaluator for the Region 7 Comprehensive Center (R7CC) and director of the Regional Education Laboratory (REL) Southeast RMC subcontract. She also leads research and evaluation for projects like the Yerington […]
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