The staff of Solutions That Work come from a wide background. Below are the staff bios. Karen Bogart, Ph.D. President/CEO. Dr. Karen Bogart is a social psychologist, researcher and evaluator, with a focus for more than 20 years on improving opportunities for underrepresented populations in education, employment and entrepreneurship. Dr. Bogart: conducts evaluations, using survey as well as qualitative research methods, for a variety of clients representing public and private sectors such as: the University of the District of Columbia (1998-present): the National Association For Equal Opportunity (NAFEO, 1998), the Office of Educational Research and Improvement in the U.S. Department of Education(1996-1997), the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences (1995-1996), the Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education and the Council of Independent Colleges 1995-1997), the National Institutes of Health (1994). Has written numerous funded contracts and grants for public and private sources. Has served as Principal Investigator of more than 17 grants from such sources as Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Has authored more than 60 publications, including two books, monographs, chapters and articles in refereed journals. Elliot Bogart, Ph.D. Vice President and database/data/report analyst. Dr. Bogart: Retired as a nuclear physicist / biophysicist after developing large-scale simulations for nuclear waste and cancer cell drug treatments. Developed a system in the database language SQL to transition hundreds of fields to a new normalized database system (KIDS2) Prepared systems to perform data validation, automatic correction, and automatic outcome analysis. Designed and supervised the preparation of reports generating demographic data tables, participant characteristics, and performance measures for the funding agency (HRSA). .