It doesn’t have to be your fault to be your responsibility.
Our Approach
At Equity Analytics Group we focus on the analysis needed to drive discovery and understanding so that equity efforts and interventions come from an informed place, allowing change to be measured, communicated, and reflected upon.
Our goals are to help your organization develop the approach and tools to effectively measure the things you value, and to communicate your story clearly, accurately, and in a way that resonates from multiple perspectives, from members of your board to your front-line employees. To do this we develop a customized evaluation and implementation plan that builds on your existing strengths and aims to foster self-sufficient internal systems that can adapt and grow with your organization.
Our Founding Partners
Jamie Kennel, PhD, MAS, NRP
Jamie is a Professor of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Department Chair for the EMS Department at Oregon Tech, with a joint faculty appointment at Oregon Health and Science University. His interests include paramedicine, aeronautical human factors, and medical sociology. Jamie’s primary research and consulting experience focuses on helping EMS agencies evaluate, understand, and develop interventions to improve the equity of EMS medical care.
Lily Copenagle, PhD, MS
Lily is a research scientist with degrees in physics and biology who has applied her data analysis skills to help organizations collect data, provide relevant metrics to evaluate the success and sustainability of initiatives and programs, and to develop these analyses into strategic institutional assets. Over the last decade Lily has worked with a variety of public and private organizations in healthcare, public works, and education to leverage information and workforce resources to make meaningful and persistent change.
“Equity Analytics Group is a great partner for organizations seeking authentic and accessible approaches to designing equitable systems and policies.
They prioritize integrity and transparency and deliver high quality work with a focus on providing their clients the information and strategies to reduce disparate impacts.
They are able to deliver in meaningful and sustainable ways because they understand that there are people behind statistics and data.”
— Josephine Davis, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program Manager, OnPoint Community Credit Union
Equity Analytics Group recognizes that we are a predominately white organization and operate within systemic racism and oppression, and that silence and neutrality are actions of complicity that perpetuate harm. We recognize the critical role that science and research has in our culture and recognize our responsibility to make positive change through our work, our practices, and our policies. We commit ourselves to the life-long work of anti-racism and anti-oppression and will work with urgency to end racial inequities in our industry and our culture.
We invite community members and colleagues to hold us accountable.