About Us
Magnolia Consulting is a woman-owned, small business with headquarters in central Virginia and a network of consultants throughout the country. We offer comprehensive, customized evaluation and research services. We cultivate learning and positive change by meeting clients’ specific needs with timely, relevant, and useful information.
With our expertise, we help clients achieve their goals in PK-20 education, adult education, organizational change and development, community and school-based programs, and informal education and public outreach.
Together, our team offers more than a century of evaluation experience and represents a broad range of fields including education, human services, and social science
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Our Executive Team
Stephanie Baird Wilkerson, Ph.D.
President
Carol Haden, Ed.D.
Vice President of Operations
Lisa Shannon, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Evaluation
Our researchers and Evaluators
Mary Styers, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher and Evaluator
Molly Henschel, Ph.D.
Researcher and Evaluator
Elizabeth Peery, M.A.
Researcher and Evaluator
Anne Cosby, M.S.W.
Research and Evaluation Associate
deKoven Pelton, Ph.D.
Research and Evaluation Associate, Qualitative
Serena Chapman, M.S.
Research Assistant
Our Support Team
Beverly Bunch
Executive Assistant
Catherine Pearson, B.S.
Budget and Contracts Manager
“We were very fortunate to work with Magnolia Consulting. We found their expertise and professionalism to be first-rate. They provided a highly collaborative working relationship and their reports were thorough and of the highest quality. The NCEA staff would not hesitate to hire Magnolia Consulting again for evaluation services.”
Lynn Mellor, Ph.D.
Former Principal Research Manager
National Center for Educational Achievement
National Center for Educational Achievement
