Amelia Kohm, PhD, is the founder of Data Viz for Nonprofits and has more than 25 years of experience studying, funding, and evaluating human services. Data Viz for Nonprofits delivers high-quality visualizations that help organizations to quickly grasp their data, improve their work, and show their impact. Data Viz for Nonprofits creates custom interactive data dashboards, living annual reports and logic models, infographics, presentations, and reports. Amelia also conducts trainings and workshops on data visualization.

Prior to starting Data Viz for Nonprofits, Amelia was a researcher at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago where she served as Project Director on studies on community schools, residential education, bullying, and nonprofit mergers and consolidations. She has also worked as a program officer at the Sears Roebuck Foundation and the Illinois Humanities Council.

Amelia is a member of the Association of Consultants to Nonprofits and the American Evaluation Association. Amelia served as a member, vice chair, and chair of The Employment Project’s board of directors which later merged with Inspiration Corporation. Both organizations serve Chicagoans affected by barriers such as homelessness and poverty. Amelia has also chaired committees of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. Currently, Amelia is mentoring refugee families through HIAS Immigration & Citizenship.

Amelia has a Ph.D. in Social Policy from the University of Bath, an MA in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago, a BA in English Literature from Haverford College, and a certificate in Data Visualization from the University of Washington.

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