Ms. Kretz, a behavioral health professional, has extensive experience directing and conducting research and evaluation projects related to children and families, older Americans, military families and veterans, public health information, and healthcare access for federal, state, and private agencies. She is effective at developing innovations to estimate national program performance from administrative data sources to ensure compliance with monitoring and reporting requirements with minimal drain on program resources. Ms. Kretz combines expertise in research methodology, survey design, and quantitative/ qualitative data analysis with proven management practices to direct research projects that produce defensible, actionable results, communicated in a clear and compelling way, on time and within budget. She currently manages evaluation projects for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration on Community Living.