Wavelet joined MDRC as a senior fellow in April 2019 after serving in executive roles in Colorado, Wisconsin, and New York City government agencies since 2005. She brings leadership experience designing, implementing, and continuously improving programs and policies that support families. At MDRC, she leverages her government experiences to advance data use in public sector agencies by building data analytics capacity. She is currently the project director for the TANF Data Collaborative 2.0 and co-project director for the State IMPACT Collaborative. She was the coordinator of the 30-month state agency pilot for the TANF Data Innovation Initiative and recently authored the TANF Data Collaborative Pilot Initiative Final Report and The Five Phases of Successful Data Analytics: TANF Data Collaborative Pilot Resources Toolkit. Wavelet holds a master’s degree in public management from the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at New York University and a bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish from Marquette University.
