Dr. Tracie Reding, EdD, is a Research and Evaluation Manager at Parlay Consulting Firm and specializes in gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing data to help organizations make data-informed decisions to improve outcomes. Tracie comes to Parlay from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she worked as the Senior Community Service Associate. Her role entailed numerous responsibilities including leading and assisting various large grant-funded research and evaluation projects across campus, as well as serving as the liaison, communication, and organizational specialist for outreach efforts and initiatives between various departments on UNO’s campus, area school districts, nonprofits, and businesses. The primary focus of her research centers around the contributing factors and outcomes of interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder networks to strategically collaborate and maximize efficiency of initiatives.