Justin has extensive experience helping clients use data and evaluation findings to inform strategies. He’s led evaluations and strategic consulting engagements for a number of complex regional and national systems change initiatives aimed at improving access and opportunity for youth and adults. He has evaluated collective impact and place-based systems change efforts in dozens of communities seeking to advance equitable outcomes across the cradle-to-career continuum. He also brings deep experience helping philanthropies and nonprofits build their capacity for evaluation, learning, and transformational change.

Prior to founding JPiff Strategies, Justin spent 14 years at Equal Measure, most recently as Vice President, Learning and Impact. In that role, Justin provided strategic direction to project directors and teams, including subject matter expertise in systems change, capacity building, social change strategies, and qualitative and quantitative evaluation approaches. At Equal Measure, his clients included The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Aspen Institute, Lumina Foundation, HealthSpark Foundation, StriveTogether, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Student African American Brotherhood. To start his career, he worked in quality management and evaluation for providers of behavioral health, substance abuse, and juvenile justice services, grounding his perspective on the realities of using data in nonprofit settings.

Justin holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Eastern University and a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University. He also serves as an adjunct instructor in La Salle University’s Masters in Nonprofit Leadership and Villanova University’s Master of Public Administration programs.