Heather Dantzker serves as the project’s external evaluator. As founder/principal of Dantzker Consulting, LLC, a small, woman-owned business based in Arlington, Virginia, she provides applied research and program evaluation services to university, non-profit, government, and foundation-based teams to protect and improve the health and well-being of people and the environment. After receiving MS and PhD degrees from Cornell University in Natural Resources Policy and Management, she worked as a research and extension associate at Cornell serving stakeholders across New York State with research-based resources on pesticide health risks, integrated pest management, and related topics. She currently works across diverse topical areas including agriculture; water quality; conservation and species protection; climate adaptation/resilience; environmental health, and sustainability.