She designs and conducts rigorous evaluations and applied research in home visiting programs, foster care systems, and early care and education settings. At James Bell Associates, Dr. Meisch directs several projects, including the National Home Visiting Resource Center, and a pilot of a tool kit developed to support 2-generation programs in developing a data governance plan. She excels in translating research to practice and assisting programs and grantees to build data and evaluation capacity. She earned a B.S and M.S. in psychology from Saint Joseph’s University and a Ph.D. in human development from the University of Maryland.