A Joint Venture, Social Equity and Civil Rights, Program Evaluation, and More
Summit Consulting and NuvoLogic Consulting Form NuvoSum, a EDWOSB and 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture
We're pleased to announce that Summit Consulting has entered the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) as a mentor to NuvoLogic Consulting, an 8(a)-certified, minority- and woman-owned small business.
The new organization is called NuvoSum, and it will combine the resources, talents, and experience of both partners to pursue competitive set-aside contracts for economically disadvantaged woman-owned small businesses (EDWOSB) and 8(a) small businesses.
Summit Director Sarah Cunningham on Data in the Context of Social Equity and Civil Rights
Director Sarah Cunningham spoke at the Data Foundation’s 2021 Data Symposium about data in the context of social equity and civil rights. Read her speech here. Summit is a supporting member of the Data Foundation, and we are engaged in the foundation’s initiatives to advance data-driven policies and education.
Spotlight on Data Science
Hadley Wickham Discusses Data Science, Yoga, and the Next Generation of Statisticians on the Summit Podcast with Partner Albert Lee
Statistician Hadley Wickham is perhaps best known for creating open-source data visualization software packages for the R statistical programming language, such as ggplot2. But he’s also a proud member of the LGBTQ+ statistics community, and to commemorate Pride Month, he spoke with Summit Partner Albert Lee about his professional journey, his hobbies, and what he’d tell the next generation of statisticians and data scientists.
“Statistics and data science in general feels like a great career to be in right now,” he says. “It’s also a field that’s filled with a lot of genuinely caring and loving people. On the whole, it feels like statistics is a pretty open-minded and supportive community, and some of that is because at its heart, statistics is about communicating to other people.”
Although Summit is well known for our work in data analytics and econometrics analyses, you might not know that we also have an experienced team of program evaluators who work with a wide range of methods. Summit’s program evaluators have conducted evaluations for federal and private-sector clients on a wide variety of topics, such as succession planning, acquisition planning, and loan program uptake. This blog series authored by our program evaluation team highlights the program evaluation methods that Summit regularly uses.
Part 1:Introductionby Teresa Kline and Balint Peto
The following articles are part of series that Summit Consulting is releasing in collaboration with Grant Thornton.
Perspectives on Housing & Climate Change Resilience
An equitable response to the climate crisis is essential, considering the disproportionately adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on low-income households and other vulnerable populations. The prospect of increasing climate-induced extreme weather events drives a compelling need for federal housing infrastructure actions.
Opportunities for Climate Resilience at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD has an opportunity to launch impactful climate resilience efforts by leveraging the momentum of existing programs. With relatively minor adjustments to these programs, HUD can support the administration’s goals with less ramp-up time than new programs.
Latest Episodes
Simon Business School Dean Sevin Yeltekin Talks Infrastructure, Credit, and Data Science with Summit Director Josh Goldberg
Nick Hart, President of Data Foundation, on Data as Infrastructure
Tracey Duval, Federal Student Aid Program Manager, on Effective Government Program Management in a Fully Remote Environment
Could Legislative Changes Drive Greater Investor Adoption?
What are Opportunity Zones? What recent legislative and regulatory changes apply to the program, and how might these changes impact interest in investments?
Using OZs to Measure the ‘S’ in ESG under Biden’s Build Back Better Plan
How has the Biden administration positioned the Opportunity Zone tax incentive as a key component in advancing racial and economic equity through its Build Back Better plan?
The Role of CDFIs in Driving Equitable OZ Impact
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are the ideal way to activate the Biden administration’s policy goals in Opportunity Zones for several reasons.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Summit won a multiyear project helping the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) build a new data system to ingest NASS surveys. The project involves developing a system for processing new surveys, identifying errors, automating edit checks and imputation procedures, and providing NASS statisticians with a user interface to access survey data.
A Leading D.C.-Based Capital Investment Firm
Summit will provide underwriting support in conducting the underwriting and financial analysis of project sponsors and development entities.
American Heart Association
Summit and our partner, ICF Next, won a 9-month contract to assist the American Heart Association with monitoring and evaluation of the National Hypertension Initiative, which explores the impacts of hypertension on negative COVID-19 outcomes among minority populations.
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Analytical Support
Summit has supported the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board since 2015, providing analytical support services in a variety of capacities. Over the past 3 to 4 years, we evaluated bids and offers made on alternative trading systems to identify any data that could increase transparency and reduce market inefficiencies.
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