Ecosystem Maps allow a foundations and nonprofit organizations to better understand how their work aligns and its investments contribute to efforts to improve a sector or systems within a sector. Ecosystem Maps also extend limited grantmaking funds by providing guidance on the wisest investment choices, partnerships with other funders, or the identification of programs that operate efficiently.

In this webinar, Michelle Revels and Amber Trout will walk you through the process a major funder uses to get the most out of Ecosystem Maps.

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Michelle Revels
Senior Associate

Michelle Revels is experienced in research and evaluation design and works on a range of policy analysis, program evaluation, and health communication projects.  As a skilled mixed-methods researcher, Michelle designs evaluation studies aimed at improving health and health equity for racial, ethnic and economically disadvantaged communities. She also has extensive experience developing logic models and is a skilled trainer in focus group research, qualitative data analysis, and program evaluation.

At Community Science, Michelle provides evaluation guidance on projects focusing on racial equity, health, education, economic security, and child well-being
Previously, Michelle led chronic disease and emerging projects in the public health line of business at ICF, a strategic consulting and management firm. She worked on projects aimed at improving the understanding of health issues disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations and identifying and evaluating policy and programmatic approaches to reduce those disparities.

Amber Trout
Executive Coach
Community Science

Amber has deep expertise in organizational and leadership development, change management, and capacity building in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. She has extensive knowledge, skills, and experience in community and housing development. Amber is an experienced facilitator and organizational consultant in racial equity and organizational change efforts to promote system-wide transformation at leadership, organization, and community levels.
At Community Science, she manages the evaluation projects that focus on racial equity in areas of leadership development, organizational effectiveness, community change, health, and economic security.

Previously, Amber served as the Director of the Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative (REDI) at NeighborWorks America She has been a community health practitioner focusing on health education, community planning, place-making strategies, and community engagement and planning.