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Jeremy Ross

Management Consultant

Maricopa, AZ

Since 2023, Jeremy has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. His prior military experience includes providing tactical emergency medical response, managing a $20 million budget to alleviate the impact of the refugee crisis in Jordan, and enhancing collaboration and integration between joint and inter-agency operations within the Middle East. When not working, Jeremy enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, hiking, and he is a motorcycle enthusiast.

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Miles Hochstein

Management Consultant

Portland, OR

Since 2023, Miles has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. Miles received his doctorate from the University of Southern California. He has experience as an IT professional and proven skill with data system integrations, data analysis and presentation, business process improvement, project management. When not working, Miles enjoys biking, running, writing, and trying to figure out how to slow global climate change.

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Camilla Johnston JD

Management Consultant

Eugene, OR

Since 2022, Camilla has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. She has more than a decade of leading and guiding staff and organizations in compliance and meeting regulatory guidelines. Additionally, Camilla has extensive experience driving initiatives in cross-functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Through her proven project management and coordination abilities, Camilla thrives in coordination efforts for agencies and organizations of all sizes, meeting deadlines and objectives within complex environments. Camilla received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon School of Law. When not working, Camilla enjoys almost anything outdoors, travel, sunshine, and embracing the chaos of raising a family.

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Constance Morton ML

Management Consultant

Henderson, NV

Since 2022, Connie has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. Connie is responsible for many aspects of project management based on professional work experience in non-profit education/administration and volunteer humanitarian assistance for over 20 years. Connie received her Master’s in Leadership from Grand Canyon University. When not working, Connie is an amateur photographer who enjoys traveling, writing children’s stories, and listening to international music while she is working. Why? The words do not distract her because she does not speak the language!

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Susan Smith MSW, Ph.D.

Management Consultant

Issaquah, WA

Since 2022, Susan has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. Susan is responsible for building client relationships, project management, data analyses, research, and drafting deliverables. With 20 years of experience in public child welfare, Susan has worked hands-on with state and local child welfare agencies, court systems, and tribes to develop data capacity and better access to information to improve outcomes for families. After spending more than a decade building the data advocacy team at Casey Family Programs, Susan began working at a prominent Bay Area food bank, forming their work on impact and evaluation, and serving as part of the leadership team. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and her MSW from the University of Washington. Susan enjoys spending time outside, vacationing with her adult children, and playing (bad) golf when not working.

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Shannon Grzybowski MPA, PMP

Management Consultant

Portland, OR

Since 2015, Shannon has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. She consults on a wide variety of projects, including policy and program research, organizational change management, group facilitation and training, strategic planning, administrative and management assessment, leadership development, and quality assurance.

Shannon has over 16 years of experience working with state and local government agencies, specializing in public health, human services, and transportation. She also has experience with education, emergency management, and criminal justice agencies. Shannon received her MPA from Portland State University and is a certified Project Management Professional. You can find Shannon outside skiing, running, biking, or otherwise enjoying the Pacific Northwest when she’s not working.

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Eliza Byrne MSW, MGA

Management Consultant

West Linn, OR

Since 2005, Eliza has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. She has been responsible for the evaluation activities of child welfare programs and has developed, tested, implemented, and managed case reviews and other qualitative data collection instruments. Eliza also conducted analyses to inform practice and conducted continuous quality improvement systems and activities with 15 years of experience working with local, state, and federal child welfare agencies. She received her dual master’s degree in Social Work and Government Affairs from the University of Pennsylvania. Eliza enjoys cooking, hiking, and chasing her toddler when not working.

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Alicia Chancellor Hansen MS

Management Consultant

Carson City, NV

Since 2015, Alicia has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. Alicia has over 15 years of experience helping public health agencies manage, improve, understand, and use their data and systems. She uses her data analytics and project management skills, along with her extensive experience in the implementation and certification of Medicaid Enterprise Systems, to manage and support projects ranging from epidemiological analyses of COVID-19 to IV&V support for system modernization.

Alicia previously served as the Chief Biostatistician for the Nevada State Health Division. Alicia received her BS and MS in mathematics with an emphasis in statistics from the University of Nevada, Reno. When not working, Alicia enjoys camping, skiing, and photography.

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Adam Brown

Management Consultant

Olympia, WA

Since 2012, Adam has been a management consultant at Public Knowledge®. He has more than five years of project management or program management experience and more than 10 years of experience with risk identification, risk mitigation, quality assurance, quality control, independent assessment, analysis, writing, editing, performance metrics, quality standards, stakeholder engagement, and software development and implementation projects. When not working, Adam enjoys being outdoors, especially on the water.

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Jeremy Ross

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Miles Hochstein

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Camilla Johnston JD

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Shannon Grzybowski MPA, PMP

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Eliza Byrne MSW, MGA

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