Matthew Stagner

Matthew W. Stagner is a Senior Fellow at NORC.  Previously, he worked as a Vice President at Mathematica, Executive Director of Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, and, before that, as a center director at The Urban Institute in Washington, DC. In the 1990s, he directed the Office of Children and Youth Policy for the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Dr. Stagner focuses on the evaluation of programs and comprehensive approaches to helping families and children.  He has led multiple projects evaluating child welfare and behavioral health services and worked closely with states on human services reforms. He holds a Ph.D. from The Harris School and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.  He is Past President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.