Nancy Pole (MPNL Carleton University) has been a PhiLab research associate since 2015 (list of publications below). As principal of Co.spire Consulting since 2015, Nancy also works with partnerships and collaboratives in the nonprofit, foundation and public sectors to help them read and understand their system, increase their network capacity, and evaluate and learn from their action. Since late 2017 she has been network facilitator and project manager for the Collectif des fondations québécoises contre les inégalités. Her evaluation clients have included Québec’s Ministry of Social solidarity (evaluation co-lead on Québec’s regional Solidarity Alliances), the City of Montreal, and Centraide of Greater Montreal’s Collective Impact Project. Prior to this, she draws upon over 20 years working in community change and as a place-based grantmaker in Montreal.