As the Phipps Neighborhoods Senior Director of Data, Evaluation, and Learning, Zachary Hoyer-Leitzel is driven by a passion for improving social services programming. Zachary uses data to generate new insights. Over the past six years, Zachary has grown the Phipps Neighborhood’s data team, fully realizing the mandates for the 40+ programs in the organization: collection and management of program data, guiding staff in using program data, and collaborative creation of program evaluation systems. Zachary holds a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Prior to his decade of experience in the monitoring and evaluation field, Zachary worked directly with clients and students in education and skill development programming, ranging from youth empowerment and career coaching to adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and remedial college math teaching.