A Roadmap for Policy Change

A new approach to evidence-based policy-making

Cities are increasingly on the front lines of addressing large-scale problems such as climate change, immigration, economic inequality, and many others. Often times, government takes short-cuts based on trends or what’s worked in other areas of the country.

GovEx created A Roadmap for Policy Change for cities, and with input from cities, to facilitate a new way to help municipalities rethink the way they solve problems and address the most salient policy challenges in urban governance. Read the Roadmap below.

Thank you

City Partners

• Michael Baskin, Chief Policy Officer, Chattanooga, TN

• Melissa Bridges, Performance and Innovation Coordinator, Little Rock, AR

• Victoria Carreón, Administrative Officer, Las Vegas, NV

• Tyrone Grandstrand, Community Development Planner, Fargo, ND

• Tib Laughlin, Director of General Services, Kansas City, KS

• Tim Moreland, Director of Performance Management and Open Data, Chattanooga, TN

• Charles Rosendahl, Management Analyst, Denton, TX

• Melissa Sieben, Assistant County Administrator, Kansas City, KS

• Gina Thompson, Director of Strategic Services, Lewisville, TX

JHU Faculty Collaboration

• Stefan Baral, Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Ashley Berner, JHU School of Education

• Melissa Davey-Rothwell, Bloomberg School ofPublic Health

• Jon Links, Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Tamar Mendelson, Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Kristin Mmari, Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Keshia Pollack Porter, Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Josh Sharfstein, Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Liz Stuart, Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Lindsay Thompson, Carey Business School

• Daniel Webster, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Partners in data and evidence-based policy

• Wendy Barreno, Associate Director, Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, University of Notre Dame

• Tiffany Davenport, Director of Data Partnerships, Baltimore’s Promise

• Tomi Hiers, Director, Baltimore Civic Site, Annie E. Casey Foundation

• Chris Kingsley, Senior Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation

• Kathryn Oliver, Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Kristen Watkins, Senior Policy Associate, J-PAL

A Roadmap for Policy Change

GovEx created the Roadmap for cities, and with input from cities, to facilitate a new way to rethink the way municipalities solve problems and address the most salient policy challenges in urban governance.
Read the Roadmap
View the 9 steps of the Roadmap