Working Partner LLC serves as project lead and fiscal agent. We are a strategy and evaluation firm based in Houston, Texas that supports mission-driven organizations to deliver meaningful outcomes by helping them move from ideas to action and action to results. The firm is organized around four core practice areas: evaluation, strategy and learning, capacity building, and community engagement. Our strength lies in our unique ability to integrate these four complementary disciplines to help clients align their strategic vision with a rigorous approach to establishing goals and evaluating success.
Jessica Pugil is a skilled empowerment evaluator, facilitator, and planner with over 30 years of experience in evaluating large, complex, multi-stakeholder, multi-site initiatives. Over the years, she has performed evaluations in workforce development, healthcare, and community development, and led multiple community-wide strategy initiatives in economic development and disaster recovery. Jessica holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from McGill University and a master’s degree in public affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She is an active member of the American Evaluation Association and the Texas Evaluation Network.
