Marie Colombo

Marie Colombo, Senior Program Officer for Knowledge Management at The Skillman Foundation, is responsible for aligning the Foundation’s grantmaking practices and evaluation policy with an organizational culture focused on real-time learning and accountability. Prior to coming to the Foundation in 2005, Colombo directed the Evaluation Research unit at Wayne State University’s Center for Urban Studies in Detroit, where she also taught evaluation research practice. Her degrees are from WSU. She is a founding member of the Michigan Association for Evaluation. Her 25-year research career includes a wide range of program evaluations, with a focus on school-based initiatives and reform, spanning pre-K through post-secondary education. Colombo is a life-long Detroiter, whose family – husband and three sons – live in the metro area.