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Sylvan Robb
Senior Consultant - Fairbanks
Sylvan is a Senior Consultant with Information Insights. She specializes in survey design, statistical analysis, and qualitative analysis with a special interest in child welfare, substance abuse, and health issues. She holds a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Chicago and has worked in the field for more than twelve years.
Recent projects for Information Insights include a public information campaign on pandemic flu for the Fairbanks North Star Borough; a health care plan for the Mat-Su Borough; a management audit review for the Mat-Su Borough School District, and an Alaska Health Research Plan for the University of Alaska in response to Senate Joint Resolution 44. Other clients include Access Alaska, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, Nerland Agency, and the State of Alaska Office of Children’s Services.
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Our Approach
We know that information is everywhere, but insight is not. We approach projects by forming teams of highly skilled and professional staff working in an open office environment that allows us to draw on our collective expertise in:
- Alaska public policy
- public health
- housing
- education
- energy policy
- economics
- public finance
- process facilitation
- audience response facilitation
- community development
- organizational development
- IT analysis
- website design
One of our strengths is our breadth of experience with different organizations. We have completed over 450 engagements in twelve years of consulting for local, state and tribal governments, Alaska Native organizations, and a wide cross section of nonprofit and for-profit companies throughout the state.
Our experience allows us to design a project or process to reach the client’s unique objectives. We never use a cookie cutter solution. A high proportion of our clients return to us because of this ability and commitment.
Being a family friendly workplace is a key component of our corporate culture. In 2005, we were awarded a “Family Friendly Workplace Award” by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Early Childhood Development Commission.
If you have questions, please contact us.
Recent Projects
| Project | Client |
|---|---|
| Adult Learning Programs of Alaska IT Analysis | ALPA |
| Alaska Strategic Traffic Enforcement Partnership | ASTEP |
| Alaska Marine Highway System Analysis | UAF |
| Save Eielson Task Force | FNSB |
| Ch’eghutsen’ Phase II | FNA |
| AK DHSS OCS Citizen Review Panel II | AK DHSS OCS |
| Conference of Young Alaskans 2009 | UA |
| Doyon Ltd Management Consulting | |
| Alaska Club Facilitation | |
| Scenic Byways Communication Plan | AK DOT |
| Mini-Grant Program Administration | AMHTA |
| AMHS Long-term Operations Model | UA UAF MIRL |
| TCC CP Report Preparation | TCC |
| Doyon Web Template Design | |
| CCHRC Weatherization Database | CCHRC |
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Information Insights' Staff
| Aldona Jonaitas | Senior Consultant | ||
| Barb Branton | Coordinator | 907.450.2462 | |
| Brenda Holden | Senior Consultant | 907.450.2452 | |
| Brian Rogers | Co-founder and Former Principal Consultant | 907.474.7112 | |
| Cady Lister | Senior Consultant | 907.272.5074 | |
| Chris Rogers | Consultant | 907.450.2463 | |
| Debbie Mowrey | Accountant | 907.450.2457 | |
| Deborah Hewitt | Administrative Assistant | 907.450.2461 | |
| Ellen Ganley | Co-founder, CEO and Principal Consultant | 907.450.2454 | |
| Indra Arriaga | Senior Consultant | 907.272.5074 | |
| Jana Peirce | Senior Consultant | 907.450.2482 | |
| Jessica Holden | Consultant | 907.272.5074 ext.4 | |
| Lydia Larson | Call Center Supervisor | 907.272.5074 | |
| Nancy Lowe | Project Coordinator | 907.450.2458 | |
| Rick Lonn | Grant Admin, Consultant | 907.450.2484 | |
| Shannon McCarthy | Senior Consultant | 907.450.2480 | |
| Sherry Modrow | VP, Senior Consultant | 907.450.2450 | |
| Susan Pruitt | Accounting Technician | 907.450.2488 | |
| Sylvan Robb | Senior Consultant | 907.450.2456 | |
| Tom Hewitt | Network Administrator |
News
Join us December 10 – Holiday Open House in Fairbanks
November 27th, 2009
Clients and friends of Information Insights who find themselves in Fairbanks on Thursday, December 10th are invited to join us for our annual Holiday Open House. Come by between 4:30 and 7 pm for good music and good food. Our Fairbanks office is located at 212 Front Street. (Map)
Tom Hewitt on Fairbanks Focus Alaska View
October 22nd, 2009
Tom is one one of the panelists on the second half of the this week’s Fairbanks Focus. Besides working at Information Insights, Tom is also the editor or the UAF SunStar, the campus paper. He’s a busy guy. Other Information Insights connections to the show include the student producer/director (Eric Lonn, son of Ellen Ganley and Rick Lonn) and the guy in charge of it all, Charles Fedullo, husband of Information Insights senior consultant, Shannon McCarthy.
This week, Lynne Snifka interviews UAF Snedden Chair and longtime journalist David Offer on the state of journalism today. In addition to Tom, the panel includes Jason Gazewood and Dermot Cole. who discuss the mayoral runoff, Bethel loosening its alcohol restrictions, and Stars and Strikes for the week. See the video at alaska.edu »
Dewey Hoffman to intern with Doyon, Limited on cultural resources project
June 18th, 2009
Former Information Insights intern, Dewey Hoffman plans to work as an intern this summer at Denali National Park with Doyon’s cultural resource department. Dewey will assist professor James Kari with an ongoing Athabascan language place mapping project that Kari.