Stacie Toal, Ph. D., established Cannon River Consulting to help organizations answer questions with maximum efficiency and minimal effort. To accomplish this mission, CRC relies on a professional network of evaluators and researchers, as well as her own professional and educational experience.

Dr. Toal has worked in higher education for over ten years, first in enrollment management at Bradley University, then as coordinator of institutional research at Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Since moving to Minnesota in 2004, she has worked as an external research analyst with over twenty private colleges and universities through her work at Hardwick-Day, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in enrollment management at private colleges. However, Stacie’s experience is not limited to higher education.  Since 2004, Dr. Toal has honed her research and evaluation skills by expanding her work into primary and secondary education settings, as well  as grant research and writing. Her work on a National Science Foundation research grant has given her insight into building useful evaluations in multi-site settings.

Stacie also serves as an evaluation consultant for a large school district in Minnesota where she builds internal evaluation capacity by coaching data analysts in evaluation design, implementation, and analysis. In addition, she is also evaluating a youth mentoring program associated with a Minneapolis public school.

Dr. Toal’s skills include research and evaluation design, implementation, and both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Most of all she enjoys engaging others in the process, so that they can better understand and use the results. Stacie earned her doctorate in Educational Policy and Administration – Evaluation Studies at the University of Minnesota in 2007. She also has a master’s degree in Organizational Communication from Michigan State University and a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Bradley University.