Our Team

Other roles:

Program Chair of the New York Consortium of Evaluators

Web/ Social Media Chair of the AEA Independent Consultants TIG

Facilitator for Association of Nonprofit Specialists Consultant Circle

Allison Shurilla, MPP 

Founder and Lead Consultant

Allison Shurilla (she/they), founder and Lead Consultant of AS Community Consulting, has over 14 years of experience consulting nonprofits, schools, and public agencies on their evaluation and research goals. In addition to her consulting experience, she has 20 years of experience working in the education and nonprofit sector as a staff member, volunteer, educator, and board member.  She has backgrounds in education, youth work, public health, community engagement, and the arts in a local, national, and international capacity.  

Her approach to evaluation uses a combination of traditional evaluation consulting, social justice-based research methodologies, community organizing principles, and coaching techniques.

Allison founded AS Community Consulting, Inc. with the mission of using her evaluation and research expertise to contribute to social change through honoring and uplifting the expertise of communities that are often disenfranchised, especially in the research world.