Research Improving People's Lives
Abby McQuade serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Solutions and Consulting at Research Improving People's Lives since February 2022. Prior to this role, Abby McQuade was the Senior Advisor to the Director and Chief Innovation Officer at the Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training from February 2019 to February 2022. Previous positions include Supervising Budget Analyst and Principal Revenue and Policy Analyst at the State of Rhode Island Office of Management and Budget, and Senior Legislative Budget Analyst for the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Abby McQuade has also held the position of Executive Director at Project Undercover, Inc., and has experience as an adjunct professor at both the University of Phoenix and New England Institute of Technology. Educational qualifications include an Honors Master of Arts in International Relations and National Security Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, both from Boston University.
Research Improving People's Lives
RIPL is a tech-for-social-impact nonprofit that works with governments to help them use data, science, and technology to improve policy and lives. We work with faculty research affiliates from top research universities across the country to provide powerful, scientific-grade insights at the speed of policy directly to policymakers so that they can positively impact lives, solve pressing social challenges, and build their own capacity to innovate and measure success going forward. In the early days of COVID-19, we partnered with Rhode Island to build a cloud-based Pandemic Unemployment Assistance system in just 10 days, making Rhode Island the first state in the nation to pay CARES act benefits to workers and families in need, and helping over 70,000 RI workers receive their unemployment benefits. We are now partnering with states across the country to deliver innovative systems that empower government leaders to use administrative data, science, and secure cloud computing to deliver education, health, and workforce solutions that make measurable progress against America's opportunity gap.