The Team

Cathy Gordon, MPH

Founder & Senior Consultant

Ms. Gordon is a skilled health policy and engagement professional with 12 years’ experience providing project leadership and support, mixed methods research design and stakeholder engagement. She is particularly effective in client relations, research design and analysis, facilitation, and outreach. She is passionate about engaging policymakers, patients, healthcare providers, the public and other stakeholders in the work of various local and national agencies, non-profit organizations and research programs. She has led and managed mixed methods research projects with national and international reach. She is committed to providing excellent customer service and making research processes and results accessible to people from all walks of life.

Tosha Zaback, MPH

Senior Consultant, Healthcare

Ms. Zaback is one of our senior professionals with 15 years in program development, monitoring and evaluation and strategic planning and design. Her breadth and depth of experience is an asset to every client she serves. clinical, social, and public health research. She has successfully led multiple grant proposal writing efforts she has extensive experience with federal, state and tribal grant implementation. Her breadth and depth of experiences in public health programs is unsurpassed.

Samantha Slaughter-Mason, PhD

Lead Investigator, Healthcare

Dr. Slaughter-Mason is a skilled health policy and social services researcher with over 10 years experience in health communication, research design, analysis, qualitative methods, project design and evaluation, instructional design, collateral development, facilitation, collaborative development and project management. Has worked both domestically and abroad and enjoys translating complex information into clear, user-friendly messaging. She also excels in strategic planning, project leadership, and working collaboratively with diverse teams.