Dr Squirrel Main
Research and Evaluation Manager, Ian Potter Foundation 

Dr Squirrel Main has been The Ian Potter Foundation’s Research and Evaluation Manager since 2015. She is co-chair of Philanthropy Australia’s Philanthropic Evaluation and Data Analysis working group (fondly known in funder circles as “geek club”). Over the past two decades, she has conducted evaluations for schools, outdoor education programs, the US Department of Education, childcare settings, and homelessness programs. 

An evaluator and a data analyst with a passion for measuring and improving outcomes across education, health and community well being sectors, Squirrel completed her Masters at Stanford University in Evaluation and Policy Analysis. She received her PhD at the University of Auckland investigating teacher support systems in low-socioeconomic schools.