Mandy McCormick Smith, PhD. Evaluation Specialist, Independent Consultant
Dr. Mandy McCormick Smith is an accomplished nonprofit leader and STEM education advocate with over 25 years of experience building transformative partnerships between educational organizations, foundations, and communities. Mandy is an educator, researcher, author, keynote speaker, and coach. Most recently, Mandy served as an Evaluation Specialist with the Performance and Evaluation team at NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM).
Mandy’s work spans numerous areas of education, including informal education contexts, PreK-16 education, play-based and experiential learning, professional learning communities, adult and workforce development, post-secondary success, and college readiness.
Outside the classroom, Dr. Smith’s work includes organizational effectiveness and organizational evaluation studies. Her evaluation work is often coupled with professional development focused on team building, organizational strategy, coaching, and leadership development.
In her free time, Dr. Smith enjoys cooking, traveling and spending time with her husband, Travis, two (very active) sons, one (very spunky) dog, and one (pretty chill) tortoise.
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Thursday, November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM CST