Chris Milne Director Chris is a leading Australian evaluator with twenty-five years of professional experience in the field. Chris designs and directs high-level evaluation projects, and works with agencies to strengthen their capacity for evaluation. Since founding ARTD in 1989, Chris has directed over 150 projects for Commonwealth, state and territory government agencies and community organisations. Building capacity for evaluation Chris has wide-ranging experience in the public and community sectors. He works across policy fields—particularly human services, health, crime prevention, road safety, education, and the environment—drawing on his qualifications in economics, education and psychology. Chris is a long-standing member of the Australasian Evaluation Society. He chaired the Ethics Committee for four years, was recognised as an inaugural Fellow in 2003, chaired the Fellows Committee, served on the Awards Committee, and was program director of the international conference in Sydney in 2011. Chris works with organisations at many levels.  Assisted NSW central agencies to develop evaluation capacity across the sector: Chris designed and wrote the NSW Evaluation Toolkit (with Professor Patricia Rogers); mapped capacity for evaluation across key agencies; scoped sector-wide evaluation guidelines and conducted a meta-evaluation of Aboriginal-specific programs (NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet; NSW Treasury, 2008–2013).  Provided support and mentoring in evaluation (Department of Immigration and Border Protection; Office of Environment and Heritage, 2008- 2014).  Conducted workshops on evaluation and program logic (Australian Institute of Criminology 2011; Department of Immigration and Citizenship; FaHCSIA; Office of Environment and Heritage; Office of State Revenue; Community Services; Ageing, Disability and Home Care; Ministry of Health, 2006-2014).  Advised major evaluation projects: Performance Based Research Fund (New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission; Lifeline Australia; Office of Development Effectiveness; AusAID, 2010-2014).  Evaluated organisation-wide strategy for evaluation capacity building (Department of Immigration and Border Protection, 2014). Leading evaluation projects Chris oversees ARTD evaluation projects to ensure they meet client requirements, have a sound evidence base, and present strategic conclusions. Recent projects include:  Settlement Grants Program: A national program to help new arrivals settle in Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 2010).  CARAM-DFV: Pilot of a cross-agency approach to risk assessment for victims of domestic and family violence (NSW Health, 2010).  Masters of Cognitive Science, University of NSW (1989) NSW Energy Efficiency Strategy: Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of rising energy prices (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, 2011–13).  Graduate Diploma in Adult Education, Sydney CAE (1986) Youth Partnership with Pacific Communities: A complex whole-of-government initiative with 8 lead agencies and 15 separate projects (NSW Community Services, 2005–07).  Bachelor of Arts (Hons Econ) University of Sydney (1971) Reconnect: Early intervention into youth homelessness (Department of Family and Community Services, 2001-2005). Designing frameworks and strategies for evaluation and reporting Fellow, Australasian Evaluation Society Chris uses program logic, results-based accountability and stakeholder analysis to work with clients to develop strategies, frameworks and KPIs. Member, American Evaluation Association  National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health: Design of the evaluation framework and strategy for this $953m COAG investment (Australian National Preventive Health Agency, 2012).  Design of the first State of the Sector Report (NSW Public Service Commission, 2012).  Helping Children with Autism Package: Comprehensive evaluation strategy for this major initiative to support families with children with autism (Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2009).  Lifeline: Evaluation and research strategy for Lifeline’s national telephone crisis support and suicide prevention service (Lifeline, 2009).  Performance Indicators: Streamlining indicators for road authorities in Australia and New Zealand using Delphi method (Austroads, 2004); outcome indicators for the NSW Disability Strategy (Department of Family and Community Services, 2013); design for the NSW Population Ageing Report Card (Department of Family and Community Services, 2014). Member, European Evaluation Society ARTD Pty Ltd ABN 75 003 701 764 Tel 02 9373 9900 Fax 02 9373 9998 Level 4, 352 Kent St Sydney PO Box 1167 Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230 Australia