Sarah J. Buek, MSW – Founder & Principal
Sarah founded The IllumiLab (as Insight Partners Consulting) in 2016 after having worked in the non-profit sector as a family therapist, program manager, quality improvement manager, grant-maker, and capacity-builder. Throughout her career, Sarah’s been driven toward increasing effectiveness, efficiency, and impact because she hates waste and loves seeing results. She believes that, as mission-minded professionals who are drawn into this work in order to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable people and struggling communities, we cannot afford to waste time, energy, information, opportunities, or resources. As an “evaluative thinking evangelist,” Sarah is passionate about making the tools and processes of reflection and learning accessible, intuitive, and energizing!
Megan Ondr-Cooper, MSW – Associate
Megan has spent the past nine years of her career helping child- and youth-serving organizations create positive results. In her work in nonprofit data & evaluation management, Megan has developed skills in survey design, database management, outcome measurement, and data analysis & visualization. Megan is a self-professed “data nerd” and loves using tools such as Excel and Airtable to improve efficiency and to spark insights. Megan is dedicated to enhancing the evaluation capacity of the nonprofit sector. In addition to her client work with The IllumiLab, Megan is currently on the Executive Council of the Canadian Evaluation Society – British Columbia Chapter.
Abby Clavin, MSW – Associate
Abby has worked in the non-profit sector as an administrator, operations manager, and consultant. She’s led organizational planning and process design and improvement efforts to achieve organizational goals and missions. She’s led projects to design, manage, and utilize data collection tools and software that empower organizations to learn and improve. Her passion lies in leveraging people, processes, and technologies to develop and monitor tools to conduct analysis, identify challenges, and present solutions that result in delivery of program requirements in a timely manner.