Our Directors

“We co-founded the Sustain Collaborative to bring together like-minded researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders to accelerate research on implementation in schools, as well as share knowledge and resources related to sustained, effective, equitable, and scalable practices in schools with policy makers, practitioners, and researchers.”

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Lisa M. H. Sanetti, PhD, BCBA

Co-Founder and Co-Director

Lisa Sanetti is a Professor of School Psychology at the University of Connecticut. She has extensive research and practical experiences facilitating intervention implementation at the district, school, group, and implementer levels to promote students’ academic, behavioral, social, and emotional outcomes over time. She received the Lightner Witmer Award from the American Psychological Association for her scholarship related to implementation and is an invited member of the Network of Expertise in the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration. She has received over 5 million dollars in grant funding from multiple agencies and foundations and is one of the top 20 most prolific contributors to the school psychology literature. In addition to her research, she consults with school systems within and outside of the US to improve the equitable delivery and sustainment of effective practices to promote better outcomes for all students.

Melissa A. Collier-Meek, PhD, BCBA

Co-Founder and Co-Director

Mel Collier-Meek is an Associate Professor of School Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She conducts applied research on the assessment and promotion of sustained practices. Committed to dissemination, she has published and presented widely. In addition, she consults with schools to support educators, school teams, and administrators to facilitate sustained, effective practices that improve student outcomes. She received the Lightner Witmer Award from the American Psychological Association for early career scholarship related to sustaining practices. She serves as an Associate Editor for School Psychology and provides reviews to leading education journals, for which she has been twice been honored as reviewer of the year.