Research Manager
Raised in South Jamaica, Queens, Mr. Reynolds applies his lived experiences to his work. Most of his clients provide interventions to help support people and communities of color for education equity, social justice, and policymaking. Mr. Reynolds is an independent consultant (DBA DataCollect), who works with several community-based organizations, foundations, and institutions with data collection (qualitative and quantitative), evaluation training and management services.
During his 18-year career, he has worked with several non-profit organizations. From 2014-2021, Mr. Reynolds was the Director of Neighborhood Initiatives at Literacy, Inc., where he was the liaison for 11 community-based literacy organizations that promote the importance of literacy by providing programs and services in NYC schools, libraries, and communities. As a collective, they serve the literacy needs of children and families in Brooklyn and Queens. The initiative aims to help ensure that children read at proficiency level by the third grade.
In 2022, he worked with Greenwich House as a consultant to help direct their new workforce effort's strategy, planning, and launch. The work included exploring proven and promising programming and partnership opportunities, as well as building upon existing Greenwich House programs, populations, talent, and resources.
Other past clients included evaluation work with Touro College, Equity Assistance Center, The United Methodist Society, and The Ford Foundation in developing tracking and data monitoring systems for their social justice and equity initiatives. Al Reynolds has a Bachelor of Arts from City College, The City University of New York.