Provides research, evaluation, consulting, and technical assistance services that contribute to the lifelong process of learning and improving personal performance.

Adult Education & Literacy Children's Mental Health District Consulting Education Evidence & Indicators Early Childhood Education Finance Education Technology Higher Education School Reform Special Education Workforce Research and Analysis

Produces and disseminates information to provide motivation and tools to enable individuals to make informed decisions about health issues.

Communications & Social Marketing Research & Policy Analysis Conference Services, Technical Writing & Clearinghouse/Call Center Management Technical Assistance & Training Informatics, Web Site Development & Information Management

Develops and implements education testing programs that benefit students, parents and public officals.

State Student Testing Computer Statistical Services

Works with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the government's primary source for collecting and analyzing data about public education.

Helps to provide all children with access to a quality education, and empowers people, organizations, and communities to bring about social change.

Is committed to helping clients improve the effectiveness of their workforce through a wide range of management, organizational, and business improvement efforts.

Equity Analysis Organizational Performance Skills Assessment Team Performance Usability Engineering

Produces, maintains and disseminates systematic reviews of the effects of social and behavioral interventions.

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Barbara Bazron, Ph.D.

Managing Director

Barbara J. Bazron is currently a Managing Director at AIR. In this role, she is responsible for managing corporate business development, staff training, policy and procedure development and implementation, strategic planning and capacity building within the Education and Human Development Division. She also serves as corporate representative to federal and private funders and provides guidance and corporate management for grants and contracts.

She has over 20 years experience serving in executive leadership positions within the fields of education, mental health and addictions. This includes serving as the Executive Director of Pittsburgh New Futures, a $32 million comprehensive school reform initiative funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. In this role, she developed a citywide strategy for addressing issues faced by at-risk youth with the support of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the business community, health and human services, grassroots community leaders, City Council and the Office of the Mayor and state government. In addition, she was the Executive Director of PACE School, a school for seriously emotionally disturbed children ages 3-16 and the Director of Region V Council for Special Education in Bergen County where she was responsible for organizing and managing a system for delivering special education services to youth birth through 21 years for a collaborative comprised of seven school districts in New Jersey. She is a seasoned special educator with extensive experience and expertise working with children, youth and adults with emotional and behavioral disorders.

Dr. Bazron was formerly the Director of the Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA); Vice President and Worldwide Head of the Voice of the Customer, the customer service initiative operated by Quintiles Transnational; and Vice President of The Lewin Group, a health policy firm in Washington, D.C. Most recently, she served as the Executive Director of the Program to Aid Citizens' Enterprise (PACE), a grant-making organization that provides support to agencies in Pittsburgh, PA and Allegheny County that serve underserved and disadvantaged communities. PACE also provides technical assistance designed to build the capacity of these organizations through the Community Based Asset Development (CBAD) program and academic tutoring, counseling and cultural enrichment to middle and high school students through the PACE Opportunity Program (POP) and Setting the PACE.

A major focus of her work is in the area of leadership development where she provides executive coaching and consultation to individuals in nonprofit management positions. Other areas of expertise include public policy issues related to substance abuse; training and facilitation of professional meetings and conferences addressing health care, education and cultural competence issues; the provision of technical assistance to community-based and state level organizations developing policies and programs in these areas; and strategic planning. She has clinical experience as a family therapist and as an educational diagnostician.