M. Christine Dwyer (Chris) is senior vice president of RMC Research, a national firm engaged in research and consultation in areas related to the well-being of families, children, and communities, specifically education, the arts, literacy, media, and health care and prevention. Dwyer’s experience includes program and policy research and evaluation, and translation of research into practical products for use in training and technical assistance. In the arts, she has worked for a number of national and regional foundations, including studying the use of cultural data by economic and planning professionals for the Rockefeller Foundation, developing strategies for evaluating arts-based civic engagement projects, writing about state-level innovations in cultural policy for the Pew Charitable Trusts, conducting feasibility studies for program planning, and synthesizing the research about arts education for the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities. Dwyer is serving in her fourth term as a Portsmouth NH City Councilor. Over the past 30 years, she has provided extensive pro bono service in the arts, including chairing the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA), serving as an arts commissioner in Portsmouth, chairing The Music Hall board, and currently serving as Board Vice President for the Currier Museum of Art.