Casey Henderson

Cassandra (Casey) Henderson is the Director of Research, Analytics, and Evaluation for the City of Philadelphia's Office of Integrated Data for Evidence and Action (IDEA). Casey leads the business unit of the IDEA team—which oversees and operates the City’s cross-systems data hub—to help leverage administrative data to meet a wide variety of City needs, from operational applications of data to large-scale research and evaluation efforts. In this role, she works with a variety of City stakeholders to shape broad questions and concepts into tangible queries and supports data users in interpreting and applying this information to meet their goals. Prior to joining the City, she worked as a Research Specialist at the University of Pennsylvania on applied research and development efforts focused on the use of integrated administrative data. Casey holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Duke University.