Mark Mphasa serves as Senior Director of Learning and Impact at West Michigan Partnership for Children (WMPC), where he leads efforts to strengthen data-informed decision-making, organizational learning, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement in support of better outcomes for children and families. Mark is a passionate evaluation and learning leader with more than eight years of experience advancing program improvement and measuring impact across domestic and global child welfare systems.
Mark’s work centers on transforming data into actionable insights that strengthen service delivery, inform strategy, and drive systems-level improvement. He is deeply committed to building cultures of learning, accountability, and innovation that improve outcomes for children, families, and communities.
Prior to joining WMPC, Mark served as Senior Quality and Impact Analyst at Bethany Christian Services, where he led evaluation and learning strategies for programs serving Unaccompanied Children across 23 sites throughout the United States. He also provided monitoring and evaluation leadership for Bethany’s international programs, supporting child welfare reform efforts in four countries, including a USAID-funded initiative in Ethiopia focused on family-based care and deinstitutionalization.
Earlier in his career, Mark held research and evaluation roles with Save the Children US, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), and other organizations, contributing to initiatives focused on maternal and newborn health, food security, and poverty alleviation. His broad experience across diverse systems and settings reflects a strong commitment to evidence-informed practice and sustainable systems change.
Mark holds a Master of Public Health from The George Washington University, with a concentration in Global Health Program Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from the University of Malawi.