About me
Samantha Togni is an evaluation and social research consultant based in Mparntwe, Alice Springs. Sam has more than 25 years’ experience in Indigenous health and wellbeing research and evaluation, working with rural and remote Aboriginal organisations in northern and central Australia. Sam loves using developmental evaluation and participatory evaluation approaches to support innovation and systems change in complex, culturally diverse contexts. Currently she is facilitating a six year developmental evaluation of an innovative governance training program working with directors of two Aboriginal Corporations and the Central Land Council. She is also engaged by the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council to facilitate long-term developmental evaluations of Anangu-led innovations in the areas of mental health and social and emotional wellbeing, healing, family violence prevention and strengthening intercultural understandings. Sam is undertaking a PhD exploring the use of developmental evaluation in First Nations contexts.