Our Team

Andrew Gluck

MBA, President

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Mr. Gluck received his bachelor’s degree from Brown University. He then returned to Pittsburgh, attending Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and earning his MBA. The concepts of “Satisficing” and “Expected Value,” originally learned at CMU, play heavily in the creation of evROI decades later. After business school, Mr. Gluck worked at Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett (PHB), an economic and financial consulting firm, in Washington DC, where the concept of Expected Value was applied to a decision by upper management at General Electric to settle a dispute with the EPA where GE was named a potentially responsible party in over 100 superfund waste sites.

While working as a senior evaluator / consultant at Macro International (later bought out by ICF International) from 2000 – 2015, Mr. Gluck developed and implemented strategic plans, operating plans, and performance measurement systems for public sector and non-profit clients for over 15 years. His clients have included: U.S. Department of Education (ED); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including Agency for Healthcare, Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Office of Family Assistance (OFA); and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Mr. Gluck has co-authored Demonstrating the Value of Social Service Programs: A Simplified Approach to Calculating Return on Investment, The Foundation Review; pp. 24-39 (Volume 2, Issue 3); and Assessing the Effectiveness of the Violence Free Zone in Milwaukee Public Schools: A Research Note, Journal of Knowledge and Best Practices in Juvenile Justice and Psychology, pp. 45-54 (2013, Volume 7, No. 1).

Cheryl Buford

MPA, Vice President, Business Development and Marketing

Cheryl Buford’s career has spanned education, nonprofits, government, philanthropy and business. She currently serves as Vice President for Business Development for Social Capital Valuations (SCV).  She brings to SCV over 20 years of experience, helping nonprofit organizations develop programs, communications and the institutional infrastructure that give life to their vision, mission and values. She has worked with both local nonprofit organizations as well as a national initiative at United Way of America, redefining its public-private partnerships. Her efforts decisively engaged civic leaders and community stakeholders helping them tell compelling stories of impact.

Education reform is of particular interest to Ms. Buford. She spent the first ten years of her career as a teacher, both in a rural Kansas middle school as well as high schools, in suburban Chicago. She has also worked on education policy at the U.S. Department of Education, serving as Associate Director for Program Analysis and Evaluation. In this role, Ms. Buford assessed the impact of nonprofit organizations in narrowing the achievement gap for at-risk youth. As a parent volunteer, she served as the government relations chairperson for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a Virginia Governor’s School, consistently rated in the top 5 nationally.

Ms. Buford holds an MPA from the University of Texas, and a BS and MA from Kansas State University.