Purvi Sevak is the senior director of Mathematica’s Disability Practice, where she oversees teams working on projects for the Social Security Administration, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and other agencies overseeing disability programs.
Sevak has extensive research and program evaluation experience, spanning the fields of health, economics, and human services. Sevak has partnered with state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies, centers for independent living, and other community-based organizations working to increase employment and independent living for people with disabilities. She has helped them leverage data and technology to improve the delivery of evidence-based services. She currently directs the national evaluation of the Disability Innovation Fund Pathways to Partnership program.
Sevak holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. She has been at Mathematica since 2013 and was previously a professor in the Economics department at Hunter College, in the City University of New York.
Mathematica disability policy expert Purvi Sevak joined a panel of experts at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to discuss how the agency is facilitating the collection and sharing of data that might help improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
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