Lara Nagle

ACTIVE MEMBER • Community-based Research Manager

Institute for Policy and Governance, Virginia Tech

Dept Page

lkn4187@vt.edu

Lara Nagle works as the Community-Based Research Manager at the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance (VTIPG), where she supports program evaluations for organizations at the local, regional and state level, including those in workforce development, public health, and housing. She also manages community-based research and engagement projects in Central Appalachia to assist stakeholders with strategic positioning and cross-sectoral partnership development. She brings fifteen years of professional and academic experience working in, with, and for communities through environmental education, policy and advocacy, and sustainable community development. Her research experience includes assessment of green infrastructure performance, recreational user preferences and values, mixed methods program evaluation, and study of the social, political, and economic dynamics impacting community change.