Caryn Ward, PhD, is the Director of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) and Implementation Division Lead at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute within The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Ward provides intensive, informed implementation supports to state and local education systems nationally through her work as the Director of the State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices Center, leader within the Region 7 Comprehensive Center, and the Principal Investigator for the Effective Implementation Cohort funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition, she co-leads the development of several implementation capacity measures and fidelity measures.