Hi, I’m Dr. Funmi Ayeni,
I started Ineya Strategic Insights because many mission-driven organizations do important work without the tools, resources, and internal capacity to know what’s working or how to improve. In addition, staff well-being isn’t prioritized as equally as program outcomes. I’ve experienced this reality myself, and I created this company to help address it; one partnership at a time.
Professional Biography
I am a community-based researcher, evaluator, and facilitator with over ten years’ experience doing equity-focused, culturally responsive work. I work with people and organizations to turn data into clear insights that improve programs, strengthen organizations, increase impact, and lift community voices.
My work centers care, honest relationship-building, and respect for the lived knowledge of those most harmed by disinvestment and systemic unfairness. I bring lived experience and formal training in community-grounded, trauma-informed methods, especially in low-resource settings.
I focus on qualitative and mixed-methods designs and lead developmental, formative, process, and outcome evaluations that prioritize learning and useful results. I use an intersectional lens that centers gender equity, disability inclusion, and language justice.
My practice is participatory and partnership-based. I work with the people closest to an issue, recognize their knowledge and power, and help them build skills to lead evaluation and strategy. I connect theory and practice across evaluation, capacity building, leadership training, organizational strategy, and career coaching so collaborative insights shape programs, policy, and practice long after the project ends.
View my Curriculum Vitae →
Areas of focus: Evaluation & Program Design · Culturally Responsive & Equitable Evaluation · Capacity Building & Technical Assistance · Leadership & Workforce Well-Being Facilitation · Organizational Strategy & Health Assessment · Gender Equity, Disability Inclusion & Language Justice · Racial Equity & Systems Change
Good Stewardship
We value your trust, budget, and time. We manage your resources efficiently, keep to your schedule, and protect your team’s energy.
What Ineya brings to every partnership
Right Relationship
We practice shared power, mutual respect, and reciprocal accountability. We center diverse voices as equal partners, ensuring learning and growth flow mutually to everyone.
Interconnectedness
We see the whole picture. Whether designing programs, training leaders, or shaping strategy, we look past isolated problems to map key connections, handle complex organizational dynamics, and improve the wider system.
Collective Impact
We facilitate change that individuals, organizations, and communities can feel and sustain with a focus on building lasting capacity for enduring health and impact.
Who we work with
We work with individuals and organizations including nonprofits, small businesses, foundations, public agencies, educational institutions, and corporations.