Ivonne Chand O’Neal, Ph.D., is the founder and Chief Research Officer of MUSE Research, a full-service creativity and arts impact research and evaluation firm providing arts impact assessment for multinational companies, community and government development programs, the arts and culture sector, and educational institutions with particular focus on equity and access. Prior to founding MUSE, she served as chief research strategist for Crayola, Director of Outcomes and Evaluation for VSA: The International Organization on Arts and Disability, and as the founding Director of Research and Evaluation for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where she developed the Center's first comprehensive research platform of over 25 studies designed to measure the impact of the arts on individual, community, and international scales with such world class organizations and programming as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Mariinsky Ballet, and the One Mic International Hip Hop Festival. She has served two consecutive terms as the Co-Chair for the Arts, Culture and Museums Division of the American Evaluation Association; sits on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Opera and National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, the Editorial Boards for the Creativity Research Journal and Arts Education Journal, and the Research Advisory Board for the University of Pennsylvania’s Human Flourishing Initiative. Dr. Chand O'Neal is a federally appointed reviewer for the Institute for Education Sciences, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, and has worked actively with the entertainment industry (Disney, NBC) to increase creative thinking skills in educational television programs for children and teens. Her work has been featured by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Washington Post, and various news outlets. She is currently working on a 3-book compendium entitled: The Impact of the Arts on Human Flourishing (Springer, 2025).