About Integrated Methods
Integrated Methods is led by people whose work has moved between community organizations, applied research, universities, advocacy, and program implementation. We believe useful evidence begins with listening carefully, respecting local knowledge, and understanding the conditions in which people and organizations make decisions.
Owner and Chief Operating Officer
Marisa Baylon Guillen
Marisa Baylon Guillen brings more than two decades of experience in organizational management, community organizing, collective-impact coordination, and bilingual community engagement. Her work has connected immigrant communities, workers, nonprofit organizations, businesses, public institutions, and elected leaders around shared challenges.
Before leading Integrated Methods, Marisa managed collaborative initiatives related to workforce development, entrepreneurship, community building, placemaking, and economic opportunity. She has also organized workers, led citizenship and know-your-rights workshops, managed community resource programs, and supported voting-rights restoration efforts in South Florida. Fluent in English and Spanish, Marisa grounds the practice’s operations and partnerships in equity, trust, cultural responsiveness, and practical follow-through.
Co-Founder and Principal Researcher
John “Jack” Vertovec, PhD
Jack Vertovec is an applied medical and economic anthropologist with more than a decade of experience designing and conducting qualitative, mixed-methods, and community-based participatory research. His work examines health and economic inequities, stigma, migration, community resilience, and the structural conditions shaping how people navigate complex systems.
Jack has served as a researcher and methodological advisor on NIH-funded R01 and R34 studies and has led applied evaluations with health systems, coalitions, universities, nonprofits, and community organizations. He specializes in ethnography, Photovoice, participatory visual methods, qualitative analysis, and the integration of multiple forms of evidence. His community-engaged work has included partnerships in Miami, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and New York.
Our Approach
Work grounded in relationships
Across every partnership, we aim to pair methodological rigor with humility, responsiveness, and respect for the knowledge communities already hold.
