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Topical Interest Groups (TIGs) are listed alphabetically by name. TIGs with their own web sites have highlighted titles that link to those sites. 

 

TIG

TITLE

NAME AND ADDRESS

TEL/FAX/EMAIL

Alcohol, Drug 
Abuse and 
Mental Health

Co-chair & Program Co-chair

Sanjeev Sridharan
Westat
1650 Research Boulevard
Rockville  MD  20850

Tel: (240) 453-2790
Fax: (301) 610-5140
Email: sanjeevsridharan@westat.com

Co-chair & Program Co-chair

Michael Maranda
University of Maryland
School of Nursing
655 W Lombard
Baltimore MD  21201

Tel: (410) 706-6713
Email: mic_maranda@yahoo.com

Assessment in Higher Education

Chair

Tom Grayson
U of IL at Urbana-Champaign
Ofc of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
414 Student Services Bldg
610 E John St
Champaign IL 61820

Tel: (217) 333-7336
Fax: (217) 333-4084
Email:  tgrayson@uiuc.edu
Web: http://www.tamu.edu/marshome/Forum.html

Program Co-chair

William Rickards 
Alverno College
Office of Educational Research
PO Box 343922
Milwaukee WI 53234-3922

Tel: (414) 382-6256
Fax: (414) 382-6354 
Email: William.Rickards@alverno.edu 

Program Co-chair

Howard Mzumara
Indiana University Purdue University
Iupui Testing Center
620 Union Dr Box G003
Indianapolis IN 46202

Tel: (317) 278-2214
Fax: (317) 274-3400
Email: hmzumara@iupui.edu

Business and Industry

Co-chair 

Jennifer Martineau
Center for Creative Leadership
One Leadership Pl
Greensboro NC 27410

Tel: (336) 286-4419
Fax:  (336) 286-4434
Email: martineauj@leaders.ccl.org

Co-chair 

Megan Sahr
Claremont Graduate University
School of Behavioral and
Organizational Sciences
123 E 8th St
Claremont CA 91711

Tel: (909) 447-4560
Email: megan.sahr@cgu.edu

Program Co-chair

Bari Canty
9200 Monte Vista Avenue #67
Montclair CA  91763

Tel: (909) 624-0877
Email: bari.canty@cgu.edu

Program Co-chair

Cecilia Hegamin-Younger
Information Decision  Analysis
4579 Laclede Ave #174
St Louis MO 63108

Tel: (314) 862.2400
Fax: (314) 862.2425
Email: CHYounger@IDAnalysis.com

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation

Co-chair

Cynthia Phillips
Phillips Wyatt Knowlton Inc
2 West Michigan Ave Ste 301
Battle Creek MI 49017

Tel: (269) 441-1940
Fax: (269) 441-1945
Email: cynthiap@pwkinc.com

Co-chair

Martha Ann Carey
Services Review Committee NIMH
6001 Executive Blvd
Rm 6151 MSC 9609
Rockville MD 20892-9609

Tel: (301) 443-1606
Fax: (301) 594-0702
Email: mcarey@mail.nih.gov

Program Co-chair

Mark Jenness
Western Michigan University
3225 Wood Hall
Kalamazoo MI 49004

Tel: (269) 387-3791
Fax: (269) 387-3770
Email:
jenness@wmich.edu

Program Co-chair

Rene Lavinghouze
Center for Disease Control
Division of Oral Health
4770 Buford Hwy F-10
Atlanta GA 30341

Tel: (770) 488-5905 
Fax: (770) 488-5575 
Email: shl3@cdc.gov

Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation

Co-chair & Program Co-chair

David Fetterman
Stanford University
School of Education
Stanford CA 94305

Tel: (650) 323-5339
Fax: (650) 725-7412
Email:
profdavidf@yahoo.com
Web: stanford.edu/~davidf/empowermentevaluation.html

Co-chair & Program Co- chair

Rita O'Sullivan
UNC - Chapel Hill
502 1/2 Dogwood Dr
Chapel Hill NC 27516

Tel: (919) 960-6952
Email: ritao@unc.edu

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

Chair & Program Chair

 

Brian T Yates
American University
Dept of Psychology 
4400 Mass Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016-8062

Tel: (301) 775-1892
Email: byates@american.edu

Crime and Justice

Chair

Roger K Przybylski
RKC Group 
7227 W 8th Ave
Lakewood CO 80215 

Tel: (303) 949-8551
Email: rogerkp@comcast.net    

Program Chair

Quint C Thurman
Southwest Texas State University
Dept of Criminal Justice
601 University Dr
San Marcos TX 78666

Fax: (512) 245-8063
Email:
qt10@swt.edu

Distance Education and Other Educational Technologies

Chair & Program Chair

Kathy Garvin-Doxas
University of Colorado
Alliance for Technology, Learning & Society Institute (ATLAS) 
Evaluation & Research Group CB-040UCB
Boulder CO 80309-040

Tel: (303) 735-3148
Email: garvindo@colorado.edu

Environmental Program Evaluation

Chair 

Katherine Dawes
US Environmental Protection Agency
Evaluation Support Division
Office of Environmental Policy Innovation
1200 Penn Ave NW 1807
Washington DC 20460

Tel: (202) 566-2189
Fax: (202) 566-2211
Email:
dawes.katherine@epa.gov

Program Co-chair

Robbianne Mackin
NPC Research Corporatin
5200 SW Macadam Ave Ste 420
Portland OR 97239

Tel: (503) 243-2436
Fax: (503) 243-2454
Email:
cole@npcresearch.com

Program Co-chair

Allison L Titcomb
LeCroy & Milligan Associates Inc
620 N Country Club
Tucson Arizona 85716

Tel: (520) 326-5154 x121
Fax: (520) 326-5155
Email: allison@lecroymilligan.com

Evaluating the Arts and Culture

 

 

Co-chair & Program Chair

David B Pankratz 

Emc.Arts, LLC

2350 Broadway, Suite 1233

New York NY  10024

Tel: (626) 799-8541
Fax: (626) 799-8166 
Email: dpankratz@emcarts.com

Evaluation Managers and Supervisors

Co-chair

George Grob
Office of Inspector General/DHHS
Room 5236 Cohen Building
330 Independence Ave SW
Washington DC 20201

Tel: (202) 619-2482
Fax (202) 401-0556
Email: ggrob@oig.hhs.gov

Program Chair

Robert Vito
Office of Inspector General/OEI
Public Ledger Bldg Ste 356
150 S Independence Mall W
Philadelphia PA 19106

Tel: (215) 861-4558
Fax: (215) 861-4557
Email:
rvito@oig.hhs.gov

Evaluation Use

Chair 

Karen E Kirkhart
Syracuse University
School of Social Work
Sims Hall
Syracuse NY  13244

Tel: (315) 443-5574
Fax: (315) 443-5576
Email: kirkhart@syr.edu

Program Co-chair

Susan A Tucker
1353 Green St
San Francisco CA 94109

Tel: (415) 385-8396
Fax: (415) 447-7412
Email: sutucker@concentric.net

Program Co-chair

Emma Norland
e-Norland Group
The Evaluation Folk School
1425 P Street NW #714
Washington DC 20005

Tel: (202) 333-1849
Fax: (202) 797-2023
Email: emma@e-norland.com

Extension Education Evaluation

 

Chair

Michael Newman
Mississippi State University
Box 9660  306-G Bost Extension
Mississippi State MS  39762

Tel: (662) 325-3462
Fax: (662) 325-8407
Email: mnewman@ext.msstate.edu

Program Chair

Roger Rennekamp
University of Kentucky
Community and Leadership Development
500 WP Garrigus Building
Lexington KY 40546-0215

Tel: (859) 257-7193
Fax: (859) 257-4354
Email: rrenneka@uky.edu

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Chair

Donna Podems
46 Hof Street
E Centre Cape Town
South Africa

Tel: 011-27-21-423-8553
Email:  smedgen@yahoo.com

Program Co-chair

Sharon Brisolara
Evaluation Solutions
PO Box 754
Shasta CA 96087

Tel: (530) 244-4407
Fax: (530) 244-7207
Email: evaluationsolutions@direcway.com

Program Co-chair

Denise Seigart
Mansfield University
Dept of Health Sciences
Guthrie Square
Sayre PA 18840

Tel: (570) 882-4610
Email: wseigart@stny.rr.com

 

Graduate Student and New Evaluators

Co-chair 

Jeannine Voutta
Claremont Graduate University
123 E Eighth Street
Claremont CA 91711

Tel: (909) 447-4560
Email: jeannine.voutta@cgu.edu
Web:
http://evaluation.wmich.edu/evalgrad/

 Co-chair

Cady Berkel
University of Georgia
1095 College Station Rd
Athens GA  30605

Tel: (770) 236-0083
Fax:(706) 425-2985
Email: cady@uga.edu

Program Co-chair

Roshni Menon 
1110 E South Campus Dr
FCS 210
Tucson AZ  85721

Tel: (520) 621-3174
Fax: (520) 621-9445
Email: roshni@ag.arizona.edu

Program Co-chair

Bianca Montrosse
Claremont Graduate University
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
123 E Eighth St
Claremont CA 91711

Tel: (909) 399-1944
Fax: (909) 621-8905 
Email: bianca.montrosse@cgu.edu

Health Evaluation

Co-chair

Summers Kalishman
U of NM School of Medicine
Office of Program Evaluation
BMSB Room B65G
Albuquerque NM 87131-5132

Tel: (505) 272-8069
Fax: (505) 272-3997
Email:
skalish@salud.unm.edu

Co-chair

Mildred Savidge
University of New England
College of Osteopathic Medicine
11 Hills Beach Rd
Biddeford, ME 04005

Tel: (207) 283-0170 x2510
Fax: (207) 294-5931
Email: Msavidge@une.edu

Program Co-chair

Molly Engle
Oregon State University
307 Ballard Hall
Corvallis OR 97331

Tel: (541) 737-4126
Fax: (541) 737-3290
Email: molly.engle@orst.edu

Program Co-chair

 

Ann Zukoski
Oregon State University
Department of Public Health
264 Waldo Hall
Corvallis OR 97331-6406

Tel: (541) 737-3832
Fax: (541) 737-4001
Email: ann.zukoski@oregonstate.edu

Human

Services Evaluation

Co-chair

Lois Thiessen Love
FamilyCare of Illinois
10046 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60643

Tel: (773) 429-9366
Email: lois@thiessenlove.com

Co-chair

Peggy Polinsky     
Parents Anonymous Inc
675 W Foothill Blvd Ste 220
Claremont CA 91711

Tel: (909) 621-6184 x213
Fax: (909) 625-6304
Email: ppolinsky@parentsanonymous.org

Program Chair

Jennifer Taub
U Mass Medical School 
Center for Mental Health 
Dept of Psychiatry
55 Lake Ave N
Worcester MA 01655

Tel: (508) 856-3066
Fax: (617) 734-2663
Email: jennifer.taub@umassmed.edu

Independent Consulting

 

Chair

Christy Lynch
Partners in Evaluation & Planning LLC
PO Box 140
Sykesville MD 21784

Tel: (410) 371-0706
Fax: (410) 902-7658
Email: christy@evaluationandplanning.com

Program Co-chair

Belle Brett
103 Raymond Ave
Somerville MA  02144

Tel: (617) 628-2068
Fax: (617) 628-1043
Email:belle@brettconsulting.com

Program Co-chair

Mary Grcich Williams
Mary Williams & Associates
8106 Sequoia Court
Indianapolis IN 46240

Tel: (317) 255-8815
Fax: (815) 550-2173
Email: mgrcwil@comcast.net

Integrating Technology into Evaluation Chair Margaret Lubke
Summit Research Lab
Utah State University
2811 Old Main Hill
Logan, Utah 84322-2811
Tel: (435) 797-4536
Fax: (435) 797-4161
Email: mlubke@ksar.usu.edu
Program Chair Marcie Bober
San Diego State University
Dept of Educational Tech
5500 Campaniel Dr
San Diego CA 92182
Tel: (619) 594-0587
Fax: (619) 594-6376
Email: bober@mail.sdsu.edu

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

Co-chair  

Lucia Fort
The World Bank
Rm MC4-425 Mail Stop# MC4-400
1818 H St NW
Washington DC 20433

Tel: (202) 473-4293
Fax: (202) 522-3237
Email: lfort@worldbank.org

Co- Chair

Alexey Kuzmin 
Process Consulting Company
B Semenovskaya St #49
Office 232
Russia 107023

Tel: (+7-095) 109-1655
Email: pccmos@online.ru

Co- Chair & Program Chair

Zenda Ofir
Evalnet
PO Box 41829
Craighall Johannesburg 2024 
South Africa 

Tel: 0027-82-881-0251
Email: zenda@evalnet.co.za

Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues

 Co-chair

Denice Cassaro
Cornell University
Community Development
1501 Dickson Hall
Ithaca NY 14853 

Tel: (607) 256-0373
Fax: (607) 255-2192
Email: Dac11@Cornell.edu

Co-chair

William Vesneski
Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC)
2510 NE Liberty Street
Portland, OR 97211

Tel: (503) 957-3785
Fax: (503) 296-2633
Email: william@evaluategroup.org

Program Co-chair

Lyn Paleo
Evaluation Research and Training
6405 Regent Street
Oakland, CA 94618

Tel: (510) 967-6792
Fax: (510) 655-8633
Email: paleo@igc.org

Program Co-chair Saumitra SenGupta
Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest
612 Encino Place NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Tel: (505) 242-2670
Email: Saumitra@comcast.net

Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation 

 

Co-chair

Elmima Johnson
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd Rm 855
Arlington VA  22230

Tel: (703) 292-5137
Fax: (703) 292-9046
Email: ejohnson@nsf.gov
Web:
http://www.obsidcomm.com/aea/

Co-chair

Jennifer Williams
Cincinnati Public Schools
2651 Burnet Ave
Cincinnati  OH  45201-5381

Tel: (513) 363-0174
Fax: (513) 363-0205
Email: williaj@cpsboe.k12.oh.us

Program Chair

Denice Ward Hood
Northern Arizona University
1580 N Fiesta Blvd Ste 101
Gilbert AZ 85233

Tel: (602) 728-9520
Fax: (602) 776-4694
Email: Denice.Hood@nau.edu

Needs Assessment

Chair & Program Chair

Ingrid J Guerra
U of Michigan-Dearborn Fairlane Center
Performance Improvement and Instructional Design
19000 Hubbard Dr
Dearborn MI 48126-2638

Tel: (313) 583-6415
Fax: (313) 593-9961
Email:  iguerra@umd.umich.edu
Web: http://www.needsassessment.org/

 

Non-profits and Foundations Evaluation

Co-chair

Huilan Yang
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
One Michigan Avenue East
Battle Creek MI 49017

Tel: (269) 969-2240
Fax:  (269) 969-2693
Email: hy1@wkkf.org

Co-chair

Victor Kuo
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102

Tel: (206) 709-3100
Email: victork@gatesfoundation.org

Program Co-chair

Gail Berkowitz
16 Cowper Ave
Kensington CA 94707

Tel: (650) 655-2621
Fax: (650) 655-2411
Email: gberkowitz@lmi.net

Program Co-chair

Deborah Wasserman
Community Research Partners
341 South Third Street Suite 10
Columbus Ohio 43215

Tel: (614) 224-5917 x101
Fax: (614) 224-8132
Email: dwasserman@communityresearchpartners.org

PreK-12 Educational Evaluation

Chair

Cheri Levenson
Cherna Consulting
2701 E Cinnabar Ave
Phoenix AZ 85028

Tel: (602) 380-8367
Email:  c.levenson@cox.net
Web: http://www.evaluand.com/aeaprek12/

Co-chair

Karen Alderete
Austin Independent School District
1111 W Sixth St Suite D-350
Austin TX 78703-5300

Tel: (512) 414-0027
Fax: (512) 414-1707
Email: Kalderete@austin.isd.tenet.edu

Program Co-chair

Stephanie Schneider
University of California/Irvine
Center for Educational Partnerships
5171 California Ave Ste 150
Irvine CA 92697-2505

Tel: (949) 824-2870
Fax (949) 824-8219
Email: schneidr@uci.edu

Program Co-chair

Anane N Olatunji
University of Florida
Department of Ed Leadership, Policy & Foundations
PO Box 117049
Gainesville FL 32611-7049

Tel: (352) 392-2391
Fax: (352) 392-0038
Email: aolatunji@coe.ufl.edu

 

Program Theory and Theory-Driven Evaluation

 

Co-chair & Program Co-chair

Lea Witta
University of Central Florida
College of Education
Dept of Educational Research, Technology, & Leadership
Box 161250
Orlando FL 32816-1250

Tel: (407) 823-3220
Fax: (407) 823-5144
Email: lwitta@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

Co-chair & Program Chair

Katrina Bledsoe
The College of New Jersey
Dept of Psychology
2000 Pennington Rd Box 7718
Ewing NJ 08628

Tel: (609) 771-2582
Email: bledsoe@tcnj.edu

Qualitative Methods

 Co-chair

Leslie Goodyear
Education Development Center
55 Chapel St
Newton MA 02458-1060

Tel: (617) 618-2354
Email: lgoodyear@edc.org

Co-chair

James Sass
LA's BEST After School Enrichment
711 East 14th Place
Los Angeles CA 90021

Tel: (213) 745-1900 x52995
Fax: (800) 267-0342 
Email: jim.sass@lausd.net

Qualitative Methods

 Co-chair

Leslie Goodyear
Education Development Center
55 Chapel St
Newton MA 02458-1060

Tel: (617) 618-2354
Email: lgoodyear@edc.org

Co-chair

James Sass
LA's BEST After School Enrichment
711 East 14th Place
Los Angeles CA 90021

Tel: (213) 745-1900 x52995
Fax: (800) 267-0342 
Email: jim.sass@lausd.net

Program Co-Chair

John R Mattox II
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Suite 1400
10 Tenth Street
Atlanta GA 30309

Tel:  (678) 419-1120
Fax: (678) 419-1239
Email: john.r.mattox@us.pwc.com

Program Co-Chair

Sheryl Gowen
Georgia State University
Research, Measurement and Statistics
Dept of Ed Policy Studies
Atlanta GA 30303-3083

Tel: (404) 651-1152
Fax: (404) 651-1009
Email: sgowen@gsu.edu

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

Co-chair

Mike Bradley
Research for Better Schools
112 North Broad St 12th Fl
Philadelphia PA 19102

Tel: (215) 568-6150 x277 
Email: bradley@rbs.org

Co-chair

Patrick McKnight
University of Arizona   
Dept of Psychology - EGAD
Tucson AZ 85721

Tel: (520) 621-5463
Email: pem@u.arizona.edu

Program Co-chair

George Julnes
Utah State University
Dept of Psychology
2810 Old Main Hill
Logan UT 84322-2810

Tel: (435) 797-1633
Fax: (435) 797-1448
Email:
gjulnes@cc.usu.edu

Program Co-chair

Fred Newman
FL International University North Campus
Health Service Administration
3000 NE 151st St
N Miami FL 33181

Tel: (305) 919-5802
Fax: (305) 919-5848
Email: newmanf@fiu.edu

Research, Technology & Development Evaluation

Chair & Program Co-Chair

Gretchen Jordan 
Sandia National Laboratories
950 L'Enfant Plaza SW Suite 110
Washington DC 20024

Tel: (202) 314-3040
Fax: (202) 314-3055
Email: gbjorda@sandia.gov

Program Co-Chair

Maryann Durland
Durland Consulting Inc
135 Main St Unit 1 #107
Elburn IL 60119

Tel: (815) 827-9944
Fax: (630) 650-9944
Email: mdurland@aol.com

Social Work

Co-chair

Mansoor AF Kazi
University of Huddersfield
Centre for Evaluation Studies
School of Human & Health Sciences H Wilson Bldg
Queensgate Huddersfield HD1 3DH

United Kingdom  

Tel: 44 1484 472076
Email:
m.a.f.kazi@hud.ac.uk

 Co-chair

Sue Tungate
Colorado State University
School of Social Work
127 Education Bldg
Fort Collins CO 80523-1586

Phone: (970) 491-4695
Fax: (970) 491-7280
Email: tungate@cahs.colostate.edu

Program Co-chair

Robert L Fischer
Case Western Reserve University
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
10900 Euclid Ave
Cleveland OH 44106-7164

Tel: (216) 368-2711
Email: rlf11@po.cwru.edu

Program Co-chair

Jenny Jones
University of Tennessee
College of Social Work
193E Polk Ave
Nashville TN 37210

Tel: (615) 256-1885
Fax: (615) 248-8823
Email:
jenny-jones@tennessee.edu

Special Needs Populations

Chair & Program Chair

Les Horvath
41 Crossroads Plaza #131

West Hartford CT 06117

Tel: (860) 983-3419
Email: evaluator1@comcast.net

 Government

Evaluation

Co-Chair

Jules Marquart
313 Cana Circle
Nashville TN 37205

Tel: (615) 741-2687 x136
Email: Jules.Marquart@tscmail.state.tn.us

Co-chair

Kent Hutchinson 
Florida Legislature
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
111 West Madison Street Suite 376
Tallahassee FL 32399-1475

Tel: (850) 487-9164
Fax: (850) 487-3804
Email: hutchinson.kent@mail.oppaga.state.fl.us

 

Program Co-chair

Susan Boser
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Dept of Sociology
102C McElhaney Hall
441 North Walk
Indiana PA  15705

Tel: (724) 357-1291
Fax: (724) 357-4824
Email: sboser@iup.edu

Program Co-chair

Minakshi Tikoo
REAPm Inc
1804 Fortress Ct
Richmond VA 23231

Tel: (804) 795-1363

Fax: (804) 786-9248
Email: mtikoo@dmhmrsas.state.va.us

Systems in Evaluation

Chair & Program Chair

Patricia Rogers
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
CIRCLE
Level C Building 1 124 Latrobe Street
Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia

Tel: 613  9925 2854
Fax: 613 9925 2998
Email: Patricia.Rogers@rmit.edu.au

Teaching of Evaluation

Chair

Dean Spaulding
College of Saint Rose
432 Western Ave
Albany NY 12203

Tel: (518) 454-2865
Fax: (518) 454-2083
Email: spauldid@strose.edu

Program Chair

Neva Nahan
Wayne State University
School of Social Work
4756 Cass Ave
235 Thompson Home
Detroit MI 48202

Tel: (313) 577-9918
Email: n.nahan@wayne.edu

Theories of Evaluation

Chair 

Bernadette Campbell
Westat
Substance Abuse Research Group
1650 Research Blvd RA1415
Rockville MD 20850

Tel: (240) 314-2339
Fax: (301) 610-5140
Email: bernadettecampbell@westat.com

 

Program Chair

Tarek Azzam
UC Los Angleles
405 Hilgard Ave
2022C Moore Hall
PO Box 951521
Los Angeles CA 90095-1521

Tel: (310) 206-6944
Email: tazzam@ucla.edu