2024 American Evaluation Association Election

The 2024 AEA ballot will open soon! As an owner of AEA through your membership, we encourage you to exercise your benefit to elect the leaders whom you feel will best represent you. You will be voting for the following board positions: one (1) President-elect and three (3) Members-at-Large. Here are a few things to note when you go to cast your ballot.

Candidate Slate

President-Elect

• Katherine Tibbets
• Guili Zhang

Board Member-At-Large

• John Baek
• Angelicque Tucker Blackmon
• Michael Harnar
• Huilan Krenn
• Dana Linnell
• Rhonda Williams

Please take a moment to carefully consider each candidate as thoughtful selection of the leadership ensures the vitality and longevity of the association. The ballot includes extensive personal statements developed by each nominee to help you make informed selections.

1. AEA members received an email from elections@vote-now.com the week of August 25, 2024 containing a link to the AEA election ballot. Click the link to have your embedded passcode validated. This unique embedded passcode will allow you to vote only once. 
2. Candidate bios and photos will be hyperlinked to their name on the ballot. This will allow you to familiarize yourself with the candidates, their background, and their vision for AEA.
3. In addition to the ballot statements, you may also review the 2024 Meet the Candidates webinar recordings (President-elect/Member-at-Large) for the opportunity to get to know the candidates for the Board as they introduce themselves, describe their background and service to AEA, their vision for how they would contribute to the AEA Board, and what they hope to see accomplished.
4. To ensure the validity of your ballot, please follow the instructions carefully. You can elect to not vote for an individual position.

Please be certain to check your spam inbox to ensure you do not miss the opportunity to cast your vote. To troubleshoot your access to the ballot, contact Zachary Grays or Mike Zapata in the AEA offices at info@eval.org. For technical issues, contact support@vote-now.com or to vote by telephone, call (844) 797-4575 (M-F, 9am-6pm, EDT), to speak with a Vote-now specialist. Please enter your voter passcode at the prompt.

The ballot will be available today and will close September 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET.

Recent Historical Voting Percentages:

2023 - 19.1% of eligible members; 1010 votes cast

2022 - 18.1% of eligible members; 957 votes cast

2021 - 18.9% of eligible members; 1001 votes cast

2020 - 21.9% of eligible members; 1253 votes cast

2019 - 16% of eligible members; 1076 votes cast

2018 - 15% of eligible members, 1073 votes cast

2017 - 14.1% of eligible members, 1048 votes cast

2016 - 15.2% of eligible members, 1131 votes cast

2015 - 18.9% of eligible members, 1327 votes cast

2014 - 16.4% of eligible members, 1173 votes cast

Congratulations to our newest AEA Board Directors and thank you to those who took the time to vote!