Thank you for taking the time to vote for your incoming 2023-2025 AEA Board leadership. The race was close and we're certain the choice between all of the talented candidates was not an easy decision to make. It is with great pleasure that we share with you the outcome of the 2022 election for the American Evaluation Association Board of Directors.
Felicia R. Bohanon, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
AEA President-Elect
Tom Chapel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Guest Researcher
AEA Treasurer
Kerry Bruce, North End Consulting LLC
AEA Board Member-at-Large
Sebastian Lemire, Abt Associates
Cynthia Phillips, Decision Catalyst LLC
The election was open from November 4 through December 1 and received 957 votes (18.1% response rate). For comparison, recent historical voting rates are noted below.
President-Elect*
472 Felicia Bohanon
472 Wanda Casillas
Treasurer
611 Thomas Chapel
299 Stephen Bell
Member-at-Large
585 Kerry Bruce
521 Cynthia Phillips
420 Sebastian Lemire
407 Gregory Phillips II
388 Mansoor Kazi
213 Todd Franke
* In the event of a tie, Section 2C of Article VI of AEA's governing policy manual states:
The candidate for each office receiving the largest number of votes shall be considered elected. In case of a tie, the Board of Directors shall select the officer from the tied candidates by majority vote or, in the case of a tie on the Board, by lot.
A confidential Board runoff vote was conducted by our vendor, Vote Now, per the above policy to determine the President-Elect. Candidate Felicia Bohanon was asked to recuse herself from the vote as a sitting Board Officer.
Recent Historical Voting Percentages:
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!