2025 American Evaluation Association Election

The 2025 AEA ballot is now open! 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, one (1) Treasurer, and three (3) Members-at-Large. Here are a few things to note when you go to cast your ballot.

Candidate Slate

President-Elect

• Eric Barela
• Katherine Tibbets

Treasurer

• Kerry Bruce
• Sarah Mason

Board Member-At-Large

• Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo
• Leslie Fierro
• Tamara Hamai
• Karen Larwin
• Dana Linnell
• Subarna Mathes

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 will receive an email from elections@vote-now.com the week of August 31, 2025 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 2025 Meet the Candidates recordings 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. Each candidate was asked to speak to the following questions in their address:
   - What is your vision for AEA's role as a thought leader in evaluation, and how will your leadership and service help realize that long-term future?
   - In light of today’s challenges (e.g., federal funding cuts, recent U.S. executive orders, deepening inequities, etc.), how will you guide AEA to remain relevant, resilient, and impactful in this moment if you are elected to the board?
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 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 October 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET.

Recent Historical Voting Percentages:

2024- 18.2% of eligible members; 977 votes cast

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