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The American Evaluation Association is devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. We strive to provide an inclusive and diverse environment where evaluators can learn and connect regardless of experience in the field.
Community
Community
AEA brings together evaluation professionals from diverse backgrounds and specialties. Through our diverse membership, communities, and partnerships, AEA creates collaboration opportunities that advance the field of evaluation.
Education & Programs
Education & Programs
Use the evaluation tools and education developed by the American Evaluation Association to become a better evaluator. We provide year-round opportunities to advance in the field of evaluation and programs to support the development of evaluation professionals.
Events
Events
AEA offers two in-person events each year. These powerful, impactful events provide evaluators of all levels the education and networking opportunities they need to stay informed about and connected to their field.
Publications
Publications
AEA offers both member exclusive and free publications that help guide best practices in the field of evaluation and provide insights to evaluation theory, approach, methodology, and delivery.
Policy Advocacy
Policy Advocacy
AEA brings together researchers, evaluators, policy writers, and organizational leaders for meaningful dialogue around the need for and impact of evaluation policies. We seek to improve government programs and their societal impact through evaluation and data best practices.

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About
About
The American Evaluation Association is devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. We strive to provide an inclusive and diverse environment where evaluators can learn and connect regardless of experience in the field.
Community
Community
AEA brings together evaluation professionals from diverse backgrounds and specialties. Through our diverse membership, communities, and partnerships, AEA creates collaboration opportunities that advance the field of evaluation.
Education & Programs
Education & Programs
Use the evaluation tools and education developed by the American Evaluation Association to become a better evaluator. We provide year-round opportunities to advance in the field of evaluation and programs to support the development of evaluation professionals.
Events
Events
AEA offers two in-person events each year. These powerful, impactful events provide evaluators of all levels the education and networking opportunities they need to stay informed about and connected to their field.
Publications
Publications
AEA offers both member exclusive and free publications that help guide best practices in the field of evaluation and provide insights to evaluation theory, approach, methodology, and delivery.
Policy Advocacy
Policy Advocacy
AEA brings together researchers, evaluators, policy writers, and organizational leaders for meaningful dialogue around the need for and impact of evaluation policies. We seek to improve government programs and their societal impact through evaluation and data best practices.

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About
About
The American Evaluation Association is devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. We strive to provide an inclusive and diverse environment where evaluators can learn and connect regardless of experience in the field.
Community
Community
AEA brings together evaluation professionals from diverse backgrounds and specialties. Through our diverse membership, communities, and partnerships, AEA creates collaboration opportunities that advance the field of evaluation.
Education & Programs
Education & Programs
Use the evaluation tools and education developed by the American Evaluation Association to become a better evaluator. We provide year-round opportunities to advance in the field of evaluation and programs to support the development of evaluation professionals.
Events
Events
AEA offers two in-person events each year. These powerful, impactful events provide evaluators of all levels the education and networking opportunities they need to stay informed about and connected to their field.
Publications
Publications
AEA offers both member exclusive and free publications that help guide best practices in the field of evaluation and provide insights to evaluation theory, approach, methodology, and delivery.
Policy Advocacy
Policy Advocacy
AEA brings together researchers, evaluators, policy writers, and organizational leaders for meaningful dialogue around the need for and impact of evaluation policies. We seek to improve government programs and their societal impact through evaluation and data best practices.

Topical Interest Groups

Topical Interest Groups (TIGs) are subgroups of the association comprised of members with common interests. TIGs may be formed around methodologies such as Needs Assessment, around work contexts such as Government Evaluation, around salient concerns such as Feminist Issues, or around professional status such as Independent Consultants. AEA currently supports 60+ TIGs in their pursuit of evaluation best practices within their topic area.

AEA members who are actively involved in TIGs receive greater value out of their membership. The TIG community is valuable way to remain connected to topic, specialty, or methodology while working independently to improve programs. In addition, TIGs help the AEA education team build the Evaluation Conference schedule, giving TIGs real influence in the teaching of evaluation.

Although there is no limit of how many TIGs you can join, we recommend you limit your membership to five in order to maintain appropriate involvement.

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Advocacy and Policy Change
Chair	Sarah Stachowiak ORS Impact
Co-chair	Kat Athanasiades Center for Evaluation Innovation
Program Chair	Dawn Valentine Variable Scoop
Program Co-chair	Rhonda Schlangen Rhonda Schlangen Consulting, LLC
Arts, Culture, & Museums
Chair	Jeremy Foutz STEAM Workgroup
Program Chair	Marcel Foster Self
Assessment in Higher Education
Chair	Fanni Fargo George Mason University
Co-Chair	Amy Bowser University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Behavioral Health
Chair	Elizabeth Oyer EvalSolutions, Inc.
Co-Chair	S vetlana Yampolskaya University of South Florida
Program Chair	Kathleen Ferreira C4 Innovations
Program Co-Chair	Shannon Campbell Comagine Health
Cluster, Multi-site & Multi-level Evaluation
Chair	Jenica Reed Deloitte
Co-chair	Emily Barkin Deloitte
Program Chair	Cagney Stigger Deloitte
Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation
Chair	David Fetterman Fetterman Associates
Co-chair & Program Chair	Liliana Rodriguez-Campos University of South Florida
Program Co-Chair	Connie Walker-Egea University of South Florida
College Access Programs
Chair & Program Chair	Joaquina Scott Kankam Prairie View A & M University
Community Development
Chair	Joy Amulya IREX, Evaluation & Learning
Co-Chair	Samantha Shaak Community Innovation & Evaluation Department of Community Health Lehigh Valley Health Network
Program Chair	Rhyanne McDade Northern Kentucky University
Program Co-Chair	Ivonne Chand O'Neal MUSE Research
Community Psychology
Chair	Brittany Cook The Wandersman Center
Program Chair	Jonathan Scaccia Dawn Chorus Group
Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, & Economics
Chair	Brian Yates American University
Program Chair	Nadini Persaud University of the West Indies
Program Co-chair	Ruqayyah Abu-Obaid Western Michigan University
Crime and Justice
Chair & Program Chair	Billie-Jo Grant Macmillan Learning / Cal Poly State University
Data Visualization & Reporting
Chair	Jennifer Nulty Pivot Data Design
Co-chair	Deven Wisner Viable Insights
Program Chair	Jessica Weitzel Via Evaluation
Program Co-Chair	Jessie Rouder ICF
Democracy & Governance
Chair	Lauren Serpe Pact
Co-chair	Marian Ware International Republican Institute
Program Chair	Laura Adams Pact
Program Co-Chair	Jerim Obure International Justice Mission
Design & Analysis of Experiments
Chair	M. H. Clark University of Central Florida
Co-Chair	Carl Westine University of North Carolina at Charolotte
Program Chair	Anthony Gambino University of Connecticut
Program Co-chair	Stephen Bell
Disabilities & Underrepresented Populations
Chair	June Gothberg Cornell University
Program Chair	Caitlyn Bukaty University of Central Florida
Disaster & Emergency Management Evaluation
Chair	Phung Pham Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Claremont Graduate University
Program Chair	Catherine Denial American University
Distance Education & Other Educational Technologies
Chair & Program Chair	William Carpenter University of South Florida
Environmental Program Evaluation
Chair	Allison Van McMaster University
Program Chair	Rupu Gupta Independent Researcher
Program Co-Chair	Greta Landis University of Wisconsin-Madison
Evaluation Managers & Supervisors
Chair	Nicolle Dally Deloitte
Co-Chair	Beryl Otumfuor Atlanta Speech School
Program Chair	Cindy Shuman, Ph.D. Research and External Funding
Evaluation Policy
Chair	Leslie Fierro McGill University - Max Bell School of Public Policy
Co-chair	Alana Kinarsky UCLA School of Education
Program Chair	Esther Nolton Patient-Centered Outcomes Institute
Extension Education Evaluation
Chair	Omolola (Lola) Adedokun
Program Chair	LaJoy Spears
Immediate Past Chair	Vikram Koundinya
Feminist Issues in Evaluation
Chair	Kirsten Zeiter EnCompass, LLC
Program Chair	Elyse McCall-Thomas Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada
Program Co-Chair	Melissa Chapman Haynes Professional Data Analysts, GBC
Government Evaluation
Chair	Christopher Voegeli Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Co-Chair	Steven Lize Pew Charitable Trust
Program Chair	Mary Roach Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Graduate Education Diversity Internship
Chair & Program Chair	Nnenia Campbell University of Colorado Boulder
Graduate Students & New Evaluators
Chair	Maddison Staszkiewicz CareFirst
Co-Chair & Program Chair	Michelle Crosby Independent Consultant
Program Co-Chair	Crystal Luce
Health Evaluation
Chair	Jenica Huddleston Reed Deloitte Consulting
Program Chair	Jillian Papa Action for Healthy Kids
Program Co-Chair	Amy Kerr Professional Data Analysts
Health Professions Education, Evaluation & Research
Chair	Anne Vo, PhD Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
Program chair	Patrick Barlow, PhD The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Human Services Evaluation
Chair	Mansoor Kazi Fredonia State University of New York
Co-chair	Yeongbin Kim Fredonia State University of New York
Independent Consulting
Chair	Lisa Kaczmarcyk Lisa Kaczmarczyk PhD Consulting, LLC
Co-Chair	Mindelyn Anderson Mirror Group
Program Chair	Matteah Spencer Reppart Proponents, LLC
Program Co-Chair	Jessica Pugil Working Partner, LLC
Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation
Chair	Elizabeth Taylor-Schiro University of Minnesota; Bowman Performance Consulting
Co-chair	Alexandria Jauregui-Dusseau University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Community Health & Research
Program Chair	Aneta Cram Victoria University of Wellington
Integrating Technology into Evaluation
Chair	John Baek NOAA
Program Chair	Kecia Bertermann Luminate
Program Co-chair	John Michael Bamberger International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Internal Evaluation
Chair	Boris B Volkov University of Minnesota
Co-Chair	Dana McCurdy Wikimedia Foundation
Program Chair	Danelle Marable Massachusetts General Hospital
Program Co-Chair	Rachel Sier Capital Partners for Education
International & Cross Cultural Evaluation
Chair	Lisa Frantzen TCC Group
Co-Chair	Christine Bowles Last Mile Health
Program Chair	Sharon Dorcoo TERSHA LLC
Program Co-Chair	Alysson Oakley Pact
LatinX Responsive Evaluation Discourse
Chair	Susana Morales Leap Solutions
Co-chair & Program Chair	Alisha Garcia Flores Enlace Chicago
Leadership & Organizational Performance
Chair	Alissa Jones University of Minnesota
Co- Chair	Theodore Theoharis
Program Chair	Sue Ann Sarpy Sarpy & Associates, LLC
Program Co-Chair	Abdulsamad Humaidan Southern Illinois University
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues
Chair	Gregory Phillips II Northwestern University
Co-chair	Rory Neuner Barr Foundation
Military & Veterans
Chair	Rhodri Dierst-Davies Deloitte Consulting
Program Chair	Matthew Beymer General Dynamics Information Technology
Mixed Methods Evaluation
Chair	Jenna LaChenaye, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Program Chair	Jennifer Ridgeway, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic
Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation
Chair	Monique Liston Ubuntu Research and Evaluation
Program Chair	Jessie Montana Cain Children's Trust of South Carolina
Needs Assessment
Chair	Lisle Hites University of Alabama
Co-Chair	Hsin-Ling (Sonya) Hung VCU Center on Health Disparities
Program Chair	Yi-Fang Lee National Taiwan Normal University
Program Co-chair	Maurya West Meiers World Bank
NonProfit & Foundations
Chair	John Byrnes Community Services Analysis, LLC
Co-chair	Emily Kalnicky, Ph.D. Partnership for Public Services
Program Chair	Loraine Park ECMC Foundation
Program Co-chair	Rhonda Williams, Ph.D. Community Foundation of Texas
Organizational Learning & Evaluation Capacity Building
Chair	Cheryl Endres Kaleidoscope Evaluation, LLC
Co-chair	Marcela Gutierrez Gutierrez Consulting Partnerships, LLC
Program Chair	Ann Marie Castleman Claremont Graduate University
Program Co-Chair	Maria Selde Guidehouse
PreK-12 Educational Evaluation
Chair	Lisa Jones McREL International
Co-Chair	George Chitiyo Tennessee Tech University
Program Chair	David Osman Gibson Consulting Group
Program Co-Chair	Jenna LaChenaye UAB
Program Design
Co-chair	Asma Ali AA & Associates, LLC
Program Chair	Catherine Nameth DGSOM at UCLA
Program Theory & Theory-Driven Evaluation
Chair & Program Chair	Charles Gasper TCC Group
Qualitative Methods
Chair	Rachael Lawrence University of Massachusetts Amherst
Co-Chair	Nandita Chaudhuri Texas A & M University
Program Chair	Catherine Darrow Education Development Center (EDC)
Quantitative Methods: Theory & Design
Chair	Antonio Olmos Aurora Research Institute
Co-chair	Vajeera Dorabawila NYS Depart of Health
Program Chair	Karen H. Larwin Youngstown State University
Program Co-Chair	Haiyan Bai University of Central Florida
Research on Evaluation
Chair	Esther Nolton Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Program Chair	Rebecca M. Teasdale University of Illinois at Chicago
Program Co-chair	Rachael Kenney Veterans Health Administration
Research, Technology & Development Evaluation
Chair	Robin M. Wagner National Institutes of Health
Co-chair	Joshua Schnell Thomas Reuters
Program Chair	Gavin Reddick ResearchFish
Program Co-chair	Di Cross National Institutes of Health
Social Impact Measurement
Chair	Courtney Bolinson Independent Consultant
Program Chair	Heather Esper William Davidson Institute
Program Co-Chair	Sasha Zoueva Johnson & Johnson
Social Network Analysis
Chair	Abhik Roy West Virginia University
Co-chair	Anil Kumar Chaudhary Penn State University
Program Chair	Gregory Phillips II Northwestern University
Program Co-chair	Bruce Haupt University of Kentucky
Social Work
Chair	Mansoor A. F. Kazi Fredonia State University of New York
Co-chair	Yeongbin Kim Fredonia State University of New York
Program Chair	Tamarah Moss Bryn Mawr College
Program Co-Chair	Aaron Kates Grand Valley State University
STEM Education & Training
Chair	Cherie Avent University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Program Chair	Angelicque Tucker Blackmon Innovative Learning Center
Program Co-Chair	Asia Williams National Science Foundation
Systems in Evaluation
Chair	Kim Norris American Institute for Research
Program Co-Chair	Pragati Godbole EnCompass
Teaching of Evaluation
Chair	Aileen Reid, PhD University of North Carolina Greensboro
Co-Chair	Tiffany Smith, PhD University of North Carolina Greensboro
Program Chair	Jill Lohmeier UMass Lowell
Program Co-Chair	Kelly McGinn Temple University
Theories of Evaluation
Chair	John LaValle University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Co-Chair	Jennifer Billman HACC, Central Pennslyvania Community College
Translational Research Evaluation
Chair	Kristianna Pettibone NIEHS
Program Chair	Sue Giancola University of Delaware
University-Based Centers
Chair	Samuel Robison Louisiana State University
Co-Chair	Sarah Mason University of Mississippi
Program Chair	Eden Kyse Montclair State University
Program Co-Chair	Joey Rutherford University of Mississippi
Use & Influence of Evaluation
Chair	Ravneet Tiwana San Jose State University
Co-Chair	Juna Snow InnovatEd Consulting, LLC.
Youth Focused Evaluation
Chair	Julie Poncelet Julie Poncelet Consulting, LLC
Program Chair	Jimmy Frickey Trent University
Program Co-chair	Nick Petten Petten Consulting