AEA values member input and engagement, relying on your guidance and knowledge about the field in the development of programs for our membership. We also value diversity when building a volunteer base to better serve and represent our unique, global community of evaluators.
AEA volunteer roles must:
Complete the volunteer opportunities form to become a contributing member to the AEA community. While you may submit an application for most Working Groups, those with a membership status that indicate 'Open' are actively seeking members on a rolling basis and will receive top priority in placement.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer Form
Charge: To assist TIG leaders in reviewing abstracts submitted for consideration for the Evaluation 2019 conference.
Charge: The AEA Awards Task Force is charged with reviewing the current processes and providing the AEA Board and Staff with recommendations for revising the AEA’s Awards Program. The Task Force recognizes the importance of having an Awards Program that supports AEA’s mission, vision, values, and Ends Goals.
Members: Eric Barela, Sharon Rallis
Charge: To assist AEA in reviewing possible changes to conference structure and evaluating potential innovations.
Members: Leah Moses, Jan Noga, Nnenia Campbell, Stanley Capela, Linda Vo, Lycia Neumann, and Dana Wanzer
Charge: To assist management in planning for dissemination and use of the Cultural Competency Statement.
Members: Cindy Crusto, Derrick Gervin, Rupu Gupta, Jori Hall, Jenny Jones, Tamara Bertrand Jones, Dominica McBride, Leah Neubauer, Osman Ozturgut, Katherine Tibbetts, Cynthia Wright, Kari Greene, Rupu Gupta
Charge: To recruit qualified member applicants in order to create a slate of potential candidates for the AEA annual elections.
Members: Anne T. Vo (Chair), Leslie Goodyear, Mark Parman
Charge: To recommend for adoption by the AEA Board, a contemporary statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion that will frame the operational and governance work of the association; to review existing indicators and measures of diversity, equity and inclusion, and to identify gaps which shall form the basis of the Executive Director’s annual “State of the Association” monitoring report on diversity, equity and inclusion provided to the Board of Directors. The report findings will serve as a basis for action plans by the board and staff, to recommend indicators and measures of diversity, equity and inclusion relevant to the governance of the Association to be used in future evaluation of board performance and to systematically examine association policies and procedures through a lens of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Members: Vidhya Shanker (Co-Chair) Elizabeth Shiro-Taylor (Co-Chair), Nisaa Kirtman, Donna Mertens, Kanthahyanee Murray, James Groh, Esther Nolton, Stephen Maack, Camille Lemieux, Asma Ali, Ayesha Boyce, David Sul, Jen Heeg, Diana Lemos (LatinX Responsive Discourse TIG Liaison), Leah People (Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG Liaison), Dylan Felt (LBGTQ+ TIG Liaison), Mark Parmon (Indigenous Peoples TIG Liaison), Caitlyn Buckaty (Disability TIG Liaison)
Members: Nick Hart (Chair), Lisa Aponte-Soto, Maurice Samuels (AEA Board Liaison), Nicole Bowman, Katherine Dawes, Diana Epstein, Mel Mark, Kathryn Newcomer, Demetra Nightingale
Members: Stuart Donaldson
Charge: To assist in the dissemination and promotion of the Guiding Principles among the evaluation community.
Members: Leslie Goodyear (Chair), Monica Ruiz Casares, Leanne Kallemeyn, Melanie Hwalkek, Herb Baum, Sarah Heath, Jeffrey Hillman, Xiaoxia Newton
Charge: To assist management with the development of international outreach and AEA’s international presence/programs.
Members: Colleen Brady, Heather Britt, Scott Chaplowe, Rita Fierro, Amy Gray, Lisa Frantzen, Andrea Guajardo, Amy Catherine Jersild, Iryna Kravchuk, Donna Mertens, Maria Montenegro, Svetlana Negroustoueva, Hubert Paulmer, Donna Podems, Deborah Rugg, Jim Rugh, Amanda Satterwhite, Michele Tarsilla
Charge: To assist management with the coordination of conference outreach and logistics in the conference host city.
Charge: To create a membership feedback survey instrument, collect and analyze the data, and create a final report for management.
Members: Sandra Ayoo, Traci Dixon, Abhik Roy, Esther Nolton
Charge: To provide suggestions and input to management on the professional development offerings through AEA including eStudies, Coffee Breaks, and PD Workshops at the annual conference.
Members: Thomas Chapel (Chair), Sheila Robinson, Thomas Archibald, Leah Neubauer, Anne T. Vo, Linda Vo, Sondra Lore, Beverly Peters
Charge: To develop an AEA statement t defining professionalization in evaluation, to incorporate AEA Evaluator Competencies into AEA programs and initiatives and to discuss uses of evaluation competencies & professionalization with stakeholders.
Members: Susan Tucker (Chair), Sandra Ayoo, Dugan Ian Fraser, Celeste Ghiano, Rhoda Goremucheche, Keiko Kuji-Shikatani, Alexey Kuzmin, Virginia Lamprecht, Veronica Olazabal, Donna Podems, Laurie Stefahn, Beeta Tahmassebi, Lauren Wildschut, Anisha Lewis (AEA Executive Director)
Charge: To assist management in considering the requests for AEA member lists for research purposes.
Members: Anne Vo, Tarek Azzam, Leslie Fierro
Charge: To assist management with the creation of the content/speakers for the annual Summer Institute program.
Members: Susan Wolfe, Kristianna Pettibone, Thomas Chapel, Mindelyn Anderson, Maureen Wilce, Daniel Kidder
Volunteering on a Working Group requires a commitment to AEA and the assigned program/project. The work product of each Working Group is outlined in individual Charge Documents that also address deadline expectations. Meeting scheduling and frequency for each Working Group are established through consultation between the Working Group members and AEA.