Maria Selde, Chair, is an experienced monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) practitioner and consultant, passionate about utilizing co-designed and inclusive approaches to inform strategic decision-making and programmatic outcomes with and alongside civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, private and public sector organizations. She has a Master’s Degree in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and is a Certified Change Management Professional™.
Darima Butitova, Co-Chair, is an education researcher who focuses on evaluating effectiveness of student success interventions in the context of higher education. Her research interests include integration of organizational learning, evaluation capacity-building, and outcomes measurement frameworks into a daily practice of managing and improving programs in large public organizations.
Ann Marie Castleman, Past Chair, is an evaluator who works with non-evaluators to strengthen their capacity to do and use evaluation. As a Research Associate at the University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center, Ann Marie works primarily in the public health, education, and social service sectors. She uses mixed methods and participatory approaches to evaluation. Ann Marie also conducts research on evaluation capacity building to further knowledge and practice in the field.
Rachel Scott, Program Chair, is a Principal Evaluation Associate at the University of Mississippi Center for Research Evaluation (CERE) where she leads the K-12 and Evaluation Capacity Building portfolio. She primarily uses utilization-focused evaluation methods to help clients maximize their impact. Her research interests include building capacity for technology integration in schools, facilitation techniques to support evaluation, and change models to support strategic planning.
J. Montana Cain, Program Co-Chair, is the founder of JMC Consulting Firm and creator of the GATES Academy (Getting to Action through Equity & Systems), proudly growing her work from Tulsa—one of the many Black Wall Streets—while partnering nationally with community-rooted nonprofits and foundations. She works with nonprofit leaders doing meaningful work but struggling to align data, strategy, and decision-making, helping them build a learning infrastructure that moves evidence into aligned action. Her interests center on evaluation as leadership infrastructure and advancing capacity building that supports clarity, confidence, and sustained community outcomes.
Sarah Williams Leng, Webmaster/Social Media Chair
Kathryn Lowerre, AEA 365 OL-ECB Week Coordinator
Omodolapo Ojo, Webinar Coordinator
Open Position: Member Spotlight Coordinator
At-large members: Jess Littman, Krisanna Machtmes, Cheryl Endres, Marcela Gutiérrez, Salvatore Alaimo, Sally Bond, Megan López, Carmen Carrillo, Courtney Long, Destiny Saunders, Doreen Otieno, Heather Codd, John Zeleznak, Katherine French-Fuller, and Tanya Hills.