2013 Conference

Sessions

Session Title Time Room
The Impact of Creative Dissemination on the Value and Use of Evaluation Data Wednesday, Oct 16, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Columbia Section 5
Evaluation Use: A Revised Reading of the Role of the Evaluator, the Model and the Context Wednesday, Oct 16, 6:10 PM to 6:55 PM Columbia Section 5
A Collaborative Approach to Maintaining Program Fidelity and Building Evaluation Capacity: The Use of Implementation Data in Two Evidence-based Program Replications Thursday, Oct 17, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM Columbia Section 5
Facilitating Data-based Decision Making in Community Planning Thursday, Oct 17, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM Coats
Framing Evaluation, New Project Design and Changing the Way People View Their Work: The Case of an Outcome Mapping Frame for Saving Newborn Lives Thursday, Oct 17, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM Columbia Section 5
Learning From Evidence: Perspectives From International Development Thursday, Oct 17, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Columbia Section 5
Evaluation for Program Improvement: Flexibility in the Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Year 1 Evaluation Results) Thursday, Oct 17, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Suite 4101
Roundtable Rotation I: Lessons Learned From a Meta-Evaluation: Raising the Quality of Program Evaluation

Roundtable Rotation II: What's Strategic About Strategy Evaluation?
Thursday, Oct 17, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Suite 9100
Evaluation Use as Catalyst in Public Policy Thursday, Oct 17, 2:40 PM to 4:10 PM Columbia Section 5
Facing Challenges and Translating Evaluation Use Across Sectors Thursday, Oct 17, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Columbia Section 5
Evaluation Use TIG Business Meeting Friday, Oct 18, 7:00 AM to 7:50 AM Albright
The Role of Evaluators in Infusing Evaluative Thinking to Facilitate Evaluation Use in the Public Sector for the Betterment of Society Friday, Oct 18, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM Columbia Section 5
Assessing the Use and Influence of Evaluations: Before, During and After Friday, Oct 18, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM Columbia Section 5
Promoting Democratic Deliberation in Higher Education: Evaluator as Provocateur Friday, Oct 18, 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM Columbia Section 5
Evaluation Advisory Groups: Advice Systems to Support Quality Evaluations and Their Use Friday, Oct 18, 2:40 PM to 4:10 PM Piscataway
Evaluation Use at Multiple Stakeholder Levels Friday, Oct 18, 2:40 PM to 4:10 PM Columbia Section 5
Matching Evaluation Strategies to Changing Evaluation Spaces and Environments Friday, Oct 18, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Columbia Section 5
Evaluation Use in Partnerships and Community Mobilization Saturday, Oct 19, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM Columbia Section 5
Don't Let Your Data be a Doorstop: How to Convey Results for Action Saturday, Oct 19, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM Columbia Section 5
Weathering the Storm: Navigating Real World Problems While Maintaining Evaluative Fidelity Saturday, Oct 19, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM Boundary
Roundtable Rotation I: Program Drift and Its Implications for Evaluation Design

Roundtable Rotation II: Are You Using Us? Evaluation for Achieving System Change
Saturday, Oct 19, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM Suite 6101
Building an Effective Early Childhood System: Lessons Learned about Critical Levers for Systems Change and Essential Knowledge Utilization Processes Saturday, Oct 19, 10:45 AM to 11:30 AM Columbia Section 1
Immunity to Change: A Hidden Barrier to Evaluation Use for Sustainable Organizational Change Saturday, Oct 19, 10:45 AM to 11:30 AM Columbia Section 5
Public Agencies' Use of Program Evaluation Saturday, Oct 19, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Columbia Section 5
Evaluation in Partnerships: Collaborative Logic Modeling as a Process for Designing and Implementing Developmental Evaluation Saturday, Oct 19, 2:40 PM to 4:10 PM Albright
Evaluation and Monitoring Process Use: Needs, Influence and Sustainability Factors Saturday, Oct 19, 2:40 PM to 4:10 PM Columbia Section 5

Chairs, Discussants and Presenters

Role Chairs, Discussants, and Presenters
C - Chair, D - Discussant, L - TIG leader, P - Presenter
P Abby Wattenberg, Michigan State University, wattenbe@msu.edu
P Agata Jose-Ivanina, ICF International, agata.jose-ivanina@icfi.com
P Alexander Fink, University of Minnesota, finkx082@umn.edu
P Alissa Parks, AKP Consulting LLC, alissa@akpconsulting.com
P Allison Shurila, Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER), allison@hacer-mn.org
P Amanda Gmryek, JBS International Inc, amgryrek@jbsinternational.com
P Amber Williams, Safe States Alliance, amber.williams@safestates.org
P Amirah Patterson, Safe States Alliance, amirah.patterson@safestates.org
P Amy Gullickson, University of Melbourne, amy.gullickson@unimelb.edu.au
P Amy Newell, ICF International, amy.newell@icfi.com
P Andrea Gielen, Johns Hopkins University, agielen@jhsph.edu
P Anis Dani, World Bank, adani@worldbank.org
P Ann Zukoski, Rainbow Research Inc, azukoski@rainbowresearch.org
P Anthea Rutter, University of Melbourne, anthearutter@bigpond.com
P Artineh Samkian, First 5 LA, asamkian@gmail.com
P Astrid Brousselle, Universite de Sherbrooke, astrid.brousselle@usherbrooke.ca
P Barry Cohen, Rainbow Research, bcohen@rainbowresearch.org
P Beate Bull, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), bebu@norad.no
P Bidjan Nashat, World Bank, bnashat@worldbank.org
P Brandon Nesbit, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vxw6@cdc.gov
P Brandon Stokes, Youth Guidance, bstokes@youth-guidance.org
P Brian Souza, The DentaQuest Foundation, brian.souza@dentaquestfoundation.org
P Caroline Taggart, Via Evaluation, caroline@viaeval.com
P Catherine Donnelly, Queen's University at Kingston, catherine.donnelly@queensu.ca
P Carrie Stehman, University of Wisconsin at Madison, cstehman@uwm.edu
P Cher Hendricks, Georgia Institute of Technology, cher.hendricks@ceismc.gatech.edu
P Christine Frank, Christine Frank and Associates, christine.frank@sympatico.ca
P Christopher Jones, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vey2@cdc.gov
P Clare Nolan, Harder+Company Community Research, cnolan@harderco.com
P Colleen Smith, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, cjsmith@gmail.com
P Courtenay Kessler, University of Wisconsin at Madison, ckessler2@wisc.edu
P Diley Hernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology, diley.hernandez@cetl.gatech.edu
P Donna Van Alst, Rutgers University, vanalst@ssw.rutgers.edu
P Dorothy Pinto, University of Alberta, dorothy.pinto@ualberta.ca
P Ed McLain, University of Alaska Anchorage, emclain@uaa.alaska.edu
P Emily Scribner-O'Pray, Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department, emily.scribner-opray@co.hennepin.mn.us
D Eric Oldsman, Nexus Associates Inc, oldsman@nexus-associates.com
C, L Erin Burr, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, erin.burr@orau.org
P Gana Pati Ojha, Community of Evaluators Nepal, gpojha@gmail.com
C Geeta Batra, World Bank, gbatra@ifc.org
P Harold Pollack, University of Chicago, haroldp@uchicago.edu
P Harry Hatry, The Urban Institute, hhatry@urban.org
P Heidi Sweetman, University of Delaware, heidims@udel.edu
P Helen-Ann Ireland, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, hireland@educ.umass.edu
P Imelda Castaneda-Emenaker, University of Cincinnati, castania@ucmail.uc.edu
C Jacqueline Stillisano, Texas A&M University, jstillisano@tamu.edu
P Jamila Porter, Safe States Alliance, jamila.porter@safestates.org
P Janet Wiersema, JBS International Inc, jwiersema@jbsinternational.com
C, P Jason Daniels, University of Alberta, jdaniels@ualberta.ca
P Jessica Weitzel, Via Evaluation, jessica@viaeval.com
P Joan Blough, Early Childhood Investment Corporation, jblough@ecic4kids.org
C, P Joelle Greene, Harder+Company Community Research, jgreene@harderco.com
P John Malloy, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, john.malloy@hwdsb.on.ca
P John Owen, Melbourne University, j.owen@unimelb.edu.au
P Jonya Leverett, Loyola University Chicago, jlevere@luc.edu
P Julie Nielsen, NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc, niels048@umn.edu
P Kanchan Lama, Community of Evaluators Nepal, kanchan.lama01@gmail.com
P Karol Olejniczak, University of Warsaw, k.olejniczak@uw.edu.pl
P Kate Johnston-Goodstar, University of Minnesota, john1906@umn.edu
P Kathie Maynard, University of Cincinnati, sundk@ucmail.uc.edu
P Katie Richards-Schuster, University of Michigan, kers@umich.edu
P Kathryn McAlindon, Michigan State University, mcalindo@msu.edu
P Keiko Kuji-Shikatani, Ontario Ministry of Education, keiko.kuji-shikatani@ontario.ca
P Kevin Rafter, The James Irvine Foundation, kevin.rafter@irvine.org
C, P Kimberly Francis, Abt Associates Inc, kimberly_francis@abtassoc.com
D Lara Vaz, Save the Children, lvaz@savechildren.org
P Lorie Alveshere, Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department, lorie.alveshere@co.hennepin.mn.us
P Louise Bahry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, lbahry@educ.umass.edu
P Lynne Franco, EnCompass, lfranco@encompassworld.com
P Mag Gardner, Hamilton Wentworth District School Board, mag.gardner@hwdsb.on.ca
P Manu Singh, JBS International Inc, msingh@jbsinternational.com
C, P Marie Gaarder, World Bank, mgaarder@worldbank.org
P Marisa Vassimon, Roberto Marinho Foudation, marisa@futura.org.br
P Mary Jean Gallagher, Ontario Ministry of Education, maryjean.gallagher@ontario.ca
P Megan Börner, Ontario Ministry of Education, megan.borner@ontario.ca
C Megan Renee Walker Grimaldi, Communities In Schools, meganreneewalker@gmail.com
P Mei You, Michigan State University, youmei@msu.edu
P Melvin Mark, Penn State University, m5m@psu.edu
P Michael Baizerman, University of Minnesota, mbaizerm@umn.edu
P Michael Long, ICF International, michael.long@icfi.com
C Michael Quinn Patton, Utilization-Focused Evaluation, mqpatton@prodigy.net
P Michelle Woodford Martin, Abt Associates Inc, michelle_woodford@abtassoc.com
P Monica Dias Rodrigues Pinto, Roberto Marinho Foundation, monicap@frm.org.br
P Monica Oliver, The Evaluation Group, monica@evaluationgroup.com
P Navin Girishankar, World Bank, ngirishankar@worldbank.org
C, L Norma Martínez-Rubin, Evaluation Focused Consulting, norma@evaluationfocused.com
P Paul Mattessich, Wilder Research, paul.mattessich@wilder.org
C, P Pennie Foster-Fishman, Michigan State University, fosterfi@msu.edu
P Rachael Lawrence, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, rachaellawrence@ymail.com
P Radha Gholkar, JBS International Inc, rgholkar@jbsinternational.com
P Ram Khanal, Community of Evaluators Nepal, khanalrc@gmail.com
P Ramesh Tuladhar, Community of Evaluators Nepal, r.tula1950@gmail.com
P Raphael Gaeta, JBS International Inc, rgaeta@jbsinternational.com
P Ray Ivatt, Evaluation & Development Associates LLC, ray@even-so.com
P Richard Franz, Ontario Ministry of Education, richard.franz@ontario.ca
P Richard Lucas, United States Department of Agriculture, richard.lucas@fns.usda.gov
P Rodolfo Gutierrez, University of Minnesota, rodolfo@hacer-mn.org
C, P Ross VeLure Roholt, University of Minnesota, rossvr@umn.edu
P Sally Thigpen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sti9@cdc.gov
P Sebastian Lemire, University of California at Los Angeles, slemire@ucla.edu
P Sharon Rallis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, sharallis@gmail.com
P Shenee Bryan, Safe States Alliance, shenee.reid@safestates.org
P Sonia Taddy, Harder+Company Community Research, staddy@harderco.com
P Stanley Varnhagen, University of Alberta, stanley.varnhagen@ualberta.ca
C, P Stephanie Shipman, United States Government Accountability Office, shipmans@gao.gov
P Subodh Kandamuthan, Administrative Staff College of India, subodh.kandamuthan@gmail.com
C, L Susan Tucker, Evaluation & Development Associates LLC, sutucker1@mac.com
P Tamara M Walser, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, walsert@uncw.edu
D Theresa Fox, Rutgers University, fox@ssw.rutgers.edu
P Tomasz Kupiec, Evaluation for Government Organizations, t.kupiec@evaluation.pl
P Valerie Caracelli, United States Government Accountability Office, caracelliv@gao.gov
P Wendy Fine, Youth Guidance, wfine@youth-guidance.org
P Ximena Uribe, University of Delaware, ximena@udel.edu
P Zita Unger, Ziman Pty Ltd, zitau@bigpond.com