Hey everyone! I’m Greta Landis, an Evaluation Specialist at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Extension, and a Co-Chair of the Environmental Program Evaluation TIG.
My name is Delaney Wellington (she/her), and I’m an Evaluation Associate at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS runs five New York City wildlife parks – the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo – and conducts conservation work and research around the world. I study the impacts …
Aye! I’m David Hanson, a Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) scholar and a fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program Delaware River Watershed Network (DEWN). Recently, during an in-person DEWN meetup, we dove into a fascinating conversation about power dynamics in environmental leadership. Since the concept of power is something I’ve delved into deeply …
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Hello Reader! I am Michelle Eckman, the Director of Evaluation for Mass Audubon, a Massachusetts-wide conservation organization. I am proud to be the first full-time internal evaluator of this organization. Before this role, I evaluated an environmental education program for my master’s thesis and have spent the past 20+ years as an environmental educator and …
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I’m DeDee Ludwig-Palit, a researcher at Inform Evaluation & Research, a board member for the Arizona Evaluation Network, and a PhD student at Texas Tech University. Inform specializes in program evaluation, visitor studies, and educational research for STEM and conservation education institutions. Our experience working with environmental organizations has shown that empathy and compassionate feelings …
We are David Hanson (Senior Consultant, Social Contract) and Evan Kuras (Evaluation Consultant, MXM Research Group), two mid-level environmental evaluators finding our way through professional and leadership journeys. As reflexive evaluators motivated by issues at the intersection of the environment and social justice, we have both found it challenging to find professional development, mentorship, and …
Hello! I’m Rupu Gupta, Senior Scientist for Social Sciences and Evaluation at the Hudson River Foundation, and Program Chair of the American Evaluation Association’s Environmental Program Evaluation (EPE) TIG. I’ve been thinking a lot about what keeps all of us who are invested in environmental welfare motivated and excited. Environmental evaluators are part of a …
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I’m Lisa Yeager, a program manager/business person at a leading cancer research center by day, with 10+ years moonlighting as an environmental educator. Recently, I joined forces with colleagues from the Applied Improvisation Network to form the Yes and Nature Collaborative and the Climate Conversations project. The collaborative brings together an interdisciplinary team working on …
Hey everyone! I’m Greta Landis (she / her), an Evaluation Specialist based in Teejop (Madison, Wisconsin) at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Program Co-Chair of the Environmental Program Evaluation TIG. My work is informed by Dr. Michael Quinn Patton’s ‘principles-focused evaluation’ approach, which provides a set of strategies to develop …
Hello! I’m Kristi Lekies, Associate Professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University where my position includes teaching, research on human-nature interactions across the life span, and evaluation. I’ve been an evaluator for over 25 years and have worked on projects focused on early childhood education, afterschool programs, foster …
