Year

Event

 28th Annual Conference: Evaluation With People, Not For People

• Keynote: Nicky Bowman

27th Annual Conference (virtual): From Promise to Practice: Filling Your Equitable Evaluation Toolbox

• Keynote: Paul Elam

26th Annual Conference (Virtual): The Promise of Equitable Evaluation: A Journey From Theory to Practice

• Keynote: Dr. Dominica McBride
• Virtual Attendees: 151

Virtual Conference Summer Series: Elevate How We Evaluate 

25th Annual Conference Cancelled Due to Pandemic

Award:

• MAE Service Award- Craig Wiles, Former MAE Board Secretary and Conference Chair

2019 

24th Annual Conference: Looking Back, Seeing Forward

• Keynote: Wendy Tackett
• Attendees: 168

Professional Development Workshop Series:

• Qualitative Data Analysis Workshop, Jeffery Hillman and Ouen Hunter (35 attendees)

• Miles McNall elected as president
• Felecia Bennett-Clark elected as vice president

23rd Annual Conference: Enhancing Evaluation Through Effective Communication 

• Keynote: Rita S. Fierro
• Attendees: 146
• 1st Annual MAE Networking Reception

Professional Development Workshop Series:

• Creating One-Page Reports, Emma Perk and Lyssa Wilson Becho; Data Dashboards, Jennifer Lyons (31 attendees)

22nd Annual Conference: Evaluation and Social Justice

• Keynote: Robert E. Brown
• Attendees: 155 

• Paul Sachs elected as president
• Miles McNall elected as vice president

21st Annual Conference: Exemplary Michigan Evaluations

• Keynote: Lori Wingate
• Attendees: 131

Professional Development Workshop: 

• Data Visualization Workshop, Ann Emery (28 attendees)

2015

20th Annual Conference: Looking Back, Seeing Forward

• Attendees: 150 

Awards:

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award: Michigan Fitness Foundation
• MAE Service Award- Jane Powers, Public Sector Consultants

• Rita McPhail elected as president
• Paul Sachs elected as vice president

2014

• Attendees: 140
• Preconference Workshop: “Statistics Refresher”

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award:  Western Michigan  University– The Evaluation Center
  
• MAE Service Award: Nancy McCrohan

2013

• Highest attendance in conference history

Awards: 

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation: Matt Wojeck, Project Director for Impact, Ingham CountySystem of Care, Lansing, MI
  
• MAE Service Award: Denise Hartsough

2012

• Students from four universities attended the conference

Awards:

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation: Andrea Cole, President Flinn Foundation
• MAE Service Award: Meg Blinkiewicz

• Secretariat internalized to Board of Directors
  

2011

16th Annual Conference 

Awards:

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation: Community Evaluation and Research Collaborative, MSU
• MAE Service Award: Jane Morgan

Additional Accomplishments:

• Brian Dates elected president

2010

15th Annual Conference

Additional Accomplishments:

• MAE Secretariat moved to Western Michigan University

2009

14th Annual Conference

• Keynote: Dr. James Sanders

Awards:

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation: John Van Camp
• MAE Service Award: Victoria Straub, SPEC Associates & Jane Morgan, JFM Consulting Group

2008

13th Annual Conference

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation: Chris Coryn, WMU
• MAE Service Award: Suzanne Miel-Uken

2007

• Keynote: Rodney Hopson

Awards: 

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award: Sam Singh, Michigan Nonprofit Association

• MAE Service Award: Nancy Hewat, Public Policy Associates

Additional Accomplishments:

2006

11th Annual Conference

• Keynote Speaker: Abraham Wandersman
• First conference at which an organization required attendance: Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC) required funded sites to send two representatives each

Awards: 

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award: John Ziraldo, Lighthouse of Oakland County
  
• MAE Service Award: Jeffrey Padden, Public Policy Associates

Additional Accomplishments: 

• Completed Engaging Minority Evaluators Project (EMEP) grant with W.K. Kellogg Foundation

2005

10th annual conference

• Keynote Speaker: David Fetterman
• Pre-session Presenter: Rosalie Torres

Awards:

• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award: C. Patrick Babcock
• MAE Service Award: Sandra Herman

2004

9th Annual Conference

• Kent McGuire, keynote speaker; Dawn Hanson Smart, pre-session presenter
• MAE receives $10,000 W.K. Kellogg Grant to increase the number of evaluators of color in Michigan
• John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award: Carol Mowbray, University of Michigan
  
• MAE Service Award: Nanette Keiser and Cynthia Cameron

• MAE Website redesigned
• Organizational memberships introduced
• Online registration for annual conference initiated
  

2003

Awards:

• Friend of Evaluation Award: Betty Tableman, Michigan State University
• MAE Service Award: Michigan Public Health Institute

Additional Accomplishments:

• Conference was held in conjunction with the Grantmakers/Grantseekers conference, with the Council of Michigan Foundations and Michigan Nonprofit Association
• Neva Nehan elected president

2002

• Keynote: Lea Sechrest
• Pre-session Presenter: Hallie Preskill
• Friend of Evaluation Award: Robert Collier
• First MAE service awards: Mark Lelle, Debbie Jackson, Cheryl Endres, and John Seeleys

Awards: 

• Friend of Evaluation Award: Robert Collier
• 1st MAE Service Awards: Mark Lelle, Debbie Jackson, Cheryl Endres, and John Seeley

Additional Accomplishments:

• Diversity initiative developed through the Leadership Committee
• Survey of membership conducted
• Bylaws and articles revised
• Filed and received 501(c)(3) designation

2001

6th Annual Conference

Awards:

• Friend of Evaluation Award: Ricardo Millet of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Additional Accomplishments:

• First grant for capacity-building - $30,000 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• For the 501(c)(3) process, finalized purposes and received approval from the membership for revised bylaws
• First year-long calendar for professional development published - each region had two sessions

2000

5th Annual Conference

• Keyote: Lisabeth Schoor

• 2nd Annual Friend of Evaluation Award: James Sanders, Western Michigan University

Additional Accomplishments:

• Conducted first mail election
• Affiliation with the American Evaluation Association finalized
• First website produced
• Developed and sold evaluation promotion presentation, "Demystifying Evaluation: A PowerPoint Presentation”

1999

• Keynote Speaker: Carol Weiss
• Conference Sponsor: Skillman Foundation

Awards: 

• 1st Friend of Evaluation Award: Leonard Smith, retiring president, Skillman Foundation

Additional Accomplishments:

• Task force addresses open governance issues and proposes a mail ballot for board members; board and membership adopt process
• Discussion of application for 501(c)(3) status begins
• First paid secretariat
• Membership reaches about 120 individuals
• Bylaws revised to change term limits and the election process
• MAE incorporated in the state of Michigan ; obtains federal employer identification number
• New logo created

1998

• Keynote Speaker: Michael Quinn Patton
• Conference Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Additional Accomplishments:

• Jeff Padden, Public Policy Associates, elected second president
• Members approve a name change from Michigan Association of Evaluators to Michigan Association for Evaluation
• MAE secretariat moves to Wayne State University (WSU)
• Regular newsletter publication begins
• First professional development meeting held
• Membership surveyed about areas of interest/expertise for the database
• MAE website development begins

1997

2nd Annual Conference

• Keynote Speaker: Huey Chen

• MAE secretariat is housed at MSU for six months and at Formative Evaluation Research Associates (FERA) for six months; MAE begins to negotiate with WSU to be the organization’s secretariat

1996

1st annual conference 

• Keynote (remote): David Fetterman
• Over 100 people attended

Additional Accomplishments:

• Organization is formally established (as the Michigan Association of Evaluators) with bylaws and board members, at the conference business meeting
• John Seeley, Formative Evaluation Research Associates (FERMA), elected first president
• Secretariat: MSU’s Outreach program
• Board holds first planning retreat; guiding values, charges for committees are established; calendar for 1996–1997 is set
• First MAE newsletter is created

1995

• A mission and bylaws are drafted
• The need for an event to launch the organization is discussed; a spring 1996 conference is sketched out
• Obtaining organizational supporters and sponsors is discussed; requests for foundation funding are delayed until the organization has proved itself

1994

• Meetings are held 2–3 times this year and include much discussion of purpose and structure
• A needs assessment of evaluators in Michigan who were members of the American Evaluation Association is conducted; results demonstrate a need for a statewide/local organization

1993

• All local evaluators are invited to attend
• Evaluators enjoy the meeting and the ability to talk with each other (which had not previously occurred locally); they talk about continuing the dialogue