IPDET Management
Steering Group
The steering group is responsible for the overall oversight and governance. Main tasks are key strategic management and decision-making on budget, program and contents.

Lily L. Chu
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)

Jos Vaessen
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)

Dugan Fraser
Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI)

Anna Aghumian
Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI)

Christina Cuonz
Center for Continuing Education (ZUW)

Reinhard Stockmann
Center for Evaluation (CEval)

Stefan Silvestrini
Center for Evaluation (CEval)

Wolfgang Meyer
Center for Evaluation (CEval)

Stefanie Krapp
Head of Program
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board provides the IPDET management with independent expertise and high-quality advice to maintain the cutting-edge and highly relevant character of the training program.
Advisory Board Members:
Name | Representing | Organization | Position |
Romana Tedeschi | representative of GEI sponsors | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) | Head of the Evaluation Department |
Berthold Hoffmann | representative of GEI sponsors | Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany | Senior Policy Advisor, Evaluation and Policy oriented Research Division |
Rob van Poelje | representative of GEI sponsors | Ministry of Foreign Affiars of the Netherlands | Member of the Management Team, Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) |
Silvia Salinas Mulder | representative of a global evaluation association | International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) and EvalPartners | President of IOCE, Co-Chair of EvalPartners |
Antonina Risko-Porcescu | representative of an international evaluation initiative and IPDET alumna | EvalYouth | Member of the board |
Claudia Maldonado | representative of IPDET faculty | CIDE Mexico | |
Asela Kalugampitiya | representative of IPDET Alumni | Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) | President |
Michael Q. Patton | idependent internationally renowned evaluation expert | independent | |
Juha Ilari Uitto | idependent internationally renowned evaluation expert | GEF | Head of the Independent Evaluation Office |
Linda Raftree | idependent internationally renowned evaluation expert | independent | |
Candice Morkel | representative of CLEAR | CLEAR AA | Director |