Congratulations to Professor Harry Cummings on becoming the new president of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) for 2016-2018 by the CES Board of Directors.

Harry, a faculty member in Rural Planning and Development, is a long-time member of the CES and advocate of evaluation.  Harry summarizes his candidacy: "I am prepared to lead and serve the organization. I will carefully steward the organization to sustain its successes and simultaneously take advantage of opportunities to promote evaluation in diverse settings in Canada. I believe my academic roots, private sector experience and university role as a researcher and educator emphasizing evaluation will serve CES well."

Professor Harry Cummings

This is a very prestigious position and one that Prof. Cummings will embrace and make new strides in leading evaluation in Canada. Please see the Canadian Evaluation Society [1] website for more information.