The Evolving Role of AI in Evaluation
2025-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us at BAE’s Winter Webinar and hear from evaluators and data professionals who are integrating AI into their everyday work. Panelists will discuss how they use AI to enhance efficiency, support data analysis, and streamline communications while thinking carefully about ethical considerations. They’ll also share what’s working, what’s tricky, and explore issues such as bias, confidentiality, and data quality. Our conversation about navigating this new space will have plenty of time for questions and discussion!
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Panelists include:
Dr. Valerie Ehrlich brings 20 years of learning and evaluation experience across nonprofits, higher education/academia, and consulting. Her work explores human-centered approaches to technology adoption in mission-driven organizations. As Founder and Principal Consultant of Mission Bloom Consulting, she specializes in helping professionals at all levels, from independent consultants to small teams to foundations and larger organizations, leverage generative AI as a thought partner for more effective evaluation and learning.
Dr. Kantahyanee Murray is Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Lift Every Voice Evaluation, Research, and Strategy, a nationally engaged organization that works through relationship in service to racial equity, racial healing, social justice, liberation, systems transformation, and shifting power to communities. She is committed to centering the voices of those most impacted by inequities and furthest from justice, and believes in the power of equity-focused, community-engaged and participatory approaches. Kantahyanee’s interest in leveraging AI as a tool for equitable and liberatory evaluation, emphasizing ethical practice and expanding opportunities for marginalized communities to shape the future of AI as creators and innovators, has led to some internal (i.e., staff experimentation) and external strategies (i.e., community capacity strengthening) ensuring AI contributes to more just and equitable outcomes.
(AI was used in the development of this brief biography)
Brandon Sepulvado, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Methodologist at NORC at the University of Chicago. He partners with public sector organizations at the state, national, and international levels to strengthen data infrastructure and responsibly apply artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance evidence-building capacity. His work includes the use of AI in evaluation efforts and additionally focuses on assessing the fitness-for-purpose of AI tools in research and evaluation activities.

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Winter Meet-Up
2026-01-29 17:30 - 19:00 | R House, 301 W 29St, Baltimore, Maryland, 21211
When: Thursday, January 29, 5:30-7pm
Where: R. House, 301 W 29th St, Baltimore, MD 21211
Venue: R. House is a food hall with lots of options for everyone – and a parking lot! Come as you are to connect with fellow professionals, exchange ideas, and enjoy a relaxed evening together.

Event Notes:
6:00 pm Program Committee member Jessie will lead a brief share-out on takeaways from the American Evaluation Association national conference, with space for others to share recent learnings.
6:30 pm We’ll gather for a group photo.

Not sure how to find us?
Look for signs we’ll have printed at our tables
We’ll post a photo of our location on our social media
If you’re lost or unsure where to go, shoot us an email at baltimoreareaevaluators@gmail.com. We’ll be checking it throughout the night.
Enjoy BAE events and webinars? Help us continue to host great events like this by donating $5. We truly appreciate your support!
