Lori Wingate

Lori Wingate is the Executive Director of The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University. She has a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary evaluation from WMU and 25+ years of experience in the field of program evaluation. She directs EvaluATE, the evaluation learning and research hub for the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program, and has led a range of evaluation projects in the areas of STEM education, public health, and higher education. Since 2011, she has served as a subject matter expert in evaluation for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Wingate has led more than 50 webinars and workshops on evaluation in a variety of contexts, including CDC University and the American Evaluation Association Summer Evaluation Institute. She is an associate member of the graduate faculty at WMU.