Donna Podems has worked for more than two decades as an evaluation specialist. She has authored numerous articles and two books Democratic Evaluation: Exploring the Reality and Being an Evaluator, Your Guide to Evaluation. She is currently working on her third book which focuses on feminist evaluation. Her work is broad, conducting evaluations with and for governments, civil society, nongovernmental groups, international donors, and foundations. She has experience with a range of evaluation methodologies for various interventions in agriculture, early childhood development, education, environment, gender, health systems, HIV/AIDS, human rights, trade and investment, and women’s empowerment. She places a special focus on practical evaluation approaches that address equity and social justice and her feminist evaluation work. Donna is a Board Member for the Global International Evaluation Academy (IEC) and has served on multiple national and global evaluation boards. She holds a Masters degree from The American University and a PhD from The Union Institute in partnership with Stellenbosch University. She is currently a Senior Research Associate at University of Johannesburg and a Senior Fellow at Stellenbosch University. She is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Evaluation.
