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Susan Wolfe and Associates, in collaboration with Community Evaluation Solutions and JLM Research was selected as the evaluation team for its $4.5 million Collaborative Approaches to Well-Being in Rural Counties initiative. We will work closely with the project coordination team from Alliance for Greater Works and the staff at the Hogg Foundation to learn from and evaluate the development of community collaboratives in Bastrop, Brooks, Morris, Nacogdoches, and Victoria Counties.  For more information, check out this Hogg Blog: http://hogg.utexas.edu/learning-and-evaluation

I will be contributing my evaluation expertise to the National Library of Medicine's partnership with the NIH All of Us Research Program, a landmark effort to advance precision medicine. For more information, check out the NEO blog posting from December 5, 2017 here:  https://news.nnlm.gov/neo/2017/12/05/meet-susan-wolfe-the-neos-new-evaluation-specialist-susan-wolfe/

Starting January 31, 2018 I will be the new Editor of The Community Psychologist, a Society for Community Research and Action publication. I am very excited to take on these duties with my Associate Editor, Dominique Thomas.

In June, 2017 I was honored to receive the John Kalafat Award in Applied Community Psychology. John Kalafat's life work integrated the principles and research of community psychology with their practical applications. This award is presented to individuals who exemplify John's unique characteristics as mentor, teacher, and advocate, and his passion in making the benefits of community psychology accessible to all. 

Ann Webb Price of Community Evaluation Solutions and I have teamed up to write this book, which will be published by Oxford University Press in early 2018 through the Society for Community Research and Action's book series.

On November 6, 2018 I will be presenting a custom workshop titled "Evaluating Collaboratives and Coalitions" for the Center on Research and Evaluation, Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University. This six-hour interactive workshop will cover everything from coalition frameworks and dynamics to best practices for evaluating coalitions and collaboratives.

I will be presenting the  sessions listed below at the annual American Evaluation Association conference which will be held in Cleveland, OH Wednesday, October 31 to Saturday, November 3. In addition to my finally having a chance to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I will have the opportunity to network with other evaluators and pick up new skills and knowledge. My sessions and activities will be:

• Intimidation Rituals: Real Life Consequences of Speaking Truth to Power with Ann Webb Price and Martha Ann Brown
• Meet the Pros Intermediate Consulting Skills Self-Help Fair on What to do When Business is Slow
• Truths in Evaluation Consulting Practice - Partnering for Social Change : Collaborating with Clients and Communities
• Co-Chairing the Nonprofit and Foundations Topical Interest Group Business Meeting

On October 25, 2018 I will be co-presenting a session titled "Collaborating for Health Equity in Communities with Dorothy Gibbons from The Rose and Julie St. John from the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at Abilene. The Healthier Texas Summit will be held in Austin, TX on October 25-26. The Keynote will be delivered by Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, the 20th Surgeon General of the United States.

I will be presenting an AEA eStudy Webinar with Ann Webb Price of Community Evaluation Solutions. This eStudy will be conducted on August 7th and 9th from noon to 1:30 p.m. EDT.  More information (including how to register) can be found at https://www.eval.org/p/pr/vi/prodid=143

I will once again be presenting a workshop on Evaluating Coalitions and Collaboratives at the AEA Summer Institute in Atlanta, GA on June 18 from 9:00 a.m. to noon and then from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.  More information can be found at https://www.eval.org/p/cm/ld/fid=568#wk13.