Residence: Prince Edward Island, Canada

IOCE Position: Board Member, Profile Team: IOCE Website (with Oumoul Khayri Ba Tall, AfrEA)

Affiliation: Canadian Evaluation Society (CES), Past President since July 1, 2006

Carl Doucette retired from a 30-year career with the Prince Edward Island (PEI) public service in August 2006 where he held senior management positions in administration, research and development and policy and evaluation. He is currently operating a small consulting business specialising in evaluation and strategic planning and research.

Carl earned a Masters in Applied Criminology (MCA) from the University of Ottawa in 1977 and since then he has taken advanced training in evaluation theory and practice, research and accounting.

He is the Past President of the Canadian Evaluation Society – Prince Edward Island Chapter, Past National CES Treasurer and Past CES National President.

During his two-year term as CES National President, Carl hosted a very successful joint conference with the American Evaluation Association (AEA) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in October 2005. In addition CES has celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2006 culminating with CES' 25th anniversary annual conference in Charlottetown, PEI in June 2006. This conference was enhanced through the attendance and participation of five delegates from AfrEA through the generous financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Carl has traveled throughout Canada to visit with CES Chapters and to strongly advocate for the evaluation function both within the public and private sectors. He has also represented CES at the AEA Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in November 2004 where he spoke on two international panels. He believes strongly in the evaluation function and his two years as CES National President was characterized by building partnerships to enhance the evaluation function.

September 6, 2006