Judy Engel |
Judy Fetterman Engel grew up in Danielson and lived there until she was 6 years old. She is enjoying becoming reacquainted with so many of the people on the board. After many years of living out of the area, she now has an opportunity to work on the board with new friends, and with her mother, Elsie Blumenthal Fetterman, and her daughter, Robyn Haley Engel. She is the office manager at East Lyme Oral Surgery, LLC.
Judy enjoys challenges, creative problem solving and is willing to intervene with any problems. Judy has held several offices in her community including two boards of education and East Lyme Rowing Association. She is presently serving as president of Congregation Beth El in New London, CT. She lives with her husband, and their three children. |
David Fetterman |
David M. Fetterman, PhD, is president and CEO of Fetterman & Associates, an international evaluation consulting firm. He has worked in over 17 countries, including townships in South Africa and Native American reservations, as well as in high tech firms in Silicon Valley, including Google and Hewlett-Packard.
He has also facilitated a USAID sponsored empowerment evaluation in India focusing on eliminating tuberculosis. In addition, he has provided empowerment evaluation consultation services to Feeding America (one of the largest networks of food banks in America). |
Fetterman has 25 years of experience at Stanford University, serving as a School of Education faculty member, School of Medicine director of evaluation, and senior member of Stanford administration. Fetterman concurrently serves as a faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University.
Previously, Dr. Fetterman was a professor and research director at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Principal Research Scientist at the American Institutes for Research, and a senior associate at RMC Research Corporation.
Fetterman is a past president of the American Evaluation Association and the American Anthropological Association’s Council on Anthropology and Education.
He is the recipient of the Paul Lazarsfeld Award for Outstanding Contributions to Evaluation Theory and the Myrdal Award for Cumulative Contributions to Evaluation Practice. Fetterman received the American Educational Research Association’s Research on Evaluation Distinguished Scholar Award and the Mensa Award for Research Excellence.
He is also the recipient of the American Anthropological Association’s President’s Prize for excellence and innovation in applying anthropological insights to the evaluation and improvement of education, social, and health services. Fetterman was recognized as the Top Anthropologist of the Year for 2019 and of the decade in 2020. Fetterman recently received the Global Impact and Lifetime Achievement Awards, highlighted on the Reuter’s Building and NASDAQ billboard in Times Square.
Fetterman is the founder of empowerment evaluation (a community self-assessment approach). His Ted Talk is titled Empowerment Evaluation: Searching for Self-determination. He has published 18 books, including Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence, Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation: Stakeholder Involvement Approaches, Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages: Hewlett-Packard’s $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice (Stanford University Press), Ethnography: Step by Step (4th edition), and Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self-assessment, Evaluation Capacity Building, and Accountability.
Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsY1APZVUwI
Previously, Dr. Fetterman was a professor and research director at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Principal Research Scientist at the American Institutes for Research, and a senior associate at RMC Research Corporation.
Fetterman is a past president of the American Evaluation Association and the American Anthropological Association’s Council on Anthropology and Education.
He is the recipient of the Paul Lazarsfeld Award for Outstanding Contributions to Evaluation Theory and the Myrdal Award for Cumulative Contributions to Evaluation Practice. Fetterman received the American Educational Research Association’s Research on Evaluation Distinguished Scholar Award and the Mensa Award for Research Excellence.
He is also the recipient of the American Anthropological Association’s President’s Prize for excellence and innovation in applying anthropological insights to the evaluation and improvement of education, social, and health services. Fetterman was recognized as the Top Anthropologist of the Year for 2019 and of the decade in 2020. Fetterman recently received the Global Impact and Lifetime Achievement Awards, highlighted on the Reuter’s Building and NASDAQ billboard in Times Square.
Fetterman is the founder of empowerment evaluation (a community self-assessment approach). His Ted Talk is titled Empowerment Evaluation: Searching for Self-determination. He has published 18 books, including Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence, Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation: Stakeholder Involvement Approaches, Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages: Hewlett-Packard’s $15 Million Race Toward Social Justice (Stanford University Press), Ethnography: Step by Step (4th edition), and Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self-assessment, Evaluation Capacity Building, and Accountability.
Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsY1APZVUwI
Rachel Sheppard Rubin |
Bio coming soon!
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James Alan Weiss |
Jim Weiss, a resident of Pomfret, CT, recently joined the board of TBI. Jim, a former state legislator, is married to Nancy Pritchard Weiss. They have two daughters: Hadley and Chelsea and two grandchildren. Jim is the founding partner of Weiss and Hale Financial in Pomfret, an investment advisory and financial planning firm, and has recently launched Savor Coaching, a life coaching/planning business. Jim also is a chocolatier and founder of Pomfret Chocolates, a small batch enterprise.
Jim credits Henry Drobiarz (a founder) for encouraging him to recognize and explore his own patriarchal Jewish heritage. In Jim’s words, “Henry helped me to embrace fully who I was and am; and my own mixed religious heritage…for this I remain eternally grateful.” Jim feels compelled and happy to support TBI and its mission. |