"The self-assessment process is a method for assessing what you are doing, why you are doing it, and what you must do to improve an organization’s performance. It asks the five essential questions: What is our mission? Who is our customer? What does the customer value? What are our results? and What is our plan? Self-assessment leads to action and lacks meaning without it." — from Peter Drucker’s The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization
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Council
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Site Visit Dates
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Federal/State Partnership
Representative
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Site Visitors
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Connecticut Humanities Council |
October 11-12 |
Edie Manza |
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Marsha L. Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC |
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Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, Director and Distinguished Professor, Cooperstown Graduate Program, Cooperstorn, NY |
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Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. |
September 10-11 |
Edie Manza |
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Carrie L. Thornhill, Chair, Board of Directors, Washington East Foundation, Washington, DC |
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Elizabeth L. Young, Chair, Governing Board, WHRO Public Radio and Television, Hampton Roads, VA |
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Georgia Humanities Council |
October 11-12 |
Dwan Reece |
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Danah C. Craft, First Vice President, Community & Governmental Affairs, SunTrust Bank & SunTrust Bank Atlanta Foundation, Atlanta, GA |
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Gregory L. Waters, Professor of English & Director of Honors Program, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ |
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Hawai'i Humanities Council |
November 30-December 1 |
Dwan Reece |
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Cheryl Dickson, former Executive Director of the Minnesota Humanities Commission, St. Paul, MN |
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Douglas Dykstra, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Hawai‘i Community College, Hilo, HI |
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Illinois Humanities Council |
May 16-17 |
Kathleen Mitchell |
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Gail Leftwich Kitch, Executive Director, By the People, McNeil-Lehrer Productions; former President, Federation of State Humanities Councils |
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James F. Veninga, Campus Executive Officer and Dean, University of Wisconsin, Marathon County; board member, Wisconsin Humanities Council; former Executive Director, Humanities Texas |
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Kentucky Humanities Council |
July 11-12 |
Edie Manza |
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Wesley Creel, Administrator of Programs, Pink Palace Family of Museums, Memphis, Tennessee |
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Kenneth Bailey, retired Dean and Professor Emeritus of History and Geography, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Board Member, West Virginia Humanities Council |
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Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities |
June 18-19* |
Edie Manza |
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Kenneth L. Gladish, Distinguished Professor of Nonprofit Studies and Director, The Grantmaking School, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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Charles Reagan Wilson, Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair of History and Professor of Southern Studies, University of Mississippi |
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Minnesota Humanities Center |
September 6-7 |
Kathleen Mitchell |
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Anita M. Pampusch, President of the Archibald Bush Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota |
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Kathryn Weitz White, Director of Education Initiatives, Sherwood Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska |
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North Carolina Humanities Council |
May 13-14, 2008 |
Dwan Reece |
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Elizabeth Young, Chair, WHRO Board of Directors; former board member, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Hartfield, VA |
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Jamil Zainaldin, Executive Director, Georgia Humanities Council, Atlanta, GA |
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Humanities Council South Carolina |
May 3-4 |
Dwan Reece |
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Tom Dasher, Provost, Berry College; former Board Chair, Georgia Humanities Council |
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Carolyn Parker, Assistant Professor of History (retired), Alabama A&M University; former board member, Alabama Humanities Foundation |
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Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |
February 7-8, 2008 |
Kathleen Mitchell |
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David Owen Renz, Beth K. Smith/Missouri Chair in Nonprofit Leadership and Director, Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, Henry W. Bloch School of Business & Public Administration, University of Missouri - Kansas City |
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Kristina Valaitis, Executive Director, Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago |
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Wyoming Humanities Council |
August 3-4 |
Kathleen Mitchell |
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Cheryl Hargrove, Associate Director, Center for Sustainable Destinations, National Geographic Society |
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Dorothy Schwartz, former Executive Director, Maine Humanities Council |
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