Charmagne Campbell-Patton is second-generation evaluator and twelfth generation European settler based in Minnesota, USA. Her professional experience spans fifteen years of program design, implementation and evaluation work across a range of fields, including government, youth engagement, education, juvenile justice and philanthropy. She specializes in qualitative research methods and utilization-focused developmental evaluation. She is also a co-founder of the Blue Marble Evaluation network. Charmagne holds a BA in Political Science from Grinnell College and an MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University’s School of International Service. She is co-author of the 5th Edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation, and has written several articles and blog posts on a range of evaluation topics. A global citizen with deep local roots, Charmagne resides near the Mississippi River on Dakota land in Minneapolis with her husband, two young children, cat and dog.