Eva Witesman is a professor at Brigham Young University, where she leads the Ballard Center for Social Impact and teaches in the Master of Public Administration and Master of Business Administration programs. She has served as chair of the Public and Nonprofit division of the Academy of Management, and as founder of the BYU GoodMeasure program, has helped hundreds of organizations improve their social strategy and outcome measurement. Her edited volume, “Reimagining Nonprofits,” was recently published by Cambridge University Press and provides a global view of nonprofit work.
Dr. Witesman also contributes regularly to LDS Living magazine and has been featured as a guest in various television and podcast productions (Follow Him; Come, Follow Up; Grounded; All In; Go & Be). Dr. Witesman recently co-facilitated a global conversation as part of the 2024 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, and regularly presents her research on government, nonprofit work, and prosocial business at national and international conferences. Her viral 2017 BYU devotional on women and education has been viewed by a global audience has been republished by the church and is being included in an anthology of influential LDS speeches published by Illinois University Press.
By promoting peacemaking, community building, social problem solving, and strong social institutions, Dr. Witesman seeks to create a better world with her spouse, Owen, and hopes to share this work with their four children.