People & Culture
Philosophy
Initiatives
- Member Survey Completed in January (review underway)
- Student Engagement Program in Development
- Next Early Career Meetups: 2/10, 3/10, and 3/14 @ 12pm (every second Tuesday)
- Next Rural Connex Meetup: 2/12, 3/12, and 4/9 @ 12pm (every second Thursday)
- New Meetup Series Being Planned for Q2 2026
If you are a current member interested in the history of People & Culture at AEP, contact us through our membership email address and we can share more.
An Update from the President
Community is our North Star in 2026.
What if we nurtured relationships of care between individual members, and between members and their Chapter and State leaders within AEP — instead of just talking at members in lectures, panels, and emails?
What if we facilitated practices of support in our programs, annual conference, and organizational culture — not advice, publications, or online proclamations from a distance, but in direct engagement from member to member, committee to member, chapter to member, Board to member?
What would it mean to see a professional organization that is curious, open, unafraid of the discomfort that comes with change, and invested in the individual needs, experiences, and perspectives of its members — and the communities where they live and thrive?
What if we were committed to navigating the world with you, side by side, come what may?
It would look like something different than the AEP of the past. It would look like a community.
This is our work in 2026 as a People & Culture Committee. This is the work I will push forward in my last full year as AEP President.
AEP is exemplary in our teaching and learning programs, and none of that will change. But when it comes to human connection, human relationships, and consideration & support for the infinite experiences of our members, we have work to do.
That includes more meetups, more online and in-person events, and new formats to serve the different corners of our membership. It means encouraging different voices and ideas in our meetings, events, committees, and governing bodies. It means acknowledging the direct connection between our work and the communities our members come from.
When times and technologies change, so do values and expectations. And in order to build a solid foundation for our organization’s future, we are asked to meet the world as it is, not simply as we remember it.
Community is our future. I can’t wait to see what will come as we enter this journey together.
In community,
Mindy Fogg
AEP President
Previous blog updates from the President