Titus Awokuse
AAEA President

August 2026

Shaping What Comes Next

Kansas City was a particularly meaningful AAEA annual meeting for me. Thirty years ago, in 1996, I attended my first AAEA meeting in San Antonio as a graduate student at Texas A&M. This year, I had the privilege of standing before the Association as its President. What made that full circle moment even more meaningful were the people I encountered. I talked with professors who taught and mentored me, colleagues with whom I once stayed up all night working on course assignments and projects, and former students and mentees who are now making their own contributions to our profession. Those conversations reminded me that a professional association is more than meetings, publications, and programs. It is a community that connects us across generations and helps shape our professional journeys. AAEA has certainly shaped mine, and I am deeply grateful for it.

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