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Staff |
Executive Council
| Crystal
Calarusse |
Academic Director
(ext. 103)
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Crystal is the Academic Director of NASPAA and has responsibility for academic quality and development. She directs accreditation efforts with the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA), a specialized accrediting body dedicated to quality assurance in professional graduate education in public affairs and public policy.
Crystal received her MPP degree (with an environmental specialty) from the University of Maryland College Park.
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| Rebecca
Freeburn |
Marketing Projects Assistant (ext.
110)
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Rebecca is a Marketing Projects Assistant at NASPAA where she supports general marketing efforts and works with
www.publicservicecareers.org. She holds an B.S. in Agriculture Business and Environment and Natural Resources from the University of Wyoming and is currently a first-year graduate student in Public Administration at the George Washington University.
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| Peter
Green |
Director of Finance (ext. 107)
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Peter is responsible for all financial and bookkeeping functions.
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| Maja Husar
Holmes |
Executive MPA Center Coordinator
(ext. 109)
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Maja is responsible for coordinating the promotion and research of Executive MPA programs.
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| Jackie Lewis |
Conference
& Project Coordinator/
National Director of Pi Alpha Alpha
(ext. 104) |
Jackie is responsible for maintaining our Pi Alpha Alpha chapters, coordinating NASPAA's Annual Conference and the various awards that NASPAA gives to worthy recipients each year at the Conference, setting up local meetings, and maintaining subscriptions and distribution of the
Journal of Public Affairs Education.
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Ana Mejia
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International Programs Consultant
(ext. 102)
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Ana is a half-time consultant responsible for coordinating project and report activity associated with NASPAA’s programs that strengthen networks and associations of public administration schools and institutes internationally: the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) and the Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (INPAE).
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| Darrell
Rogers |
Administrative
Assistant
(ext.
112) |
Darrell
assists the staff in a variety of projects associated with
NASPAA's Commission on Peer
Review and Accreditation (COPRA) and
its committees and sections.
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Scott Talan |
Director of Communications & Public Affairs
(ext. 106) |
Scott has the broad responsibility
of marketing the MPA and MPP, communicating with association
members and prospective members, creating professional
development opportunities for member schools, seeking
development opportunities for the association, and promoting
quality, public service, and the highest ethical standards in
all NASPAA activities. Prior to arriving at NASPAA, Scott worked
for ABC News 'Good Morning America' as a writer. He's also
reported on-air for TV news stations covering politics and
government including the 2000 Presidential Recount story in
Florida. Before news, Scott served as an elected city council
member and Mayor of Lafayette, California. His first career was
in the nonprofit world working at the March of Dimes. Scott got his MPA degree from the Kennedy School of Government. He studied broadcast journalism at Stanford University after getting his BA (Political Science and Economics) from the University of California of Davis.
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| Monchaya Wanna |
Computer Support/Office Manager
(ext. 100)
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Monchaya is responsible for managing the NASPAA office, directing all inquiries, and maintaining online information for the NASPAA website.
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