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Staff |
Executive Council
Crystal
Calarusse
(202-628-8965 ext. 103)
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Chief Accreditation Officer
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As the Chief Accreditation Officer, Crystal 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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Stacy
Drudy
(202-628-8965
ext.
112) |
Accreditation Associate
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Stacy is an Accreditation Associate at NASPAA, with responsibility for supporting the accreditation process and implementation of NASPAA’s Accreditation Standards. She completed her MPA at James Madison University, and previously worked at NASPAA as a project assistant.
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Peter
Green
(202-628-8965
ext. 107) |
Director of Finance
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Peter is responsible
for all financial and bookkeeping functions at NASPAA, including budget
planning, audit preparation, and HR/benefits administration. He is also
the staff liaison to the NASPAA's Nonprofit Section and provides support
for the Finance committee. Peter earned a masters of public affairs at
the University of
Wisconsin.
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Stuart
Heiser
(202-628-8965
ext. 106) |
Director of Communications & Public
Affairs
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Stuart
is responsible for keeping NASPAA's
membership updated on its activities via the Public
Enterprise e-newsletter and other communications vehicles,
and is the liaison to professional staff at member schools.
He manages NASPAA's social media presence and the content of
affiliated websites for prospective graduate students in public
affairs, current students, and alumni. He also directs
NASPAA's advocacy efforts to policymakers, media, and allied
organizations. Stuart earned an MPP degree at the
University of Michigan's Ford School of Public
Policy.
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Jackie Lewis
(202-628-8965
ext. 104) |
Conference
Coordinator and
National Director of Pi Alpha Alpha
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Jackie is responsible for
all central administration of Pi Alpha Alpha and is the liaison
to campus chapters. She coordinates NASPAA's Annual Conference and
the various annual awards. She also is the liaison to the
editorial board of the Journal of Public Affairs Education
and maintains subscriptions to it.
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Laurel McFarland
(202-628-8965 ext. 105) |
Executive Director |
Laurel McFarland has served as Executive Director of
NASPAA since 2005. She brings a wide
portfolio of previous experience: management of accreditation and quality assurance; professional experience in the economics of higher education and the strategic positioning of institutions in higher education; academic work in economic policy history; and active involvement in local government and nonprofit ventures. She holds degrees in public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton
University and in graduate economics from Oxford University. At NASPAA, she has been responsible for:
- Directing NASPAA’s accreditation and quality assurance efforts, including a once-a-decade standards revision in 2007-09, and an implementation effort launched 2010-11.
- Promoting the MPA and MPP in a crowded graduate marketplace through extensive research and marketing efforts;
- Supporting the development and enhanced electronic dissemination of NASPAA’s academic journal on teaching and learning, the
Journal of Public Affairs Education.
- Advancing public service through partnerships with other organizations, including projects to reform the Presidential Management Fellowship and contributing to the annual Public Service Recognition Week.
- Enhancing NASPAA’s leadership position in international public affairs education, through such efforts as the Conference on International Quality in Public Affairs Education, held in Dubai and Sharjah in 2007.
- Spearheading an advocacy effort to reform the federal hiring of graduate students.
- Overhauling data collection and establishing a data warehouse effort in public affairs education in order to enhance understanding and competitiveness of the sector.
Above all, Laurel possesses a great respect and enthusiasm for public service and the role schools of public affairs can play in changing the country and the
world.
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Monchaya Wanna
(202-628-8965
ext. 100) |
Director of Web Services
and Office Manager
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Monchaya is responsible for managing the NASPAA office, directing all inquiries, and maintaining online information for the NASPAA website. As Director of Web Services, she leads the redesign of the NASPAA website to support the implementation of NASPAA’s new accreditation standards.
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Meihua
Zhai
(202-628-8965
ext.
114) |
Director of Data Resources and Institutional Research
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Meihua, who joined NASPAA in 2010, has undertaken the challenge of developing a data center for the field of public affairs education. Along the way, she heads up the data and research effort at NASPAA, and works with data contractors. She is the public face of NASPAA’s data center with the policy community and public, and is part of the communications team for conducting a public data dissemination strategy.
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