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Profiles of Alumni

The alumni featured in this profile section have been nominated by their schools as examples of outstanding graduates who are using their MPA/MPP to "make a difference." We hope that these examples will inspire others to earn graduate degrees for the public service. The alums are organized by sector and within each sector are placed by year of graduation with most recent first. 

• Public Sector
• Nonprofit Sector
• Academia
• Private Sector

PUBLIC SECTOR

Local Government

State Government

Federal Government

Elected Office

• Oregon State Senator, Deputy Caucus Leader, Senate Republican Whip (1997)
• Member, U.S. House of Representatives (1995)
• Congressman: Armed Services, Government Reform and International Relations (1977)
• United States Senator, Rhode Island (1973)

NONPROFIT SECTOR

• Director of Member Services, National Children's Alliance (2003)

• Program Development and Research Associate for the National Council of State Housing Agencies (2002)

• Executive Director, Partners for Prosperity: New Beginnings for Eastern Idaho (2002)

• Shriver Peaceworker, Maryland (2002)

• Program Specialist, Coordinator for Programs, National Conference of Community and Justice (2002)

• Director of Business Development (2002)

• Program Associate, Public/Private Ventures (2001)

• Economic Development Director, Beacons & Bridges, Inc. (2001)

• Deputy Director, American Lung Association of Western MO (2001)
• Director, Angela Perez Center for People with Disabilities, YWCA-NYC (2001)
• Executive Director, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (2001)
• Marketing & Communications Manager, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (2000)
• Major Gifts Coordinator, University of Arkansas Office of Development (2000)
• Managing Director, The William J. Copeland Fund (2000)
• Senior Desk Officer, Global Solidarity and Justice Programming, Latin American and Caribbean Regional Office, Catholic Relief Services (2000)

• Associate Director, Regional Advancement, Georgetown University (1999)

• Executive Director, Mental Health Association of Collier County, Inc. (1999)
• Vice-President of Programs, Pact (1999)
• Deputy Director, Co-Management Learning Network, Health Research and Educational Trust/American Hospital Association (1999)
• Director of Community Education Organization (HAVEN), Pontiac, Michigan (1998)
• Director, University of Arkansas Delta Research and Design Center (1998)
• California Program Director, The California Partnership (1997)
• Vice-President/CFO, Self-Help (1997)
• Executive Director, Alaska SeaLife Center (1997)
• Health Care Policy Analyst, Health Industry Group Vinson & Elkins, LLP (1996)
• Executive Director Bowery Residents’ Committee, Inc. New York City (1992)
• President & CEO, United Way of Central Indiana (1985)
• Executive Director/CEO, Oregon Hospice Association (1984)

ACADEMIA

• Ph.D. Student in Public Administration, SUNY-Albany (2000)

• Fulbright Fellow, Singapore (1998)

• Assistant Professor, Rutgers University-Newark (1998)

• Third-year Student, Georgetown University Law Center (1998)

• Ph.D. student in Economics, Fordham University, New York (1996)

• Research Assistant, Kentucky State University (1993)

• Assistant Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1993)

• Associate Professor of Public Finance and Policy Analysis, Indiana University (1987)

• Sid Richardson Chair in Public Affairs, LBJ School (1978)

PRIVATE SECTOR