Executive Council
| Mohamad G. AlkadryNASPAA PRESIDENTTerm Ends: October 2025 Professor and Department Head School of Public Policy University of Connecticut | Sara RinfretNASPAA VICE PRESIDENTTerm Ends: October 2025 Director & Professor Northern Arizona University | RaJade M. Berry-JamesNASPAA IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTTerm Ends: October 2025 Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs; Professor of Public Administration L. Douglas Wilder School of Govt & Public Affairs Virginia Commonwealth University | 
| Abraham BenavidesMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2026 Professor Department of Public Administration University of Texas at Dallas | Nisha BotchweyMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2025 Dean Humphrey School of Public Affairs University of Minnesota | Victoria M. DeFrancescoMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2027 Dean and Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas | 
| Dana Michael HarsellMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2027 Professor of Political Science and Public Administration Nistler College of Business & Public Administration University of North Dakotadana.harsell@und.edu | Richard Greggory Johnson IIIMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2025 Department Chair Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration, School of Management University of San Francisco | Calvin C. JohnsonMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2027 Visiting Lecturer Bowie State University | 
| Naim KapucuMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2026 Professor & Associate Dean School of Public Administration and Policy/Dean of the College of Community Innovation and Education University of Central Florida | Cynthia E. LynchMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2025 Associate Professor and Chair of Public Administration Programs College of Professional Studies Hawaii Pacific University | Bruce D. McDonald IIIMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2025 Professor and Director School of Public Service Old Dominion Universitybmcdonal@odu.edu | 
| Julieta MarottaMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2025 Assistant Professor Maastricht Graduate School of Governance United Nations University/Maastricht University | Malcolm K. OliverMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2026 Dean John S. Watson School for Public Service Thomas Edison State University | Rosemary O'LearyMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2026 Distinguished Professor Emerita School of Public Affairs and Administration University of Kansasoleary@ku.edu | 
| Carissa SlotterbackMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2026 Dean Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh | Betty VuMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2027 Assistant Dean California State University, Dominguez Hills | Kaifeng YangMEMBERTerm Ends: October 2027 Dean and Professor Rutgers University – Newark 
 
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