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November 2024 Updates

  • Aaron Bloom, MPA ’05, works now as executive director of transmission fundamentals at NextEra Energy Resources. 
  • Amanda Smith, MPA ’11, accepted a new position as the director of development, mental health, at the University of Michigan. 
  • Megan Hasting, MA ’13, has been promoted to professional development program consultant at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. 
  • Isabelle Bowers, BA ’15, is serving as the deputy attorney general for the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety. 
  • Allison Hoyle, MPA ’15, has been promoted to senior director at CCS Fundraising. 
  • Shaina Morris, MPA ’17, is working as a policy analyst at Columbus Public Health. 
  • Christopher Doarn, MPA ’18, has begun a new role as senior manager at CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America). 
  • Shelby Slaven, MPA ’18, is now a special project coordinator for the Dane County Department of Administration in Wisconsin. 
  • Sarah Brandes, BA ’20, has begun a new role as program analyst at the Federal Transit Administration. 
  • Stephen A. Pruchnicki, MA ’21, recently began work as a financial senior consultant for financial planning and analysis for The Ohio State University. 
  • Colin Edwards, BS ’19, MPA ’23, has joined the Chronic Brain Injury Program at The Ohio State University as a research administration management analyst. 

October 2024 Updates

  • Laura Streich, MPA ’14, received a promotion to administrator in the Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the South Dakota Department of Health. 
  • Lindsay Popa, MPA ’15, is starting her new role as associate administrator in the Office of Accountability at the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. 
  • Whitney Walls, MA ’15, has been promoted to senior principal consultant at Cognizant. 
  • Merritt Ogle, BA ’17, has begun her new position as director of strategy at Silicon Valley Defense Group. 
  • Carly Hooker, BA ’18, is now a senior director at CCS Fundraising. 

September 2024 Updates

  • Erika Gable, MPA ’12, accepted a new position as chief development officer for the Community Shelter Board. 
  • Gretchen Turner, MA ’13, is now the senior business operations analyst for the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. 
  • Justin R. Poole, MPA ’15, has started a new position as change management delivery lead at the Ohio Department of Health. 
  • Angela Malone, BA ’15, is now a solutions engineer for Threekit Visual Commerce. 
  • Garth Weithman, MA ’16, has been promoted to deputy chief executive officer at the Central Ohio Transit Authority. 
  • Rosalie Hendon, MPA ’17, is working now as a city forester at Columbus Recreation and Parks Department.  
  • Carol Schwiebert, MPA ’17, accepted a new job as a social media lead for Zaner-Bloser, part of the Highlights Family of Companies. 
  • Jordan Gomes, MA ’18, is now a development manager at Flying Horse Farms. 
  • Abigail Krummel, BA ’21, has started a new position as an engagement and alumni relations associate with The Ohio State University College of Optometry. 
  • Casey Rife, MPA ’22, received the 2024 Legislative Information and Communications Staff Achievement Award from National Conference of State Legislatures. 
  • Paige Shoemaker DeMio, MPA ’23, has been promoted to senior policy analyst for K-12 education at the Center for American Progress. 

August 2024 Updates

  • Andrew Charlton, MPA ’12, is now a senior project manager at Southern Methodist University. 
  • Elizabeth Kane, MPA ’15, was promoted to associate director of alumni relations at Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. 
  • Matt Shomo, BA ’15, has a new job as a program manager for housing and homeownership at The Chicago Community Trust. 
  • Neelam Azmat, MPA '16, is now the portfolio manager of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at Grand Challengers Canada. 
  • Alex Gonia, BA ’16, has a new role as a policy associate at the Ohio Children’s Alliance. 
  • Mike Allen, BA ’16, now works as a senior operations manager at Kindle Education Public Charter School. 
  • Drew Hatter, BA ’17, has been promoted to senior federal government relations manager at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. 
  • Gabe Gary, BA ’18, is working now as a senior advisor for Rep. Michael Ruli at the U.S. House of Representatives.  
  • Myles Bell, MA ’18, is now the communication specialist at the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department. 
  • Alexander Holtzman, MA ’16, has taken a new position as director of the Deportation Defense Clinic and assistant clinical professor of law at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.  
  • Serena Finlay, BA ’15, is working now as chief of staff for the Community Shelter Board in Columbus, Ohio.  
  • Katie Jennings, BS ’24, is now a research associate for the Ohio Education Research Center at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.  
  • Alexandra Foltz, BA ’20, is working as a policy analyst with the Sound Cities Association.  
  • Adam Grooms, MPA ’18, has begun a new position as business operations consultant at the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center. 
  • Stephen J. Post, MPA ’21, has been sworn in as a public safety commissioner for the City of West Hollywood.  
  • Sarah Roveda, MPA ’19, has begun a new position as associate attorney at Moody & Graf, P.A. 
  • Monica Nemeth, BA ’18, has begun a new position as surge relief group generalist at the USAID – Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. 

July 2024 Updates

  • Andrea Sehic, MA ’09, has begun a new position as a senior advisor for the FIDIC Academy.  
  • Benjamin A. Stafford, MA ’11, is in a new role as senior policy manager, energy systems with the Great Plains Institute.    
  • Weston Taylor, BA ’15, is working as a strategy consultant at Accenture Federal Services. 
  • Jennifer Heitmeyer, BA ’16, is now the executive assistant to the chair and event planner at the University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus. 
  • Daniel Zimmerman, BA ’16, accepted a new job as the senior director of government relations and policy at the Governors Highway Safety Association. 
  • Charles W. Calhoun, MA ’17, has begun a new position as grant development coordinator at Children’s Trust of South Carolina.  
  • Emily Graeter, BS ’18, has been promoted to legislative director at the U.S. House of Representatives for U.S. Rep. Mike Carey. 
  • Jeffery Josiah Lanning, MPA ’19, is working as the ADA coordinator at the Franklin County Board of Elections. 
  • Phoebe Potiker, BA ’19, is now the community investment manager at the Central Texas Food Bank. 
  • Megan Kammerdeiner, MPA ’21, has begun a new position as a learning specialist for the University of Texas at Austin. 

June 2024 Updates

  • Mica Flanagan, MA ’06, has taken on a new role as a project manager of business and workforce development at the Ohio Department of Transportation.  
  • Kelly Stevelt, MA-Arts Policy ’07, recently joined American Electric Power as the community engagement senior manager. 
  • Jacqueline Edwards, MA ’09, is now the director of the Human Services Department for the City of Phoenix. 
  • Noah Navas, BA ’14, is an account executive at Airtable. 
  • Anastasia Martinez, BA ’17, is now the director of campaigns and policy at Ohio Women’s Alliance. 
  • Sam Satterfield, MPA ’17, is working as a data analytics manager at the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. 
  • Katie Laux, MPAL ’22, has joined the Economic and Community Development Institute as vice president of strategic partnerships and fundraising. 
  • Nikolas Merten, MPA ’22, is now a policy analyst at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. 

May 2024 Updates

  • Kelly Davids, MA ’12, has been promoted to president at The Appraisal Foundation.  
  • Eric Rosso, MPA ’12, is working now as a senior policy advisor for Philadelphia City Councilmember Kendra Brooks.  
  • Brandi Braun AL-Issa, MPA ’15, has been appointed president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio. 
  • Emily Underation, BA ’16, is now a contracts consultant at Capitol 50 Consultants.  
  • Sara Spain, BA ’18, will begin a new role as director of strategic communications at EMILYs List.  
  • Kacie Ziemann, BS ’18, has started a new position as contract administrator at the Urban Institute.  
  • Maria Busch, MA ’21, is now a principal consultant at Ascend Consulting.