August 2023 Updates
- Rich Shein, MPA ’78, is retiring this month after 18 years as the CFO at the New-York Historical Society. He continues to teach as an adjunct professor at NYU and CUNY.
- Steve Adams, MPA ’12, was recently promoted to chief budget procurement officer at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
- Margo D. Arnold, BA ’13, has started a new position as a community engagement coordinator for the Center for Family Voice at Groundwork Ohio.
- Wen Guo, MPA ’14, PhD ’19, is starting a new position as assistant professor of arts administration at Florida State University.
- Melissa Salamon, MA ’14, has joined The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland as a senior attorney for the economic justice team.
- Taylor Stepp, BA ’14, started a new job as the manager of incentives and credits for EY.
- Kelsey Hiegel, MPA ’15, is working now as a healthcare consultant for Milliman.
- Sophie Anderson, BS ’19, is beginning a new role as external affairs campaign manager for Planned Parenthood of Greater New York.
- Jennifer Hill, MPA ’19, has recently joined the Office of Research at The Ohio State University College of Public Health.
- Will Sullivan, Arts Policy ’19, works with the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment as a policy analyst.
- Jacob Spiegel, BA ’21, is working at the Jewish Democratic Council of America as a communications manager.
- Andrew Pierce, BS/MPA ’23, is starting a new job as a Congressional Fellow with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
July 2023 Updates
- W. Fletch Zimpher, MPA ’08, has started a new position as director of communications and external affairs at the Ohio Department of Transportation.
- Joseph Clark III, MPA ’11, recently became vice president on the startup banking team at J.P. Morgan.
- Philip DeSenze, MA ’12, started a new position as a Legislative Fellow in the office of U.S. Sen. John Tester at The Brookings Institution.
- Molly Mottram, BA ’13, is now the associate director at the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation.
- Nathan Parker, MPA ’13, is now director of school programs and supports at the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission.
- Isabelle Bowers, BA ’15, has begun a new position as staff attorney at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP.
- Robin Wright-Pierce, MPA ’15, is now a board leader at the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center.
- Lindsay Popa, MPA ’15, has started a position as the assistant director of accountability at the Ohio Department of Education.
- Adam Schwiebert, MPA ’16, has accepted a new position as legislative director at the Ohio Department of Taxation.
- Drew Hatter, BA ’17, started a new position as government relations officer at the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
- Evelyn Kennedy, WAIP ’17, has recently been promoted to senior consultant at Deloitte.
- Helen Marshall, MA ’17, has accepted a position as a senior rate and business consultant at the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.
- Lysette Arnold, BA ’21, is now a policy and operations coordinator at the Public Children Services Association of Ohio.
- Aditi Thapar, Ph.D. ’22, has accepted a new position as lecturer at Columbia Climate School.
June 2023 Updates
- Juliana Hardymon, MPA ’11, was promoted to vice president and CFO at United Way of Central Ohio.
- Samantha Ellwood, MPA ’13, began a new position as senior program administrator at The Risk Institute at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.
- Zach Reeder, MPA ’13, accepted a new position as management analyst at the City of Columbus.
- Rebecca Wasserstein, BA ’13, has started her new position as director of operations with the Vivek 2024 presidential campaign.
- Ashley Bowman, MPA ’15, began working as a health system specialist at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Claudia Wilson, MPA ’16, has been promoted to associate director of development at the Cleveland Clinic.
- Dan Purkeypyle, MPA ’17, was promoted to manager of HR metrics at Lamb Weston.
- Carol Schwiebert, MPA ’17, was promoted to content distribution strategist at Development Dimensions International.
- Ben Sullivan, MPA ’17, started a new position as financial program manager at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
- Elizabeth Paparone, BA ’18, accepted a new position as director of web services at Postali.
- Kaitlyn Holmecki, BS ’19, began a new position as senior manager for international trade policy at American Trucking Associations.
- Zach Rossfeld, MPA ’20, is now an associate professor at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
- Kidest Beyene, MPA ’22, accepted a position as strategy and consulting analyst at Accenture Federal Services.
May 2023 Updates
- Autumn Glover, MA ’12, started a new position as vice president, provider and community partnerships, at AndHealth.
- Cody Vermillion, BA ’16, is now the director of development, annual giving, at Columbia Engineering.
- Emily Graeter, BA ’18, works as a legislative assistant handling U.S. Rep. Mike Carey’s health care policy portfolio.
- Yung Chun, PhD ’19, has started a new role as associate director of data insight at the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Julia Dennen, BA ’20, accepted a new job working as associate manager of development at the Partnership for Public Service.
- Christa Johnston, MA ’20, serves as chief of staff for the National Park Service Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona and Nevada.
- Maggie Walsh, MPA ’20, is now working as a senior consultant at Guidehouse.
- Jacob Gottlieb, MPA ’21, works as a senior research analyst at SRI International Center for Innovation, Strategy and Policy.
- Jory Gomes, MPA ’22, is starting a new position as the communications information officer at Project HOPE.
April 2023 Updates
- Janelle Hallett, MA ’08, is now the senior grants consultant at OhioHealth.
- Emily Cole, MPA ’13, has begun a campaign as a 2023 Democratic candidate for Hilliard City Council.
- Connor Hooper, BA ’16, is now the senior director of development at City of Hope.
- Matthew Troy, MPA ’16, has started a new role as director of strategy and performance at Management Science & Innovation.
- Nikki Cooper, WAIP ’17, is now the director of government relations at the Ohio Business Roundtable.
- Josh Riesen, MPA ’17, has been promoted to senior executive budget officer at the Minnesota Management and Budget.
- Frewenyi Gemerew, BA ’19, has begun a new role as an impact analyst at HealthConnect One.
- Allison Drown, BA ’22, is now an assistant media planner at Intermark Group.
March 2023 Updates
- Laura Allen, WAIP ’05, is now a senior philanthropy advisor at USAID.
- Melissa Lindsjo, MA ’12, has been elected vice chair of membership on the American Planning Association National Capital Area Chapter’s Board of Directors.
- M. Beth Trombold, MA ’12, has joined American Municipal Power as senior vice president of public affairs and talent management.
- Marisol Aguilar, MA ’13, serves as deputy director for the California Rural Legal Assistance Inc.
- Taylor Stepp, BA ’14, has been named director of projects for Ohio Southeast Economic Development.
- Elizabeth Kane, MPA ’15, works at the University of Florida Levin College of Law as an assistant director of alumni relations.
- Marwa Berri, MPA ’17, is starting a new position as program coordinator at Columbus State Community College.
- Cheyenne Nixon, MPA ’19, works now as a senior account executive for World Class Title.
February 2023 Updates
- Ron Bridges, MA ’85, has been elected to sere as chairman of the United Way of Kentucky board of directors.
- Matthew McQuade, MPA ’08, has launched McQuade Economic Growth Advisors, serving as its managing principal.
- Michael Kinninger, MPA ’10, is now a loan officer at Twin Cities-Metro Certified Development Co.
- Haley Kadish, MPA ’12, has started a new position as an associate director at Results for America.
- Shanell Davis-Bryant, MPA ’14, is the founder and principal consultant of SB&D Consulting Services LLC.
- Matt Stephens-Rich, MPA ’14, has received a promotion to director of technical services at the Electrification Coalition.
- Mallory Thayer, MPA ’15, has been promoted to senior director of business development operations at EMC Research Inc.
- Laura Edgar, MPA ’20, is working now as a behavioral health policy associate at the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
- Alex Rhodes, MPA ’20, is now an economist at the National Science Foundation.