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April 2024 Updates

  • Sam Frye, BA ’16, is starting a new position as an immigration paralegal at Berry Appleman & Leiden. 
  • Vanessa Kale, BA ’18, has received a promotion as deputy director of development and corporate relations at Third Way.  
  • Bethany Duffy, BA ’21, has been promoted to director of engagement and marketing operations at Legends. 

March 2024 Updates

  • Paolo DeMaria, MPA ’96, has been named to Thinking Nation’s board of directors.  
  • Kevin Arndt, BA ’13, is now director of planning and grants at Braven.  
  • Elyse Adams, MPA ’14, was promoted to senior vice president at CCS Fundraising.  
  • Brittany Kahn, BA ’16, accepted a new role as director of admissions and recruitment at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. 
  • Cassandra Young, MPA ’16, started a new role in sales, management and talent buying at the At Work Agency. 
  • Kier Scott, MPA ’20, is now director of policy and research at Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio.
  • Will Sullivan, BA ’19, has been promoted to senior U.S. policy analyst at Principles for Responsible Investment. 
  • Cadie Allen, MPA ’21, is now the education partnerships coordinator at Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas. 

February 2024 Updates

  • Andrew H Byer, MPA ’94, is now the director of compliance advisory and assurance at Premier Financial Corp. 
  • Jeffry Harris, MPA ’00, now serves as a partner at Bricker Graydon.  
  • Liberty Ziegahn, MPA ’09, has a new job as managing director at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. 
  • Emily Cole, MPA ’13, is now a city council member for the City of Hilliard, Ohio.  
  • Kathryn Hogan, MPA ’13, has been promoted to director of federal workforce programs at the Partnership for Public Service. 
  • Alexandra Vitale, MPA ’13, has been promoted to a new role as a senior financial operations analyst at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. 
  • Sarah Anstine, MPA ’15, now works as the director of partnership and outreach at OneOhio Recovery Foundation.  
  • Matthew Troy, MPA ’16, has begun a new position as a vice president at MSI Consulting.  
  • Julie Manuszak, BA ’17, has begun a new role as customer success lead at Liminal. 
  • Alexandria Kaufman, MPA ’18, is now a grant specialist at The Ohio State University. 
  • Athina Lawson, BA ’18, has started her position as press secretary for the U.S. House speaker. 
  • David Chambliss, MA ’19, has been promoted to associate dean of development and executive director of strategic initiatives at Vanderbilt University.  
  • Dylan Edwards, MPA ’20, has started a new role as a planner at Bolton & Menk, Inc.  
  • Eric Vinyard, MA ’22, is now the assistant deputy director of legislative affairs at the Ohio Department of Medicaid.

January 2024 Updates

  • Sara Margraf, MPA ’03, is now director of the audit support division at the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of the Inspector General.
  • Jimmy Kinderdine, BA ’17, has been promoted to account supervisor at ConcentricLife.
  • Ethan Charles Barnhardt, MPA ’18, is now a management analyst for the City New Albany, Ohio.
  • Ethan Thursby, MPA ’18, has been promoted to senior disability claims adjudicator at Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities.
  • Cyan Blackwell, BA ’20, is now a youth justice policy advocate at the Children’s Law Center Inc.
  • Stephen Listisen, MPA ’21, has begun a new role as senior health care consultant at Myers and Stauffer LC.

December 2023 Updates

  • Elizabeth Jewell, MA ’98, is now the senior executive director of transformative philanthropy and donor experience at City of Hope.  

  • Tal Rothstein, MPA ’12, has been promoted to senior director, foundations, at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.  

  • Aaron Siedler, BS ’16, has been promoted to senior account manager, Powerloop, at Uber Freight.  

  • Kara Spada, WAIP ’16, is now an account executive at Amira Learning.  

November 2023 Updates

  • John Stanford, PhD ’96, is now leading the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio as executive director. 
  • Cody Vermillion, BA ’15, is now the director of annual giving at Columbia University. 
  • Mateo Williamson, MPA ’15, is the executive pastor at Dwell Community Church. 
  • Todd Ives, MPA ’17, is a research specialist for the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission. 
  • Monica Evans, BA ’20, started a new job at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center as a marketing consultant. 
  • Stephen Post, MPA ’21, has been promoted to strategic communications manager at the Last Prisoner Project. 
  • Raya Cupler, MPA ’22, is a nurse manager with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.