February 2026 Updates
- Kelsey Ellingsen, MPA ’14, local government affairs director at COTA, has been recognized as a 2026 Woman on the Rise by YWCA Columbus.
- Jessica Ryan, MPA ’18, has started a new position as vice president of communications at Strategic Public Partners.
- Sarah Spain, BA ’18, has recently accepted a position with Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis after several years at EMILYs List.
- Kaitlyn Holmecki, BS ’19, was promoted to director of international trade and security policy at the American Trucking Associations.
- Dylan Tuttle, BS ’19, has been promoted to solution architect within the data, analytics and AI practice at Avaap.
- Stephen Listisen, BA ’20 and MPA ’21, is now working as a senior analyst at ATI Advisory.
- Hannah King Boyles, MPAL ’21, has been promoted to a position as the new advisor for strategy capacity-building with the strategy and transformation team at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
- Nancy Thompson, MPAL ’21, has stepped into the role of career operations manager in Buckeye Commons, Office of Student Life, at The Ohio State University.
- Cheyenne Birchfield, MPA ’22, has started a new position as a law clerk at Delaware County Juvenile Court.
- Haley Foster, MPA ’22, entered the new role of manager for the Public Service Leadership Institute at Partnership for Public Service.
- Jessica Sutton, BA ’22, recently started as the Ohio Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs’ new public policy officer.
- Joely Chinnici, BA ’23, has been promoted to director at Lot Sixteen.
- Ryan Doucett, BS ’23, is starting a new role as lieutenant junior grade (O-2) with the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve.
- Joseph Garrity, MPAL ’23, has transitioned to a new position as chief strategy officer and senior director of external relations at the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.
- Kenny Anderson, BA ’24, was recently promoted to legislative assistant at the U.S. House of Representatives.
January 2026 Updates
- Serena Finlay, BA ’15, has stepped into a new role as campaign manager at Butterfly Art Collective.
- Samantha Singer, BA ’17, is taking on a new position as manager at Accenture Federal Services.
- Lisa Frazier, PhD, ’18, has accepted a new role as assistant director for research at the Ohio State University Battelle Center for Science, Engineering and Public Policy in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.
- Jessica Ryan, MPA ’18, is beginning a new chapter as vice president of communications at Strategic Public Partners.
- Sara Spain, BA ’19, has joined Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis as account director of entertainment + advocacy.
- Jessica Sutton, BA ’22, is now working as a public policy officer for the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission.