September 2025 Updates
- Michelle Crandall, MPA ’93, recently began serving as chief member services officer at the International City/County Management Association.
- Andrew Brannen, MPA ’99, assumed a new position as vice president and chief business officer at Monmouth University.
- Patrick Manley, MPA ’12, accepted a new role as vice president at Comerica Bank.
- Dani Manning, MA ’13, took on a new role as director of the business solutions team at Vail Resorts.
- Beth Bennett, MPA ’16, recently stepped into a new position as chief financial officer at the Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services.
- Nazek Hapasha, MPA ’18, is embarking on a new role as principal of Ohio Ihsan Academy.
August 2025 Updates
- Rebecca Vazquez-Skillings, MPA ’96, recently stepped into a new role as senior vice president and CFO at Howard University.
- Andrew Keppler, MA ’10, is now serving as IT portfolio and planning manager at the City of Columbus.
- Erika Gable, MPA ’12, has begun a new role as director of leadership gifts at the American Friends Service Committee.
- Daniel Purdy, MPA ’13, is taking on a new position as manager of strategic programs and responsible AI at Google.
- Matt Deptola, BA ’14, started a new position as strategic program manager at IGS Energy.
- Taylor Stepp, BA ’14, has begun a new chapter as director of economic development and the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College.
- Lucas Greer, MPA ’18, recently assumed the role of senior researcher at Strada Education Foundation.
- Natalie Hagy, BS ’18, is starting a new position as clinical ambulatory pharmacist at Mayo Clinic.
- Chris Rupp, MPA ’18, is taking on a new role as lead service line replacement program coordinator at Cleveland Water.
- Julia Dennen, BA ’20, will be joining the major gifts team at the Art Institute of Chicago in August.
- Thomas Donadio, MA ’20, recently began a new position as associate attorney at Thompson Hine LLP.
- Alexandra Foltz, BA ’20, has been promoted to senior policy analyst at the Sound Cities Association.
- Christian Hill, BA ’21, started a new position as deputy scheduler and assistant to the chief of staff at the U.S. Senate.
- Ryan Craig, BA ’23, is beginning a new role as mobility manager at Northern Kentucky Area Development District.
- Fiona Evans, BA ’24, is stepping into a new position as development and communications associate at Crossway Montessori.
- Maceda Berhanu, BA ’25, recently joined Goldman Sachs as a conflicts resolution group analyst.
July 2025 Updates
- Jay Palmer, PhD ’02, is now working as an assistant director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
- Tamiyka Rose, MA ’06, has been promoted to chief of staff and board of trustee liaison at the MetroHealth System.
- Chip Murray, MPA ’15, accepted a new job as vice president of enterprise operations at Central Health.
- Beth Bennet, MPA ’16, has started a new role as the chief financial officer at the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
- Brooke Gibbens, BA ’16, has begun a new position as operations consultant at Atlantic Diagnostics.
- Jacqueline Russel, BA ’16, is now the economic development director for the City of Whitehall.
- Eric Connelly, MPA ’18, is returning to Indiana University this summer as a visiting faculty member.
- Christopher J. Oswalt, BA ’23, has started a new position as deputy Ohio operations manager for U.S. Senator Jon Husted.
June 2025 Updates
- Andrew Byer, MPA ’94, has accepted a new position as director of fair and responsible banking at WesBanco.
- Eric Meyer, MPA ’14 and Garth Weithman, MA ’16 have been selected as 2025 honorees for the Columbus Business First 40 Under 40.
- Justin Poole, MPA ’15, is now working as a project manager at Evergreen Insight Global.
- Dilnavaz Cama, MA ’16, director of Off-Campus and Commuter Student Engagement, was awarded The Ohio State University Presidential Staff Award.
- Brooke Gibbens, BA ’16, has a new job as an operations consultant at Atlantic Diagnostics.
- Merritt Ogle, BA ’17, is working as chief operating officer for the Silicon Valley Defense Group.
- Emily Graeter, BS ’18, has been promoted to serve as the deputy chief of staff and legislative director to U.S. Rep. Mike Carrey.
- Leticia Nketiah, BA ’22, started a new position as health policy analyst at the Maryland Department of Health.
- Jim Janosik, BA ’24, has been appointed executive director of School Employee Retirees of Ohio.
May 2025 Updates
- John Bartle, PhD ’90, has been elected president of the American Society for Public Administration.
- Mark Smith, MPA ’98, is now the executive director for the National Alliance for Medicaid in Education.
- Kelli Arthur Hykes, MA ’11, was recently promoted to director of government relations and advocacy for the Ohio Nurses Association.
- Danyell Lewis, MPA ’14, is now director of neighborhood strategy for the Harlem Children’s Zone.
- Claudia Cline, MPA ’16, has been promoted to director of development for the Cleveland Clinic.
- Keyang Sun, MPA ’16, is now a senior data scientist at Roche.
- Adrienne King, MPA ’17, started a new role as senior UX researcher at Raintree Systems.
- Melissa Wasser, MA ’17, has received a promotion to senior policy counsel at the ACLU of the District of Columbia.
- Jillian Corozzo, BA ’20, has been promoted to global public policy associate at Snap Inc.
- Shahrzad Shams, MA ’21, is now deputy director of democratic institutions at the Roosevelt Institute.
April 2025 Updates
- Holly Saelens, MA ’98, was recently promoted to chief operating officer at Molina Healthcare of Ohio.
- Mark Smith, MA ’98, is starting a new role as executive director at the National Alliance for Medicaid in Education Inc.
- Regina Black, BA ’14, is now the senior director of international policy and market access in agriculture and environment at Biotechnology Innovation Organization.
- Noah Navas, BA ’14, was promoted to inside sales account executive at Airtable.
- Mallory Thayer, MPA ’15, is now vice president at workbenchstrategy.
- Maggie Walsh, BA ’17 and MPA ’20, received a promotion to managing consultant at Guidehouse.
- Madison Sheahan, BA ’19 has been appointed as deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Benjamin McKinley, MPA ’24, is now a contract specialist at the Defense Logistics Agency.