February 2025 Updates
- Amy Juravich, MPA ’12, has been promoted to executive producer and host of “All Sides with Amy Juravich” on 89.7, NPR News from WOSU Public Media.
- Ben Kepple, MPA ’14, is now the deputy director of planning and development for the City of Westerville.
- Caitlin Purk, MPA ’16, has started a new role as senior regional outreach coordinator for The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
- Addie Natalie, MA ’17, began a new role as chief development officer at Communities in Schools of Ohio.
- Luke Graeter, BA ’18, has started a new position as policy advisor for U.S. Sen. Bernie Morena (OH).
- Shelby Slaven, MPA ’18, has been promoted to assistant director, Department of Administration, for Dane County, Wisconsin.
- Benjamin Kanas, BA ’20, is starting a new role as senior consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton.
- Christian Hill, BA ’21, is now a staff assistant for the U.S. Senate.
- Nicholas Klein, MPA ’22, received a promotion to senior consultant at Workmorphis.
January 2025 Updates
- Noel Welsh, MPA ’10, received a promotion to monitoring officer for AmeriCorps.
- Jimmy Kinderdine, ’17, has begun a new position as marketing manager at AbbVie.
- Nick Lascu, BS ’18, was recently promoted to lieutenant at the City of Cleveland Division of Fire.
- Cole Weidman, ’20, is now working as a researcher for the Ohio Department of Health.
- Lilah Foley, BA ’22, has started a new job as director of public affairs for Hamiliton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus.
December 2024 Updates
- Brad Cromes, MA ’10, has been sworn in as president of the County Treasurers Association of Ohio.
- Justin Pinsker, MPA ’10, is working now as a financial manager at the Ohio EPA.
- Mandy Porcher, MA ’10, began a new role as vice president, process improvement manager at JP Morgan Chase.
- Joseph Clark III, MA ’11, is now a principal and senior vice president at Anzu Partners.
- Kathleen Whitmore Lombardo, BA ’19, accepted a new job as an associate attorney at Soar Aviation Law LLC.
- Amanda Blackford, MPA ’20, is working now as chief administrative officer at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
- Kirby Dearth, BA ’19, MPA ’21, works as a transit grant coordinator at the Ohio Department of Transportation.
- Jacob Gottlieb, MPA ’21, has been promoted to project leader at the SRI Center for Innovation, Strategy and Public Policy.
- J.D. Mooney, BA ’23, began a new role as marketing assistant at Brownstone Boys.
- Lyric Fields, MPAL ’24, is now a senior director at CCS Fundraising.
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.