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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. 

March 2025 Updates

  • Brint Milward, PhD ’78, has been named the recipient of the International Research Society for Public Management  2025 Routledge Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • Daniel Schreiber, MPA ’04, is now deputy chief of budget at the Ohio Department of Development.
  • Melissa Myers, MPA ’05, was recently promoted to vice president and chief of government relations at the Cleveland Clinic.
  • Trisha Wentzel, MPA ’08, is now deputy director and fiscal officer for the City of Columbus.
  • James Carmean, MPA ’10, has been promoted to communications manager at The Ohio State University Office of Government Affairs.
  • Molly Mottram, BA ’13, is now director of healthcare policy at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
  • Conor Neville, MPA ’13, has received a promotion to director of campaign operations at the University of Michigan.
  • Jessica Clinger, MPA ’14, is entering a new role as legislative aide for the City of Columbus in the Office of Council President Shannon G. Hardin.
  • Mallory Workman, BA ’14, was recently promoted to community relations specialist at the Delaware County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
  • Sysilie Hill, MPA ’15, is now a women’s health nurse practitioner at Lower Lights Health.
  • Morgan Ann Johnson, BA ’16, is now senior energy policy manager at the Data Center Coalition.
  • Susannah Montgomery, MA ’17, is now a business development manager at EIT Culture & Creativity.
  • Taylor Elder, ’18, has received a promotion to assessments lead at Skillit.
  • Lindsay Finneran, MA ’18, is now a senior director of development at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
  • Amber Lucci, MA ’18, has begun a new position as director of compliance and sustainability at Sarnova.
  • Yung Chun, PhD ’19, is now director of data insight at The Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.
  • Sam Sobul, MPA ’19, has started a new role as senior analyst at The Cadmus Group.
  • Kayla Wilson, BA ’19, is entering a new role as a scheduler at the U.S. Senate.
  • Alex Hensley, BA ’20, has started a new role as senior NEMPAC and ACEP grassroots advocacy manager at the American College of Emergency Physicians.
  • Mark Pauly, MPA ’20, was recently promoted to deputy director of strategic partnerships at the NYC Department of Correction.
  • Reed Cusack, BS ’21, is now a senior legislative aide at the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus.
  • Caroline Stollar, BA ’23, had begun a new role as senior associate of public affairs at Weber Shandwick.