April 2026 Updates
- Jeffrey Newman, MPA ’97, has started a new position as the senior budget analyst for Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities.
- Haley Kadish, MPA ’12, is now the policy and budget director for Bernalillo County in New Mexico.
- Regina Black, BA ’14, has a new job as vice president of South, Central and North America for the American Peanut Council.
- Kelsey Nelson, MPA ’14, grants and sponsorship coordinator for the City of South Jordan, Utah, has been recognized as a 2026 Outstanding Administrative Professional by the Utah Recreation & Parks Association.
- Marissa Goolsby, BA ’15, is now working as a district manager for the American Red Cross.
- DaVonti Haynes, BA ’16, has begun a new position as an associate professor at Wayne State University.
- Shelby Slaven, MPA ’18, was promoted to director of administration for Dane County, Wisconsin.
- Jordan Feliciano, BA ’19, has received a promotion to senior manager of contracts at Anduril Industries.
- Sarah Hungler, MPA ’19, has accepted a position as an associate attorney at Katz, Siegel, and Maple.
- Mark Pauley, MPA ’20, has been promoted to director of intergovernmental affairs and strategic partnerships at the New York City Department of Correction.
- Carrington Conerly, MPA ’21, was promoted to remote sensing technology specialist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Abby Thompson, BS ’25, has taken on the role of program manager for the GRIT Foundation.
March 2026 Updates
- Julia Kraeger, MPA ’06, has started a new position as vice president of U.S. Program & Policy at the Rockefeller Foundation.
- Noah Navas, BA ’14, is now working as a strategic account executive at Airtable.
- Gina Daniele, MPA ’15, has stepped into the role of program director at Eisenhower Fellowships.
- Rachel Gleitman, MPA ’16, has been promoted to senior director of philanthropic engagement and events at JewishColumbus.
- Christopher Doarn, MPA ’18, has started a new position as deputy director at the National Association of Community Health Centers.
- Yung Chun, PhD ’19, entered the new role as director of data infrastructure at the Center for Education Research, Practice, and Policy Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Zachary Howes, BS ’25, has started in a new position as a research associate at Team NEO.
- Seneca Ransom, MPA ’25, is now a land law examiner at the Bureau of Land Management.
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.