Alumni Updates

Read about the accomplishments of fellow Glenn College alumni, and keep us updated on professional and personal milestone events happening in your life so we can share your good news in the alumni newsletter and the college's Public Address magazine.

• 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. 

• 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. 

• 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.

• 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.