A 2018 PhD graduate of Public Policy and Public Administration at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Dissertation: Social Entrepreneurship and Going to Scale: Assessing the importance of strategic action fields. Organizations examined and interviewed include: Future Project, Playworks, KaBOOM!, Manchester-Bidwell Corporation, and Year Up. In 2007, at the University of Minnesota, I received a MA in Advocacy and Political Leadership and graduated Cum Laude. In 1999, at Bennington College, I received a BA in English Literature.
As a PhD in Public Policy and Administration with over 19 years of experience as a practitioner of and consultant to nonprofit organizations, I work with mission-driven organizations in program productivity and research-driven problem-solving through applying strategic, analytical, creative, and thoughtful leadership.
Courses Taught at Pitt
- Introduction to Public Service
- Law, Ethics and Public Policy in the Mass Media
- Social Science Research Methods
- Public Policy Process Capstone: Recycling Policy
Education & Training
- PhD, Public Policy & Administration - Univ of Pittsburgh GSPIA
- MA, Advocacy & Political Leadership - Univ of Minnesota
- BA, English Literature - Bennington College
Representative Publications
Leadership and Organizational Development Journal (Fall 2015) "Leadership Skills as Construed by Nonprofit Chief Executives," co-authored with Kevin Kearns, Shelley Scherer and Lydia McShane.
Nonprofit Quarterly (December 2009) “The Charitable Property-Tax Debate,” co-authored with Kevin Kearns and Christine Waller