Jennifer Barnhill

Chief Operating OfficerPartners in PROMISE“Military spouses are extremely capable, but our lifestyle makes it difficult to seize career opportunities,” she said. “We have a unique ability to pivot quickly based on our circumstances, and this skillset is transferable to professional life.”

  • Non Profit
  • Communications
  • Education

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Sammy Bauer 2021

Community Education CoordinatorTown of Chapel Hill – Stormwater DivisionAmong other things, the UNC MPA program teaches you how to ask the right questions. This skill helped bridge my past experience as a social studies teacher with my current role as a professional science communicator. Generalist in nature, the multidisciplinary approach of the program will set you up for success in whatever field you land in next.

  • Local
  • Education

Emily Hall Bausch 2021

Critical-Crisis Communications SpecialistAppalachian State University (Appalachian) Communications Team

  • State
  • Education
  • Emergency Management
  • Communications

Brodi Fontenot Class of 1999

FellowNational Academy of Public Administration“The MPA program made me ready day one and I still use lessons from the program more than 20 years later.”

  • Private
  • Communications
  • Education
  • Finance and Budgeting
  • General Leadership
  • Transportation

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Meredith Farace Miller 2021

Director, Disaster Recovery UnitU.S Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary EducationThe UNC Chapel Hill MPA program provided me with an incredible applied education. It prepared me to lead, manage and think like a policy advisor.

  • Federal
  • Education

Karson Nelson 2021

  • State
  • Education

Phillip Rogers 2021

  • Education

Dylan Russell

Executive DirectorLead For North Carolina, UNC School of Government“The UNC MPA Program gave me the tools, network, and skills we needed to co-create and launch Lead for North Carolina. This is where I first studied the silver tsunami and human capital pipeline concerns in public management.”

  • Local
  • State
  • Non Profit
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • General Leadership

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