Emily Autry 2017

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

  • State
  • Communications
  • Education
  • Emergency Management

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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Cady Cooper 2025

Legislative Assistant, United States SenateOcean Springs, Mississippi

  • Non Profit
  • Education

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Jaime DiLauro

Evaluation and Impact AnalystCollege Advising Corps“I am so grateful to the alumni and friends of the program who made my scholarship possible. Without it, I might not have been able to attend the program, increase my efficacy in the nonprofit sphere, and be fortunate to be back with the CAC.”

  • Education

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

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Sherick Hughes ’99

Full ProfessorSchool of Education, UNC-Chapel Hill“Just as the beloved former MPA Program Manager Jean Coble predicted, the education policy research and leadership knowledge and skills that I gained in the MPA program have been invaluable in my work as a professor, a position involving research, teaching, and service.”

  • Non Profit
  • Education

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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

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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