Stanly County Director of Social Services/Assistant Health and Human Services DirectorStanly CountyMPA@UNC has encouraged my growth as a courageous leader to support my long-term leadership career goal of engaging the public and promoting policies to positively impact local communities.
Senior AnalystUS Government Accountability Office‘My agency is full of public servants conducting program evaluations to make government better, which pull directly from the skillset that an MPA helps students develop.’
Managing DirectorErnst & Young, LLPMy background as an MPA gives me a fundamental understanding of how government works at the Federal, State, and Local levels enabling me to advise our clients and lead our government focused, complex teams. I couple this with the skills I learned in negotiation, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation for a well rounded foundation to deliver valued results for our government clients.
System Director for Strategic Change UNC HealthThe UNC MPA program has helped me grow as a public service leader, connecting theory and concepts to real-world application and strategy. As a leader in change management, so much of the MPA program centers around leading teams and people through change, particularly in the public sector where we work to address our most wicked challenges. Working in a public health organization through the global pandemic while taking MPA courses was an unparalleled experience of truly bridging real-world leadership challenges with course content on a weekly basis.
Facility Compliance Branch ManagerNorth Carolina Department of Health and Human Services