Christopher A. Cody is a Principal Researcher at American Institutes for Research, where he serves as the project director for their postsecondary administrative data division and longitudinal studies work with the National Center for Education Statistics. Prior to joining American Institutes for Research, Cody was the director of research and public policy at The Public School Forum of North Carolina. While there, he was also a fellow with the education policy fellowship program sponsored by the Institute for Education Leadership. Cody earned his bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University, his master’s degree in public affairs from Western Carolina University, and his Ph.D. in public administration from North Carolina State University.

Selected Publications

Cody, C. A., Lawrence, K. L., Prentice, C. R., & Clerkin, R. M. (2022). Examining the relationship between board member selection criteria and board boundary spanning into internal, upward, and outward accountability environments. Nonprofit Management and Leadership,1-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21511CODYET AL.23

Amy Wade serves as the Director of the Faculty Network for the MPA program at the School of Government, where she is responsible for the hiring, on-boarding, and continued support of live session faculty, ensuring the MPA program engages in high-impact teaching practices to maximize student learning. Recently, Amy also served as a team member for the School’s Opioid Response Project, where she facilitated the development and implementation of collective impact approaches for opioid prevention and treatment in ten communities across North Carolina and served as a liaison for two of the larger urban centers within the state, Mecklenburg and Forsyth counties. Amy has over ten years of progressive work in nonprofit management and consulting experience in strategic planning, strategic fund development, database and dashboard development, and program design, implementation, and evaluation. During her work in the nonprofit field, Amy received a College Board CollegeKeys Compact Innovation Award for a program she designed to help low-income students and parents get ready for college. She also supported the receipt of a Kresge Foundation Award for the successful development of a program to help low-income high school students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). She obtained a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree in public administration, and a doctorate of philosophy in higher education policy and leadership from The Ohio State University.