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Blake Neumann ’19 M.P.A.

has joined the Adirondack Council’s conservation team in the newly created role of clean water advocate.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Michael Nitzky ’98 B.A. (PSc)

was appointed to Mercury as managing director of its New York office. Mercury is a global, bipartisan public strategy firm located in all 50 states.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Brandy Oakley ’05 B.A. (PSt)

was elected as state representative for the 12th Suffolk district in Massachusetts and was sworn in on Jan. 6, 2021. Prior to her appointment, Oakley earned an M.A. in education at Johns Hopkins University and attended law school at Emory University. Oakley became a public defender with the Committee for Public Counsel Services in the Boston Municipal and Chelsea District courts.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Kent Olson ’83 M.P.A.

retired after 37 years of local government financial management. He served as finance director for two suburbs in the Chicago region and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Howard Palley ’63 Ph.D. (SSc)

professor emeritus in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, published three articles in 2021. “Review of Health Care in Switzerland: A Closer Look at a System Offered as a Model for the United States” was published in the Journal of Medicine and Surgical Sciences, while the Open Journal of Political Science featured two pieces: “The White Working Class and the Politics of Race in the United States and Race and Caste: Its Impact on the American Political System.”

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Krista Peyton ’95 M.A. (PSc)

was appointed associate circuit judge for St. Louis County in the 21st judicial circuit in the greater St. Louis, Mo., area.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Kevin Porter ’18 B.A. (PSc)

was promoted to Congressman Kurt Schrader’s communications director in March 2022. Schrader represents Oregon’s 5th congressional district.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Kate Powers ’02 J.D./M.P.A.

was appointed assistant deputy superintendent of life insurance at the New York State Department of Financial Services.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Joseph Ralbovsky ’11 B.A. (PSt)/ ’14 M.P.A./M.A. (IR)

became an energy technology program specialist for the U.S. Department of Energy in October 2021.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Richard Ramacier ’89 M.P.A.

retired on Jan. 1, 2022, after 25 years of service to County Connection, a public transit agency based in Danville San Ramon, Calif.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Diana Rocco ’02 B.A. (PSc)

is co-anchoring News 4 San Antonio Today, a broadcast based in San Antonio, Texas.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Maryangel Rodriguez ’16 B.A. (IR)

manages the Washington, D.C., office for the Obama Foundation and is in the liberal studies master’s degree program at Georgetown University.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Lauren (Hill) Rose ’14 M.P.A.

was promoted to assistant city manager for the city of Sachse, Texas.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Stasha (Fyfe) Santifort ’02 B.A. (PSt)/ ’06 M.P.A.

was selected as one of City and State New York magazine’s Responsible 100. The award highlights those who are dedicated to helping others and exemplify the optimism and idealism that make New York a national leader, especially as partisan gridlock hinders the nation’s ability to contend with an unending pandemic, heightened racial tensions and a rising climate crisis.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Brooke Schneider ’21 M.P.A.

was appointed senior public information officer by Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh ’05 M.P.A. in November 2021. In this role she is responsible for planning, preparing and communicating critical information on government activities, services, programs and projects to Syracuse residents.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Brian Selmeski ’02 M.A. (Anth)/ ’07 Ph.D. (Anth)

was named associate vice president for learner success for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Layla Mahdieh Sharaf ’17 B.A. (IR)

has begun a new position as director of the Civic Leadership Program at the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, a Washington, D.C., organization which seeks to include Iranian Americans at all levels of the democratic process.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Peter Simmons ’98 M.P.A.

was named chief administrative officer of the town of Amherstburg in Ontario, Canada.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Stephen Soble ’72 B.A. (Hist/PSc)

is on the board of directors for TerraScale, an organization which aims to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable planet through large-scale green infrastructure and technology development globally. TerraScale is located in Culver City, Calif.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective

Bree Spencer ’11 M.P.A.

was confirmed to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. Spencer was previously the policing program manager for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a national coalition of civil rights groups.

June 13, 2022
Published in the Summer 2022 issue of the Maxwell Perspective
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