2024 Founders' Fellows

Underwriting Sponsors

ASPA thanks the following institutions for their generous support of the Founders' Fellows program. These institutions have made five- or ten-year funding commitments to ensure the program’s long-term sustainability and vitality.
  • Arizona State University
  • ASPA's Section on Personnel and Labor Relations
  • The George Washington University
  • University of Baltimore
  • University of Nebraska at Omaha

Additional Sponsors

Merit
Mary Ellen Guy
Roger Hartley
Chester A. Newland
Meredith Newman
Public Administration Quarterly
Thomas Stanton
Southeastern Conference on Public Administration

Book
John Bartle
Beverly Cigler
Conference of Minority Public Administrators
Pan Suk Kim
Ahmed Rafi
Section on Complexity and Network Studies
Section on Emergency and Crisis Management
Section on Nonprofits
Section on Professional and Organizational Development
Section on Public Administration Education
Bill Shields
Student and New Professional Section
Blue Wooldridge

Donor
J. Paul Blake
Christopher Burks
Ana-Maria Dimand
Rachel Emas
Lindsey Evans
Kim Hoffman
William Jackson
Vaiva Kalesnikaite
New England Chapter
New Jersey Chapter
Sean McCandless
Malcolm Oliver
Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa
Stephen Rolandi
Kendra Stewart

Headed into its 18th year, ASPA's Founders' Fellows program supports the next generation of public service leaders through a series of professional development opportunities. The Fellows attend and present at the Annual Conference on a subject matter paper on an issue related to their scholarship or work, which is also published in PA TIMES Online if they wish.

Open to graduate students as well as new professionals in the first three years of their public service career, this program is geared toward accelerating careers of promising, rising stars in the discipline. This is ASPA's most competitive Fellowship program of the year and provides results that could last throughout your career.

"The Founders' Fellows experience has given me an unrivaled opportunity to build strong relationships in public administration. Our diverse backgrounds paved the way for a beneficial dialogue and outstanding exchange of ideas."

 - Ana-Maria Dimand, Florida International University, 2018 Founders' Fellow and 2019-2020 ASPA Student Representative

2024 Founders' Fellows Program

The 2024 Class of Founders' Fellows has been chosen and announced. Please visit the Annual Conference website for all the details, or click on the link below to view the list for this year's class. 

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    "I think the program is an excellent way to link practitioners and academics, which I feel is one of the most important aspects of ASPA."
     - Peter Federman, University of Kansas, 2015 Founders' Fellow