District V
Electoral District V includes: Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah
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Galia Cohen
Assistant Professor and Director, Division of Public Administration School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Strategic Studies
Tarleton State University
Three-year term expires in Spring 2025; term-limited.
Galia Cohen specializes in organizational development and human resource management and has more than 10 years of experience in teaching, training and consulting in the public sector. She conducts leadership development workshops and training programs for government employees across the United States. Her training topics include negotiation and conflict management, employee engagement, ethical use of power, effective communication and public speaking and more. She is an affiliated faculty member with the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration (ILEA) in Plano, Texas; the Law Enforcement Executive Program (LEEP) in Raleigh, North Carolina; and the USC Price Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) in Los Angeles, California. She serves on multiple advisory boards including the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration (ILEA) and the Richardson (Texas) Police Department Training Academy. She also is the book review editor for the premier journal in public administration,
Public Administration Review (
PAR). She holds a Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Texas at Dallas and her BA and MA in organizational sociology from Bar-¬Ilan University, Israel. She has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and her research interests include law enforcement collaboration, strategic human resource management, organizational culture and public safety administration.
Juliet Lee
Director, Administration and External Relations
University of Southern California, Sol Price School
Three-year term expires in Spring 2026; eligible to run for re-election
Juliet Lee is director of administration and external relations for the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy in Sacramento, California. Her role is managing the Master of Public Administration degree program at the Sacramento campus. She has worked for the university in many capacities including program coordinator for executive education programs, policy outreach manager, alumni and advisory board liaison and student services advisor. She has made her career in higher education, guiding students to lead service. She is a part-time adjunct professor teaching organizational behavior and collaborative governance. She sits on the board of directors for Her Health First and has been an active member of ASPA's Sacramento Chapter for the past decade. Lee holds a doctorate in educational leadership, an MPA from University of Southern California and a BA from UCLA.
Aziza Zemrani
Associate Professor
University of Texas—Rio Grande Valley
Three-year term expires in Spring 2024; term limited.
Aziza Zemrani is originally from Morocco, where she was given an excellent undergraduate education for more than a decade. She held jobs in a variety of top level positions including division chief at the Directorate of Executive Training. She also had the great fortune to work on development projects with USAID, including capacity building for Moroccan institutions. Through this association, she had the chance to attend the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) for her Master of Public Administration.
Because of GSPIA, Zemrani started her academic career in public administration and got her Ph.D. from Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. She is now an associate professor and associate chair of public affairs at the University of Texas—Rio Grande Valley, where she is in charge of its online MPA program. Given her international background and involvement in international public administration conferences, her primary research interest is building better relationships in public administration, especially focusing on cultural competency.
Her professional involvement in ASPA has been a remarkable experience. She joined ASPA at GSPIA when she was an MPA student. Since then, she has joined and served on the boards of different Sections and served as President of COMPA, and is currently the chair of SPOD. She has been active internationally as well, with the honor of being a rapporteur for the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (the international equivalent of ASPA).