ASPA Swears In 2022-2023 National Council, Officers

For Immediate Release
March 28, 2023
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Washington, DC – The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), the nation’s leading professional association for public service, today announced its elected leadership for 2023-2024. Patria de Lancer Julnes, Rosenthal endowed professor and school director, University of New Mexico, will serve as ASPA’s president for the next two years. She will chair ASPA’s National Council, the organization’s governing body.

John Bartle, dean and professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha, has begun a two-year term as ASPA’s president-elect, ascending to the presidency in 2025. In addition to Julnes and Bartle, the Council’s membership includes the following individuals:

  • District I Representatives (covering Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont): Michael Ahn, Maria D’Agostino and Malcolm Oliver
  • District II Representatives (covering Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and West Virginia): Marlon Brown, Diane Disney and Thomas Stanton
  • District III Representatives (covering Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee): Terry Murphy, Miriam Singer and Ronald Sanders
  • District IV Representatives (covering Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming): Merlene-Patrice Bourdeau-Quispe, Ana-Maria Dimand and Kelli Truver
  • District V Representatives (covering Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah): Galia Cohen, Juliet Lee and Aziza Zemrani
  • International Representative: Pan Suk Kim
  • Student Representative: Jennifer Martinez-Medina
This year’s Council took their positions at the closing sessions of ASPA’s 2023 Annual Conference, the premier public administration gathering of the year. More than 1,200 practitioners, researchers and students shared the latest in research and practice across public administration during the five-day event.

“I know I speak for ASPA’s staff and membership when I extend my gratitude to our leaders for their commitment to our Society, both now and in the years ahead,” said ASPA Executive Director and CEO Bill Shields, Jr. “I look forward to working with all of them on the exemplary programming that ASPA will continue to produce as their terms evolve.”

National Council members are responsible for the oversight of ASPA, which represents more than 10,000 public servants, scholars, researchers and students across the country and around the world. Governing a $1.3 million budget and setting organizational policy, Council members are responsible for ensuring a strong network of affiliates, ongoing educational resources and fundraising efforts that shore up reserves against future uncertainties.

“Each of these elected leaders bring with them the confidence and support of their colleagues and peers,” Shields continued. “By contributing their unique skills to our ongoing deliberative work, they will stand at the forefront of ensuring ASPA’s 84-year legacy well into the future.”