Section for Women in Public Administration (SWPA)

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | March 17, 2017

Women in Leadership: Myths, [Mis]perceptions, and Alternate Realities
The panelists will discuss the challenges, myths and opportunities that women leaders face in leadership positions whether as academics or practitioners. The distinguished panel includes:

1)    Professor Janet Denhardt Chester A. Newland Professor of Public Administration Director, USC Price School in Sacramento
2)    Laura Meadows, Director of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
3)    Hillary Knepper, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Public Administration, Pace University
4)    Helisse Levine, Associate Professor and Director MPA Program, School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences, LIU Brooklyn
5)    Elisabeth Graffy, Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability Professor of Practice, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University