Founders' Fellows

2026 Founders' Fellows

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 flagship program for the next generation of public service leaders and professionals, providing results that could last throughout your career.

Underwriting Sponsors

ASPA thanks the following institutions for their generous support of the Founders' Fellows program.

Arizona State University

Association for Budgeting and Financial Management and Public Financial Publications, Inc.

California State University San Bernadino

Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College

Friends of Diane Disney

George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government

Indiana University-Indianapolis and Indiana University-Bloomington, O’Neill School

Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations

The George Washington University, Trachtenberg School

The Policy School at Northeastern University

University of Arkansas, Clinton School of Public Service

University of Baltimore

University of Central Florida

University of Illinois-Chicago, Michael A. Pagano

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, School of Public Policy

University of Nebraska-Omaha

Virginia Commonwealth University, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

Wichita State University, Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs

Past Fellows Classes