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Margaret Henderson joined the School of Government in 1999. As director of the Public Intersection Project, she researches and communicates strategies that strengthen cross-sector working relationships for more effective public problem-solving. In facilitation work, she specializes in the practical implications of managing cross-organizational collaborations, community programs, and nonprofit organizations. Henderson’s 20 years of experience in human services includes work in state and local governments as well as nonprofits. Previously she was executive director of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Her current responsibilities include teaching in the School’s MPA Program, and she has co-authored articles that were published in Popular Government, ICMA's IQ Report and PM Magazine, American Review of Public Administration, PA Times, and the FBI Law Enforcement Journal. Henderson holds a BBA in business administration from Angelo State University and an MPA from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Selected Publications

“Options for Reporting Sexual Violence:  Developments Over the Past Decade,” FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, by Sabrina Garcia and Margaret Henderson, May 2010. www2.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2010/may2010/violence_feature.htm

“Hiring a Director for a Small Community-Based Nonprofit Agency:  A Step-by-Step Guide,” by Margaret Henderson and Kurt Jenne, Summer 2000, Popular Government.  http://www.sog.unc.edu/pubs/electronicversions/pg/pgsum00/article4.pdf

Publications co-authored with Lydian Altman and Gordon Whitaker, as a part of The Public Intersection Project, www.publicintersection.unc.edu:

“Mutual Accountability Between Governments and Nonprofits, Moving Beyond ‘Surveillance’ to ‘Service,’” The American Review of Public Administration, Volume 34, Number 2, June 2004, SAGE Publications.

"Working with Nonprofit Organizations," by Margaret Henderson, Lydian Altman, Suzanne Julian, Gordon P. Whitaker, and Eileen Youens, School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010.

"Positive Problem-Solving:  How Appreciative Inquiry Works,” by Margaret Henderson, Lydian Altman, Gordon Whitaker, and Sallie Lee, ICMA, 2011. 

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Lydian Altman joined the School of Government in 1999. Her prior work with public sector organizations included several years as a director or board member of nonprofit rape crisis and domestic violence agencies, community college administrator, and local government administrator. In her current work with the Strategic Public Leadership Initiative, she consults with elected and appointed leaders to create strategic plans, works with boards and employee groups, and with governmental and nonprofit organizations to promote and foster better cross-sector working relationships for more effective public problem-solving. Many of her project-generated articles have been published in Popular Government, ICMA’s IQ Report and PM Magazine, the American Review of Public Administration and PA Times. Altman holds a BS in industrial relations and an MPA from UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Rick Morse joined the School of Government in 2006. He previously was assistant professor in the Public Policy and Administration Program at Iowa State University. He teaches and advises state and local public officials in the areas of collaborative governance, visioning, and leadership. His publications include several articles and book chapters on collaboration and citizen participation. He is lead editor of two books on public leadership, Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century (M.E. Sharpe, 2007), and Innovations in Public Leadership Development (M.E. Sharpe, 2008). Morse holds a BA and MA in public policy from Brigham Young University and a PhD in public administration/public affairs from Virginia Tech.

Selected publications

Heather Getha-Taylor, Maja Husar Holmes, Willow S. Jacobson, Ricardo S. Morse, and Jessica E. Sowa. 2010. Focusing the Public Leadership Lens: Research Propositions and Questions in the Minnowbrook Tradition. Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory 21(Supplement 1): i83-i98.

Ricardo S. Morse. 2010. Bill Gibson and the Art of Leading Across Boundaries. Public Administration Review 70(3): 434-442.

Ricardo S. Morse. 2010. Integrative Public Leadership: Catalyzing Collaboration to Create Public Value. The Leadership Quarterly 21(2): 231-245.

Ricardo S. Morse, and Terry F. Buss, eds. 2008.Innovations in Public Leadership Development. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.

Ricardo S. Morse, Terry F. Buss, and C. Morgan Kinghorn, eds. 2007. Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.

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Gordon Whitaker joined the Institute of Government in 1997, but he has worked with Institute faculty since coming to UNC-Chapel Hill as a political science professor in 1973. He teaches courses in the MPA program in organization theory and in public management and leadership. Whitaker has served on the Executive Council of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and as chair of NASPAA's Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation. In 1997 he helped organize North Carolina's Civic Education Consortium and received the International City/County Management Association's Award for Local Government Education. In 2005 he received the Ned Brooks Award for Public Service, presented by the Carolina Center for Public Service. In addition to teaching and consulting, Whitaker directs the Public Intersection Project to improve working relationships between governments and their community partners: businesses, nonprofit organizations, philanthropies, and faith communities. Whitaker earned an AB from Cornell College and an MA and PhD from Indiana University.

Selected publications

Local Government in North Carolina, 3^rd edition (2009) on line at www.civics.org/lgnc

"Service Delivery Alternatives," in Carl W. Stenberg and Susan Lipman Austin, eds., Managing Local Government Services: A Practical Guide.  Washington: ICMA, 2007, pp. 369-388.

“Learning Through Action:  How MPA Public Service Team Projects Help Students Learn Research and Management Skills,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol. 10, No. 4 (October 2004), pp. 279-294, with Maureen Berner.

“Mutual Accountability Between Governments and Nonprofits: Moving Beyond Surveillance to Service,” American Review of Public Administration, 34: 115-133 (June 2004) with Lydian Altman-Sauer and Margaret Henderson

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