Public Executive Leadership Academy

 

FACULTY for PELA

PELA uses a range of interactive and reflective learning experiences, including simulations, case studies, small learning teams, and participant-led discussions. Local and national speakers from universities and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), as well as expert consultants and managers, will lead discussions and share their experiences and insights. Participants will also learn from another valuable resourceeach other.

School of Government faculty and staff:

  • Susan Austin, Adjunct Instructor, Public Leadership
  • Peg Carlson, Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Willow Jacobson, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Government
  • Rick Morse, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Government
  • Carl Stenberg, Professor and Director, Public Executive Leadership Academy
  • John Stephens, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Government
  • Vaughn Upshaw, Lecturer, Public Administration and Government
  • Gordon Whitaker, Professor of Public Administration and Government

Additional faculty from UNC-Chapel Hill:

  • Michele Berger, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies
  • James Johnson, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management; Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center & Co-Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise, Kenan-Flagler Business School

The following guest speakers participated in the 2008 session of PELA:

  • Susan Gooden, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • George Manning, Professor of Psychology, Northern Kentucky University
  • John Nalbandian, Professor and Chair, Department of Public Administration, University of Kansas  
  • Robert J. "Bob" O’Neill Jr., Executive Director, International City/County Management Association
  • Mark Weaver, President, Communications Counsel Inc.
  • Dorothy Wood, Instructor, Biology/Microbiology, Durham Technical Community College