MPA Advisory Committee
Meeting Reports 2008
Meeting reports (2007)
Committee members:
Hugh Earnest, MPA, Independent Consultant
Lee Gordon
Kim Horton, MBA, Director
of Finance, Community Resource Group (http://www.crg.org/)
Dean Kruithof, MPA, Deputy City Administrator, City of Fort Smith
Dusti Miller, JD-MPA, Nolan, Caddell
& Reynolds, P.A., Fort Smith
Janet Parsch, MPA, University of Arkansas Library
Dr. Susan Thomas, City of Fayetteville
Diane Ounpraseuth, MPA, Associate Director, Just Communities of Northwest Arkansas ( http://www.justcommunities-nwa.org/cms/)
Greg Moore, MPA, Executive Director, Children's Safety Center ( http://www.childrenssafetycenter.org/)
MPA student representative (
elected each fall):
MPA Faculty and their MPA
teaching areas:
Dr. Seok-Eun Kim, Assistant
Professor (Seminar, HR, Nonprofits)
Dr.
Margaret Reid, Professor (Organizational Behavior, IGR/Federalism, Nonprofits,
Grantwriting); MPA Director; since 1993
Dr.
Bill Schreckhise, Associate Professor (Administrative Law); since 1999
one position is currently vacant and a search is underway
Near term program
objectives:
--strengthen enrollments in the MPA and JD/MPA
--strengthen links with cities and organizations throughout the region and develop joint programs
--attain greater financial independence through fundraising in order to develop free-standing activities and small conferences.