Department of Government - Programs of Study

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Sample List of UAB MPA Graduates

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Governmental Management

Cliff Carlisle, MPA 1991, Deputy Fire Chief, City of Mountain Brook. (Read about Chief Carlisle here)

Dana Hazen , MPA 2007 , City Planner, City of Mountain Brook. (Read about Dana Hazen here)

Daniel Dunmire, MPA 1984, Director Corrossion Policy and Oversight, Washington DC (Read about Daniel Dunmire here).

Merika Coleman, MPA 1998, Alabama House of Representative 57th District; Director Community Development, City of Bessemer (Read about Rep. Coleman here).
Mayor Walter Maddox, MPA 2004, Mayor of Tuscaloosa, AL (Read about Walter Maddox here).
David Coursey, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Florida State University. (Read about Dr. Coursey here).
Troy Post, MPA 2003, Director, Bessemer Industrial Development Board.
Marcus D. Maudlin, Ph.D. MPA 1999, Florida Legislature, Senior Legislature Analyst.
Mike Coppage, MPA 1990, Director Public Safety, State of Alabama (Read about Mike Coppage here)
James Fenstermaker, MPA 1982, Director Jefferson County Economic and Community Development.
Robert Gofus, MPA 1981, Senior Executive, Internal Revenue Service (Retired). Read more about Rober Gofus here.
Melinda James, MPA 1998, Budget and Financial Manager, City of Hoover, AL.
Stephen Clark, Georgia Emergency Management Agency.

Mark G. Michaelsen, MPA 2005, Legislative Assistant to Rep. Curt Gielow, 23rd District, MN.
V. Lynne Windham, 1988, Assistant Loan Supervisor, State Banking Department.
Michael E. Ward, 2001, Planner, Department of Planning & Enginnering, City of Birmingham.

Health Management

Kenneth Rose, MPA 1997, Associate Director of Policy Planning and Evaluation, Center for Disease Control.
Keith T. Elder, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Health Services and Policy, Univesity of South Carolina (Read about Dr. Elder here)
Joyce Morris, Ph.D., Director, Oklahoma State Department of Health.
James Bolden, Health Services Project Manager, Balm of Gilead Center, Cooper Green Hospital (Read about James here)
Leslie J. Morgan, MPA-MPH/JD 2000, Attorney Bradley Arant Rose & White (Read about Leslie here)
Gary Mans, Directory UAB Public Relations, Chair of the InstitutionalAdvancement of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Cheryl Stein, National Immunization Program, CDC.
Terry Motes, RN. Manager UAB Nursing Practice.
Norma Ann Dodd, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama

Nonprofit Management

Joe Packa, MPA 1982, Chief Executive Officer, Red Cross, Southeast Region.
Ellyn Grady, Senior Vice President, United Way of Central Alabama.
Dr. Beverly Ward, Director of Ethnography and Transport Systems, University of South Florida. (Read about Dr. Ward here).
Sandra Blackwood, Executive Director, International Retinal Research Foundation Inc.
Trish Coghlan, Executive Director, Alabama/Germany Partnership
Kay Argo, Director Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham
Caroline Brown, Environmental Support Center (Washington DC)
Cindy Lowry, Watershed Leadership Coordinator, Alabama Rivers Alliance
Reata Busby, Associate Provost University of North Texas (Denton) (Read about Reata Busby here).
Cynthia Christian, Manager, UAB Office of Grants and Contracts Administration
Sarah Newell, United Cerebral Policy, New York
Lisa Holloway, Director of Operation and Administration, Junior League of Birmingham
Melissa Kaplan Mandell, Hadassah Organization (New York)
Claude McCann, Asst. VP for Financial Affairs
Jean Petties, Community Relations Director, American Red Cross
Sherri Van Pelt, Executive Director VSA Arts of Alabama (Read about Sheri here).
Andrea Brown, MPA 2006, Grants Manager, VSA Arts of Alabama.
Erin Melaney, MPA 2006, Director of Development, Shelby County Humane Society.