Executive Council

Mohamad G. Alkadry

NASPAA PRESIDENT

Term Ends: October 2025

Professor and Department Head

School of Public Policy

University of Connecticut

mohamad.alkadry@uconn.edu

Sara Rinfret

NASPAA VICE PRESIDENT

Term Ends: October 2025

Director & Professor

Northern Arizona University

sara.rinfret@nau.edu

RaJade M. Berry-James

NASPAA IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Term Ends: October 2025

Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs; Professor of Public Administration

L. Douglas Wilder School of Govt & Public Affairs

Virginia Commonwealth University

berryjamesr@vcu.edu

Abraham Benavides

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

Professor 

Department of Public Administration

University of Texas at Dallas

benavides@utdallas.edu

Nisha Botchwey

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2025

Dean

Humphrey School of Public Affairs

University of Minnesota

hhhdeans@umn.edu

Victoria M. DeFrancesco

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2027

Dean and Professor

Clinton School of Public Service

University of Arkansas

dean.soto@clintonschool.uasys.edu

Dana Michael Harsell

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2027

Professor of Political Science and Public Administration

Nistler College of Business & Public Administration

University of North Dakota

dana.harsell@und.edu

Richard Greggory Johnson III

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2025

Department Chair

Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration, School of Management

University of San Francisco

rgjohnsoniii@usfca.edu

Calvin C. Johnson

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2027

Visiting Lecturer

Bowie State University

nivlac.johnson@gmail.com

Naim Kapucu

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

Professor & Associate Dean

School of Public Administration and Policy/Dean of the College of Community Innovation and Education

University of Central Florida

kapucu@ucf.edu

Cynthia E. Lynch

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2025

Associate Professor and Chair of Public Administration Programs

College of Professional Studies

Hawaii Pacific University

clynch@hpu.edu

Bruce D. McDonald III

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2025

Professor and Director

School of Public Service

Old Dominion University

bmcdonal@odu.edu

Julieta Marotta

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2025

Assistant Professor

Maastricht Graduate School of Governance

United Nations University/Maastricht University

julieta.marotta@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Malcolm K. Oliver

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

Dean

John S. Watson School for Public Service

Thomas Edison State University

mkoliver@tesu.edu

Rosemary O'Leary

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

Distinguished Professor Emerita

School of Public Affairs and Administration

University of Kansas

oleary@ku.edu

Carissa Slotterback

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2026

Dean

Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

University of Pittsburgh

cslotterback@pitt.edu

Betty Vu

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2027

Assistant Dean

California State University, Dominguez Hills

bvu@csudh.edu

Kaifeng Yang

MEMBER

Term Ends: October 2027

Dean and Professor 

Rutgers University – Newark

kaifengy@newark.rutgers.edu