News: Alumni News

Natalie Solverson (MPA ‘05) ♦ Nina Carlson (MPA ’07) ♦ Megan Stritchko (MPA ‘09) ♦ Austin Frerick (MPA ‘14) ♦ Mitchell Running (MPA ’17, MPH ’18) ♦ Madeline Morgan (MPA ‘19) ♦ Oindrila Chattapadhyay VanMeter (MIPA ’21) ♦ Nova Tebbe (MPA, MPH ’22) 

Bryan Gadow (MPA ’05) ♦ Peter Tempelis (MPA ’06) ♦ Colin Higgins (MPA ’16) ♦ David Specht-Boardman (MPA ’16) ♦ Sam Alhadeff (MIPA ’18) ♦ Atiya Siddiqi (MIPA ’18) ♦ Claire Zautke (MPA ’19) ♦ Jess Rutstein (MPA ’20) ♦ Michael Zell (MPA ’20) ♦ Kara Savitt (BA ‘20) ♦ Blake Buege (BA ’21) ♦ Andrew Busker (MPA ’21) ♦ Dylan Helmenstine (MPA ‘22) ♦ Will Keenan (MPA ’22) ♦ Ethan Kenney (MPA ’22)

Martin Preizler (MA ’86) ♦ Ken Meyer (MA ’91) ♦ Jonny Hunter (MPA ’11) ♦ Timothy Williams (MPA ’16) ♦ Richelle Andrae (MPA ‘17) ♦ Elizabeth Doyle (MPA ‘17) ♦ Ken Smith (MPA ’18) ♦ Stephanie Marburger (MPA ’18) ♦ Hannah Stephens (MPA ’19) ♦ Shireen Ohadi-Hamadani (MPA ‘20) ♦ Lauren Jorgensen (MPA ’20) ♦ Nathaniel Haack (MPA ’20) ♦ Tolgonai Sopukeeva (MIPA ’21)

On April 14, Princeton University Professor Anne Case will address the recent decline in life expectancy in the U.S. and the social and economic factors that are making life harder for the working class.

Demetri Vincze (MPA ’16) ♦ Timothy Williams (MPA ’16) ♦ Miranda Ehrlich (MPA ’17) ♦ Ruanda McFerren (MPA, MS ’18) ♦ Craig Vruwink (MPA ’19)

Of the 50 La Follette School 2021 Master of Public Affairs (MPA) and Master of International Public Affairs (MIPA) graduates, 14 accepted state government positions, 13 are employed in non-profits, and seven are pursuing PhDs. Others are making an impact in local government, the private sector, and federal government offices.

Theola Carter (MA ‘91) and Lamont Smith (MPA ‘07) have been named among the most influential Black leaders in Wisconsin by Madison365.

Lamont Smith (MPA ’07) ♦ Justin Rivas (MIPA ’09) ♦ Jonny Vannucci (MIPA ’19) ♦ Jacob Ginn (MPA ’20) ♦ Tamanna Akram-Turenne (MIPA ’21) ♦ Peter Mosher (MIPA ’21)

Peter Tempelis (MPA, JD ’06) ♦ H.J. Waukau (MIPA ’12) ♦  Brett Halverson (MPA ’14) ♦ Ron Steinhoff (MPA ’20) ♦ Tamanna Akram-Turenne (MIPA ’21) 

Randy Romanski (MA ’95) ♦ Eric Tempelis (MPA ’03, JD ’06) ♦ Ceri Jenkins (MPA ’04) ♦ Lamont Smith (MPA ’07) ♦ Pamela Ritger de la Rosa (MIPA, JD ’13) ♦ Caroline McCormack (MPA, URPL ’14) ♦ Kevin Lee (MIPA ’18) ♦ Noah Roberts (MPA ’19) ♦ Abby Swetz (MPA ’19) ♦ Eli Tsarovsky (BS, public policy certificate ’21) ♦ Emily Capodarco (MPA, JD ’21)