Alumni & Giving
ALUMNI NEWS
Congratulations Matt Rhoten, Deputy County Manager, Gaston County 2023 MPA Alumni of the Year!
Laura Oates (Rowland) ’12 is Budget & Finance Manager for the City of Charlotte
Jack Christine ’04 is the Chief Infrastructure Officer for the Charlotte Airport
Amanda Wilson ’10 is a Grants Management Specialist for the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
Larita Barber ’90 is the Chief Advancement Officer at Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont
Shannon Tufts ’00 Professor of Public Administration & Government, Director Center for Public Technology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Paarth Mehta ’14 Department Business Manager, Wake County
Alicia Dash ‘10 is the Principal Strategy & Planning Manager at Duke Energy Corporation
Jonathan Blanton, MPA ’16 is the City Manager for the Town of Mount Holly
Laura Antanaitis, MPA,’21 is a Business Manager at Mecklenburg County.
Morgan Parks, MPA ’18 is the Manager of the Research & Strategic Planning Division for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
Hunter Pearce, MPA ’22 is the Sr. Analyst in Business Continuity & Crisis Management at LPL Financial
Laura Antanaitis ’21 is a Business Manager at Mecklenburg County
Savannah Cooper, MPA, ’20 is a Manager for Grants and Business Administration for Advocate Health
Kim Graham, MPA ’10, Executive Director of Greater Charlotte Apartment Associatoin
Melia James, MPA, ’05 is the Assistant Town Manager of Matthews
Jeremy Christ ‘2018 Business Continuity and Operational Risk Manager, USA Bank
Gricelda de la Cruz MPA ’19, is the Office Director for Church World Services in Charlotte
Michael Griswold, MPA is the Deputy Director of Strategic Planning at Mecklenburg County
Dr. Justin Stritch, MPA ’10 is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University
Dr. Madinah Hamidullah, MPA ’05 became the Master of Public Administration Director at Kennesaw State University
Matt Rhoten, MPA ’15 is now the County Manager at Gaston County
Joel Riddle, MPA ’03 is now the Vice President of Human Resources at Caromont Health
Christi Floyd, MPA ’00 was promoted to Economic Developemt Program Manager at the City of Charlotte
Phin Xaypanga, MPA ’95 is now the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office at Ventura, CA
Michael McLaurin ’88 Town Manager Indian Trail
Ashley Lantz, MPA ’12 is the Director of Union County Social Services
Hannah Shore, MPA ’16, Senior Budget Analyst at U.S. Department of Treasury
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