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Michael Parker

MICHAEL PARKER 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & LEAD FACILITATOR, UTAH IMPACT PARTNERSHIP

My experience in the MPP program was paramount to my professional journey. It laid the critical groundwork for understanding complex policy and economic issues and fostered key connections with mentors and peers. This program was more than an academic pursuit; it was a pivotal stepping stone that equipped me with the tools and insights necessary to make a significant impact in the realms of public policy and social entrepreneurship.

Archuleta

GABRIELLA ARCHULETA 

PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR, YMCA UTAH

The policy analysis and evaluation skills I gained in the MPP program are a perfect complement to the work I've done in the fields of immigration, child welfare, and federal Indian law. 

Thiriot

NICK THIROT

COMMUNICATION DIR, KEM C. GARDNER POLICY INSTITUTE

I appreciated my courses where I was able to meet with people in the community and work with them to determine policy outcomes they believed would benefit them most.

Tobin

CLARE TOBIN LENCE

PERFORMANCE INITIATIVES MANAGER, UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE 

The MPP program exposed me to careers in policy and helped me develop a diverse set of skills, from quantitative analysis to theory to writing for a policy audience.

 

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MPP Graduates

The University of Utah Master of Public Policy program was approved by the Utah State Board of Trustees in 2005 and the first cohort of students started in fall 2006.

Hayley Ackerman-Barton

Manager, Legal Operations

Filevine

Alexis Athens

Budget & Policy Economist

Utah Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget

Kate Bradford

Budget & Policy Analyst

Utah Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget

James Bunn

Missing current information

Kristy Chambers

CEO

Columbus Comunity Center

Marni Epstein

Performance and Data Analyst

Salt Lake County Human Services Department

Kimberly Koeven

Missing current information

Jennifer Luckau

Missing current information

Catherine Seiler

Environmental Scientists

Utah Division of Air Quality

Alexandria Smith

Supportive Housing Performance Specialist

State of Washington

Jared Staheli 

Senior Associate

Leavitt Partners

Megan West

Program Administrator

Utah Department of Health and Human Services

Kathryn Bowman

Regulatory Director

Interior West, Vote Solar

Matthew Doane

Study Coordinator and Research Assistant

Utah Education Policy Center

Madison Feist

History Teacher

Jordan School District

Jack Hurty

Legislative/Media Consultant

Upstream Consulting

Heidi Prior

Policy Analyst

Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute

Natalie Winkel Roney

Research Economist

Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute 

Timothy Schoof

Impact Strategy Associate

Sorenson Impact

 

Eric Albers           

Research Associate

Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute        

Kristen Edwards

STARS Director

Rising Star Outreach

Hannah Elliott

Budget & Policy Analyst

Utah Governor's Office of Planning and Budget

Kelbe Goupil

MPP/MPH

Senior Associate

Electrification, Utah Clean Energy

Nikolas Huhnke

Business Systens Analyst

University of Utah Health

Lindsay Jaynes

Lead Auditor

Utah Office of the Legislative Auditor General

Meredith King

Research Director

TargetPoint Consulting

Jason Lyons

Startegic Intelligence Analyst

University of Utah Health

Cloe Maloney Nixon

Government Affairs Manager

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Shannon Thoman-Black

Director, Division of Continuous Quality Improvement

Utah Department of Health and Human Services                        

Andrea Thomas Brandley

Senior Education Analyst

Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute

Daniel Chapman

Missing current information

Page Checketts

Missing current information

Krisana Finlay

MPP/MPH

Founder

Wedshare

Joshua Meyers

MPP/MPH

Health Program Manager

Utah Department of Health and Human Services

Zoe Heins

MPP/MPH

Missing current information

Theophilus Jlateh

Missing current information

Britnee Johnston

Research Analyst

Native Nations Institute

Joshua Meyers

Health Program Manager and Medical Policy Analyst

Utah Department of Health

Christopher Ogren

Houseless Response Analyst

Central Oregon Coordianted Houseless Respsone Office (CHRO)

Lauren Peterson

Missing current information

Kathryn Poelman

Research Consultant II

Utah Department of Human Services

Annalisa Purser

Special Assistant for Strategic Initiatives, Student Affairs

University of Utah

Miranda  Cox

Goverment Affairs Manager

Wasatch Front Regional Council

Paedahni Dy

Exchange & Clearance Operations Senior Analyst

 Goldman Sachs

Taylee Foulger

Community Development Grant Specialist

Makyla Grant

Clinical Research Project Manager, Global Medical Affairs

BioMerieux

Benjamin Greenwalt

Missing current information

Sydney Groesbeck

Lead Research Analyst

Utah Health Workforce Information Center

Lacey Johnson

Analyst

Utah Department of Public Safety

Liesl Limburg

Business Recruitment Manager

Community and Economic Development-Ogden City

Emilie Butler

Program Manager

Community Health Team at Intermountain Health 

Meredith Muller

Workforce Department Manager

Salt Lake County Economic Development

Brent Packer

Missing current information

Antony Pittman Missing current information
Richard Smith

Office Supervisor

Utah County Assessor's Office

Kara Toone

Internal Partnerships & Grants Coordinator

Davis Education Foundation                                                    

 

Carrie Butler   

MPP/MPH              

Executive Director

Utah Public Health Association

Annette Harris

MPP/MPH

Senior Global Product Manager

Future Panels

Marci Harris

MPP/MPH

Missing current information

Erin Hough

Missing current information
Robert Kohutek

Director, State Approving Agency for Veterans Education

State of Utah

Kristina Wilenski Missing current information

 

Beth Artman

Missing current information

Emily Berry

Missing current information

Alex Iorg

Missing current information

Stefan Rhodewalt

MPP/MPH

Missing current information

Christina Ripley

Missing current information

Ashley Rush

MPP/MPH

Missing current information

 

Fatema Binte Ahad

Program Assesment Analyst

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jonathan Clark

Psychometrician 

Western Governors University

Kirsten Elliott

Development and Communication Director

HawkWatch International

Robert Jordan

Account Manager

Synergy Staffing Group

Stephanie Lewis 

MPP/JD

Missing current information

Ben Luedtke

Economic & Public Policy Analyst

Salt Lake City Corporation 

Trent Matheson Missing current information
Marjean Nielsen

Co-Director 

Mountains Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center

Jim Van Pelt

Missing current information

Kayla Whidden 

Missing current information

 

Michelle Beebe 

Deputy Administrator, Office of Unemployment Insurance

U.S Department of Labor

Matthew Burmeister

Professor of Military Science

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Christopher Collard

Research Analyst 

Utah Foundation

Benjamin Hoyle

Missing current information

Eric Johnson 

MPP/MPH

Decision Support Director

Health Management Associates

Ashlee Kalina 

Research Analyst

Nevada State Legislature

Torrey Lyons 

Research Scientist

Idaho National Laboratory 

Kevin Mitchell 

Asian Association of Utah

Elisa Montgomery

Missing current information

Gavin Noyes 

Arts, Advocacy and Healing Program Coordinator

INDIGENEOUS LED

Vivek Prinja

Development Associate

Elder Care Alliance

Clayson Quigley 

Strategic Relations and Initiatives Manager

Administrative Office of the Courts, Utah State Courts

Randy Rodriguez

Senior Director, Sales Operations

AMN Healthcare

Christopher Sallay

Director of Youth & Education Privacy

Future of Privacy Forum

Tucker Samuelsen

Director of Judicial Data and Research

Utah State Court

Emily Strong

Grant Specialist

The Nature Conservancy

Miguel Trujillo

Missing current information

 

 

Anna Bergevin 

Senior Data Product Manager

ResMed

Jacqueline Carlton 

Associate General Consel

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

Matthew Conway

MPP/MPH

Missing current information

Aaron Coombs

Teacher

The Church of Jesus Chrsit of Latter-day Saints: Seminaries and Institutes of Religion

Rylee Stowell Curtis

Director, Community Engagement

University of Utah Health

Nicholas Dunn

Missing current information

Florian Hernandez

Executive Director

Philippines Humanitarian

Andrew Hill

Program Integrity Manager

Utah Office of Inspector General

Dylan Kaminske

Job Coach Trainer II

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Clare Tobin Lence 

MPP/MPH

Performance Initiatives Manager

Utah State Legislature

Jason Scott 

MPP/MPH

Senior TA Consultant

American Institutes for Research

William Seth Teague

Program Manager

Salt Lake County

 

 

Kendra Babitz

Missing current information

Brianna Binnebose

Missing current information

Ryan Carrier

Research Consultant III

Utah Department of Human Services

Stephen Chatwin

Data Manager

Intermountain Healthcare

Sarah Clancy

MPP/JD

Attorney

Fabian Vancott

Courtney Lane Crisler

Business Process Analyst

University of Utah

Joseph Brennen Gee

Writer- Head of Story

Bucket List Studios

Jaron Halford 

MPP/MPH

Director, Clinical Operatoins & Performance

University of Utah

Jamie Hinsz

Missing current information

Audrey Kiser

Senior Data Engineer

Health Catalyst

Alzina Koric

Researcher, Family & Preventive Medicine

University of Utah

Emily Mader  

Program Manager

Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, Cornell University Department of Entomology

Alexis Miller

Missing current information

Barbara Munoz

Missing current information

Michael Parker

Executive Director & Lead Facilitator

Utah Impact Partnership

Melodi Pilkington

Missing current information

Sam Sutton 

MPP/JD

Deputy District Attorney

Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office

Nick Thiriot 

Communications Director

The Kem C. Garnder Policy Institute

Sarah Wald Missing current information
Brady Wheeler

Deposit Compliance Officer

KeyBank

 

 

Bradley Belnap Missing current information
David Benway Missing current information
Christopher Cambron

Associate Professor

College of Social Work, University of Utah

Titus Chan

Associate Professor

University of Utah

Hillary Galvin Missing current information

Anna Gardiner

MPP/MPH

Medical Writer

Vaniam Group

Mary McIlvenna

Research Consultant

Utah State Office of Education

Justin Meyer Missing current information
Chad Midgley

Senior Business Analyst

State of Utah

Alex Ware

Utility Analyst

State of Utah

 

 

Gabriella Archuleta

MPP/JD

Public Policy Director

YMCA Utah

Bryan Baron

MPP/JD

Deputy Civil Attorney

Weber County Attorney's Office

Daisy Bennet

Associate General Counsel and Data Protection Officer

Instructure 

Richard Henriksen

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine

University of Utah

Kara Hetrick

Program Manager

Utah Comission for Criminal and Juvenile Justice

William Mackay

Research Consultant

Utah State Board of Education

Heather Marshall

Data Analytics & Research Manager

Utah Administrative Office of the Courts

Holly Martak

Missing current information

Andre Melo

Managing Director

African University Finance Consortium Company ltd & GECD

Arik Parker 

Senior Front End Software Engineer

R1 RCM

Nune Phillips

Senior Policy Advisor

Utah Department of Health and Human Services

Corey Rushton

Senior Policy Advisor

Salt Lake City Corporation

David Sawyer

Division Chief

Air Force Reserve Command 

Randal Serr

Community Outreach Manager

University of  Utah Health Plans

Nathaniel Talley

Deputy Director & Chief Economist

Governor's Office of Planning and Budget

Marcie West Missing current information

Tyler White

MPP/JD

Attorney

Jackson White, PC

James White

Missing current information

Rachel Wyatt

MPP/MPH

Senior Business Analyst

Utah State Hospital

 

 

Brad Bartholomew

Program Manager

IEM

Benjamin Beutler

Missing current information

Mathew Mckey Missing current information
Scott McLeof

Founder and Director

Caralyst Consulting SLC

Beckie Reynosa Missing current information

 

 

Andrew Cannon

Associate Director, Marketing

Crystal Farms Diary Company

Bryan Flanders

Missing current information

Robert Stevens

Vice President, Sr. Compliance Manager

Merrick Bank

Barry Stratford

MPP/JD

Litigation Attorney

Perkins Coie LLP

David Stringfellow

Deputy State Auditor

State of Utah

Shawn Teigen

President

Utah Foundation

 

 

Carrie Beckman Missing current information
Alicia Brown

Senior Business Analyst

REI Systems

Mark Brown

Criminal Defense Lawyer

M Brown Criminal Defense PLLC

Holly Lopez

Project and Policy Manager

Salt Lake City Corporation

Katie McCarthy 

Associate Budget Director 

American Museum of Natural History

 

Last Updated: 6/26/24