PELA Faculty
PELA uses a range of interactive and reflective learning experiences, including simulations, case studies, small learning teams, and participant-led discussions. Speakers from universities and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), as well as expert consultants, will lead discussions and share their experiences and insights. Participants will also learn from another valuable resource—each other.
UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty
Senior Manager of Leadership Curriculum Development
Expertise: Strategic planning, community visioning, team building and board development, collaborative relationships, regional cooperation, public sector coaching
Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Expertise: Urban economics, demographics, diversity, entrepreneurship, poverty issues, small business, welfare reform, outsourcing
Associate Professor of Public Administration and Government
Expertise: Community and Economic Development, Economic Development, Regional Clusters
Associate Professor of Public Administration and Government
Expertise: Public administration; community and regional collaboration; citizen participation; public leadership
Associate Professor of Public Law and Government
Expertise: Community development, affordable housing, economic development
Associate Professor of Public Administration and Government
Expertise: Local government form and structure, local government management, public administration, local government innovation
Professor of Public Administration and Government and Director, Public Executive Leadership Academy
Expertise: Intergovernmental relations, leadership education and training for public officials, local government management and innovation, public administration, regionalism, strategic planning
Associate Professor of Public Administration and Government
Expertise: Inter-agency and public policy dispute resolution, citizen participation, group collaboration and facilitation
Guest Speakers
Professor Emeritus, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas
Expertise: High-performance government, contemporary trends in local government, city management, manager-elected official relationships
Fellow, Joseph P. Riley Jr. Center for Livable Communities, College of Charleston; and Former Executive Director, International City/County Management Association
Expertise: Leadership development, council-manager government, leadership, innovation
Vice President of Innovation and Engagement, North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
Expertise: Innovation management and culture, human-centered design, social and public innovation, innovation and venture labs and accelerators, innovation and entrepreneurship policy
President, Communications Counsel Inc.
Expertise: News media, crisis communications, media law