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
Clinical Associate Professor of Management and Corporate Communication, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Expertise: Business communication (including cross-cultural, sustainability, diversity, leadership, gender)
Associate Professor of Public Administration and Government
Expertise: Human resource management; organizational theory; public management
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
Associate Professor of Public Law and Government and Director, Center for Public Technology
Expertise: Information technology, social media (government use), survey methodology, technology
Guest Faculty
Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Business, Northern Kentucky University
Expertise: Life/work balance, stress management, leadership
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