Old Dominion University

Doctoral Candidate/Scholar, Public Administration and Urban Policy

College of Business and Public Administration

Thesis Title: Relational Exchange in Nonprofits: The Role of Identity Saliency and Relationship Satisfaction in Donor Behavior

About

Arts Enthusiast, Doctoral Candidate, Mother, Military Spouse, Girl Scout Troop Leader, Nonprofit Guru, and Recovering Development Officer

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After several years working as a facilitator and consultant in nonprofit administration and fundraising, she returned to graduate school to pursue a terminal degree in public and nonprofit management.  Sought after as a vibrant manager of change in organizations, she has specialized in facilitating organizational restructuring, guiding strategic planning, board and staff development, fundraising, cultural tourism, community arts development, and technology planning. Her clients included local arts agencies, visual and performing arts organizations, social service agencies, chambers of commerce, professional associations, private education, and museums.

She has served as a presenter and panelist for the Association for Research for Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Public Administration Theory Network (PATNet), International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM), Southeast Conference on Public Administration (SeCOPA), Texas Nonprofit Theatres Alliance (TNT), Small Business Development Center (SBA), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Idaho Commission on the Arts (ICA). 

Currently, a Doctoral Candidate in Public Administration and Urban Policy at Old Dominion University in Virginia, she earned an M. A. in Public Policy and Administration, Arts, from The Ohio State University and a B.A. in Art History from the University of South Carolina and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), ARNOVA, PATNet, and ASPA.

Her primary research interests include Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Philanthropy, Accountability, Governance, and Public Service Ethics and Values.

She, her husband, Asa, and their three children, Amelia, Wyatt, and Stella, reside in Norfolk, Virginia where they enjoy sailing, renovating their mid-century modern home, and going to airshows.

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