Faculty

Chyleen Richey, Ph.D.
Utah Board of Pardons and Parole Appointed Member

chyleena@gmail.com

Foundations of Public Administration, Administrative Theory

Abdul Baksh, Ph.D.
Retired Human Resource Executive, State of Utah

jmbaksh@q.com
801-969-9511

Public Administration, Human Resource Management

Nancy Basinger, Ph.D.
President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Utah

Nonprofit Governance, Fundraising and Resource Development, Partnerships, Nonprofit Finance and Budgeting, Research Design

Jerry Benson, Ph.D.
President/CEO, Utah Transit Authority

jbenson@rideuta.com
801-262-5626

Anne Burkholder, MA
Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of Salt Lake City

aburkholder@ywca.com
801-537-8608

Nonprofit Organizations, Strategic Planning & Ethics

Jill Carter, MPA
Principal HR Consultant of Jill E. Carter Consulting

jille.carter@comcast.net
801-455-3627

Human Resource Management, Compensation

Catherine Chambless, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Center for Public Policy & Administration, The University of Utah

cathy.chambless@utah.edu801-585-0371

Health Policy & Disability Studies

Mark Christensen, MPA
Saratoga Springs City Manager

markjchristensen@msn.com

Local Government Administration

Sophia DiCaro, MPA
Elected representative for Utah House of Representatives

sophiadicaro@gmail.com

Public Budget & Finance

Gary Edwards, MS
Executive Director, Salt Lake Valley Health Department

gedwards@slco.org
801-468-2700

Health Policy and Administration

Ken Embley
Research Associate, Center for Public Policy & Administration, The University of Utah

ken.embley@cppa.utah.edu
801-581-7261

Adaptive Leadership

Pam Gardiol, MA
President, Gardiol & Associates

pam@gardiol.com
801-920-3473

Organizational Change, Organizational Behavior and Theory

Jeff Herring, JD, MBA
Chief Human Resource Officer at The University of Utah

jeff.herring@utah.edu
801-538-3403

Human Resources Management

Rebecca Chavez-Houck, MPA
State Representative, Utah State Legislature

rchouck@comcast.net
801-891-9292

Volunteerism, Nonprofit Management & Boards, & Ethics

David Litvack, MS
Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Advisory Council Director

davidlitvack@hotmail.com

Nonprofit and Grassroots Advocacy

Jason Mathis, MPA
Executive Director, Downtown Alliance

Negotiation, Communication and Public Participation

Ed McConkie, JD
Bureau Chief, Bureau of Criminal Identification

mcconkieed@comcast.net
801-965-4571

Criminal Justice Policy & Juvenile Justice Policy

Scott Mietchen, MPA
President, Fund Raising Counsel

scott.mietchen@frcigroup.com
801-363-6515

Developing Revenue in Nonprofits

Steve Nelson, JD, Ph.D.
U.S. Attorney's Office

stephenlowenelson@gmail.com

Administrative Theory, Administrative and Constitutional Law, & Immigrant Policy and Law

David Patton, Ph.D.
CEO, Molina Healthcare 

Human Resources Management, Health Policy, Leadership and Organizational Theory

K. Martin Ricks, MPA
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

martin.ricks@rickspartners.com

Public Budgeting & Finance

Juliette Tennert, MS
Director of Economic and Public Policy Research at The University of Utah Policy Institute

Nate Talley, MPP
Budget & Policy Economist, Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget

Phil Dean, MS, MPA

Chief economist and public finance senior research fellow at the Gardner Institute