The academic and staff leadership of the Evans School advance our mission to improve public policy and public leadership. Through their strategic vision and prioritization is critical to moving the school forward, allowing us to serve more students and deliver greater scholarship for the future of public service leadership.
Staff Leadership
Academic Leadership
Erica Barnhart
Grant Blume
Mary Kay Gugerty
Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning;
Nancy Bell Evans Professor in Nonprofit Management
Nancy Bell Evans Professor in Nonprofit Management
PAR 240-H
(206) 221-4599
Stephen B. Page
David Suárez
Associate Dean for Research;
Colleen Willoughby Endowed Professor in Philanthropy & Civil Society
Colleen Willoughby Endowed Professor in Philanthropy & Civil Society
PAR 340K
(206) 221-1058
Dean's Council
The Dean’s Council helps advance the mission and vision, and aligns with Evans School purpose, by serving as trusted advisors to the Dean.
Jared Axelrod (MPA ’13)
Puget Sound Public Policy & Community Engagement at Amazon
Dilyara Begalykyzy
MPA Candidate
Stephan Blanford (MPA ’05)
Executive Director Children's Alliance
Bobbe Bridge
Founding President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Children & Youth Justice, Washington State Supreme Court (retired)
Suzanne Dale Estey (MPA ’01)
Principal at Dale Estey Partnerships, Strategy & Results
Ed Lazar
Executive Director, Milburn Services LLC
Shreyaa Lakshmi Narayanan
MPA Candidate
Lorraine Patterson-Harris
King County Administrative Officer
Alison Poulsen
Executive Director at Better Health Together
Christine Rolfes (MPA ’91)
Kitsap County Commissioner
David Sheppard
Regional Inspector General, US Department of Commerce
Vandana Slatter (MPA ’05)
Washington State Representative
Tracie Stevens-Charles (EMPA ’22)
Tribal Governance and Management Consultant, Coast Salish Consulting, LLC.
Alex Ybarra
Washington State Representative