YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NETWORK
The moment you graduate from the Evans School, you become life-long members of our community of professionals who share a deep passion for the public good. Bringing passion, innovation, and rigor to all you do, you and 4,000+ fellow alumni have strengthened communities world-wide. Explore this page to continue your engagement with the Evans School, your cohort, and your Evans alumni network.
Alumni News
Your work inspires us – our faculty, students and staff have great pride in Evans alumni. We’d like to learn more about you and your tremendous contributions to the public good, so we can share your story as we connect, learn and reflect.
Resources for Job Seekers
Check out all the guides and tools compiled by the Career Development team on job search and professional development topics ranging from networking to negotiating.
Evans School alumni have lifetime access to EvansJobs online system for viewing job openings relevant to the MPA degree and engaging in career development events. Log in here to search for open positions. If you don’t remember your username or have trouble accessing your account, email evansjob@uw.edu for assistance from the Career Development team.
Connect with other Evans School alumni on LinkedIn to see and share open positions at their organizations in the Evans School Alumni Connection LinkedIn Group.
The Evans School Career Development team is pleased to offer individual career counseling appointments with recent graduates for up to 12 months following your Evans School graduation. Appointments may be scheduled in EvansJobs.
For alumni farther beyond their Evans School graduation, we understand that you may be interested in additional career coaching or job searching assistance as you advance in your professional development. See a list below of additional Seattle-area career resources*.
- Seattle Counselors Association maintains a directory of trained counselors in the area who can assist with career development.
- Waldron helps organizations attract, engage, and inspire effective leaders by offering executive search, executive coaching, and career transition
- com is a current list of Seattle recruiters and employment agencies.
- Erin Ewart Consulting runs Job Search Groups and hosts social sector networking events on a regular basis
- Career Horizons, based in Bellevue, WA, offers services including career coaching, job search workshops, and outplacement services.
- Staffing Agencies working with MPA employers: Volt Workforce Solutions, Elwood Staffing, HB Staffing
- Evans School alumni with career coaching businesses: Peg Cheng, Melissa Amrhein, Kyle Elliot
*Though we periodically update this list as we learn of new career coaching resources relevant to Evans School alumni, this is not a comprehensive listing, nor are we are unable to endorse or offer direct recommendations for any of these services.
Our alumni community has an open invitation to join us for any career development events. Keep up with what we are hosting through the Evans Event Calendar, as well as other professional development events in the EvansJobs Event Calendar.
Tom Uniack, MPA ‘02 – Distinguished Alumni Award
Tom is the Executive Director of Washington Wild, a statewide organization that works to permanently preserve and protect wild lands and rivers across our state. Tom has led numerous campaigns that have resulted in permanent protection for wilderness areas and wild and scenic rivers in Washington.
Erin Hatheway, MPA ’13 – Young Alumni Award
Erin is the Deputy Director of A Way Home Washington, an innovative public-private partnership to end youth and young adult homelessness in Washington State. Using data-informed and equity-driven practices – with a special focus on eliminating the disproportionate experience of homelessness among youth of color and those who identify as LGBTQ – A Way Home Washington has an ambitious plan for Washington to be the first state in the country to not just manage youth homelessness, but to prevent and to end it, once and for all.
Anthony Shoecraft, MPA ’09 – Young Alumni Award
Anthony serves as the City of Seattle as Special Advisor to the Mayor on Black Male Achievement. In his professional role and as a community leader, he has led critical efforts to establish and implement systems to offer better and more inclusive support to young black men to improve life outcomes and help them reach their full potential.
Please note: the biographies below were last updated in October 2019
Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
2019 – Tom Uniack, MPA ’02
2017 – The Honorable Christine Rolfes, MPA ‘91
2016 – Bob Flowers, MPA ‘68
2015 – The Honorable Sally Clark, MPA ‘04
2014 – Dr. Constance Rice, MPA ’70
2013 – The Honorable Scott White, MPA ’01, awarded posthumously
2012 – Richard Zais, MPA ’73
2011 – Rear Admiral William Center, MPA ’78
2010 – General Peter W. Chiarelli, MPA ’80
2008 – Maureen Rhea, MPA ’99
2006 – Harry Pryde, MPA ’57
1996 – Chuck Collins, MPA ’70
1994 – Virginia Anderson, MPA ’75
1992 – Randall Hardy, MPA ’72
1991 – The Honorable Norman Rice, MPA ’74
Young Alumni Award Recipients
2019 – Anthony Shoecraft, MPA ’09
2019 – Erin Hatheway, MPA ’13
2017 – Adam Lincoln, MPA ‘10
2016 – Bethanne Barnes, MPA ‘09
2015 – Sarah Reyneveld, MPA ‘08
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Connect with students at a variety of different events, including career fairs, orientation, alumni panels, or through networking events. Email evansalum@uw.edu or call 206.543.3958 for more information.
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