faculty and staff
Faculty
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Name:
Gordon Whitaker |
| Title:
Professor of Public Administration and Government |
| Phone:
919.962.0427 |
| E-mail: whitaker@sog.unc.edu |
| Areas
of Interest: Public administration; civic education;
citizen participation and civic involvement; nonprofit
organizations and government; cross-sector community collaboration; public leadership |
Gordon Whitaker joined the Institute of Government in 1997, but has worked with IOG faculty since coming to UNC-Chapel Hill as a political science professor in 1973. He teaches courses in the MPA Program in organization theory and in public management and leadership. Whitaker has served on the Executive Council of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and as chair of NASPAA's Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation. In 1997 he helped organize North Carolina's Consortium for Civic Education and received the International City/County Management Association's Award for Local Government Education. In 2005 he received the Ned Brooks Award for Public Service, presented by the Carolina Center for Public Service. In addition to teaching and consulting, Whitaker directs the Public Intersection Project to improve working relationships between governments and their community partners: businesses, nonprofit organizations, philanthropies, and faith communities. Whitaker earned an AB from Cornell College and an MA and PhD from Indiana University.
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Name:
Lydian Altman-Sauer |
| Title: Associate Director, Public Intersection Project |
| Phone: 910.592.4408 |
| E-mail: lydian@sog.unc.edu |
| Area
of Interest: Cross-sector working relationships |
Lydian Altman-Sauer joined the School of Government in 1999. Her prior work has been with public sector organizations, including several years as a director or board member of a nonprofit rape crisis and domestic violence agency, community college administrator, staff to a chamber of commerce, and in local government administration. In her current work with the Public Intersection Project, she promotes and fosters better cross-sector working relationships for more effective public problem-solving. Altman-Sauer also facilitates strategic planning with boards and employee groups. Many of her project-generated articles have been published in Popular Government, ICMA’s IQ Report and PM Magazine, the American Review of Public Administration and PA Times. Altman-Sauer holds a BS in industrial relations and an MPA from UNC-Chapel Hill.
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Name:
Margaret Henderson |
| Title: Associate Director, Public Intersection Project |
| Phone: 919.966.3455 |
| E-mail: margaret@sog.unc.edu |
| Area
of Interest: Cross-sector working relationships |
Margaret Henderson joined the School of Government in 1999. In her role with the Public Intersection Project, she researches and communicates strategies that strengthen cross-sector working relationships for more effective public problem-solving. In facilitation work, she specializes in the
practical implications of managing cross-organizational collaborations, community programs, and nonprofit organizations. Henderson’s 20 years of
experience in human services includes work in state and local governments as well as nonprofits. Previously she was executive director of the Orange
County Rape Crisis Center. Her current responsibilities include teaching in the School’s MPA Program, and she has co-authored articles that were published in Popular Government, ICMA's IQ Report and PM Magazine, American Review of Public Administration, PA Times, and the FBI Law Enforcement Journal. Henderson holds a BBA in business administration from Angelo State University and an MPA from UNC-Chapel Hill.
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