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Alumni Spotlight: Alvin Irby (MPA-PNP 2015)… and Wagner alumnus, Alvin’s work focuses on narrative change, child-centered design, and expanding how communities … and accessible. Your background includes nonprofit leadership, comedy, and children’s writing. How do these … each other? My professional journey across nonprofit leadership, stand-up comedy, public speaking, and children’s …
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Alumni Spotlight: Errol Pierre (MPA-HPAM 2013)… of Wagner’s Health Policy MPA program, he has held senior leadership roles across major health plans, including Empire … Growth Officer at Healthfirst. In addition to his industry leadership, Errol is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU … at Empire BlueCross BlueShield with the goal of helping change the system from within. Muhammad Ali said it best: …
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Projects - ICIS… have also engaged in research impacts of global climate change on public infrastructure. Contact: Rae Zimmerman, … for the development of a transit evacuation vulnerability index that could help planners and agencies identify … analyses; decision tools; and a youth participation and leadership program. Final reports at: …
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Student Spotlight: Santana Kavanaugh (MPA-PNP 2025)… them with community-led, restorative solutions. In her leadership, she champions a philosophy of "bottom-up" change, drawing on her experience with The Fair Justice … & Outreach Chair. What motivated you to step into this leadership role, and what initiatives are you most excited …
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Topics in Urban Studies: Girl on Fire: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders… 17,000 people through unthinkable emergencies and systemic change. Her path from a shy small-town kid to leading one of … institutions in the largest city in the country shows that leadership isn’t innate, it’s built. In this class, she … students will leave with a clearer sense of their own leadership voice and the tools to be a leader no matter who …Faculty Profile
Chong-Lim Lee… complex issues of poverty, social injustice, and climate change. Chong-Lim helps establish and grow in-country … and civil society toward shared goals through its bridging leadership approach. Chong-Lim is a co-editor, with Mark Gerzon and Shirley Pendlebury, on Bridging Leadership Voices: Building trust for collective action , a …
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WSA Executive Board… at Enseña Perú in the Amazonas region, leading school leadership and literacy initiatives across 75 public schools …
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Patricia Satterstrom… Associate at HBS. She has also worked as an Organizational Change consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. This semester Satterstrom is teaching: Management and Leadership in the Fall and Spring on Thursdays at 3:00pm (in …
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Susan Misra… on a range of topics such as strengthening senior leadership and fundraising of grassroots organizations, … organizations and networks on complex strategic planning, leadership development (including executive coaching, shared … development), organizational restructuring and culture change, and financial sustainability. She particularly …
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Public Policy Minor… current social challenges. UPADM-GP 103 , Management and Leadership UPADM-GP 226 , Leadership: Women and Public Policy UPADM-GP 268 , Race, … Financial Citizenship in the U.S. UPADM-GP 269 , How to Change the World: Advocacy Movements and Social Innovation …
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Sonia M. Ospina… of democratic governance have produced research on social change leadership, social innovation, and public accountability, … publications, her latest books are Advancing Relational Leadership Research: A Conversation Across Perspectives …
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Social Innovation and Democratic Leadership: Communities Making Social Change from Below… Combining theories of social innovation and collective leadership, this book analyzes how disadvantaged communities … and democratically satisfied, and to foster social change initiatives at the community level. Civic capacity and democratic leadership practices emerge as crucial factors to make social …
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Online MHA Program Curriculum… strategies promise. This entails developing knowledge and leadership and negotiation skills to analyze key issues in … organizational structure, power and politics, culture, and change. To develop your ability to communicate effectively, … analysis, creativity, and action. To develop your leadership skills, you will also participate in a brief …
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Course Highlights… 17,000 people through unthinkable emergencies and systemic change. Her path from a shy small-town kid to leading one of … institutions in the largest city in the country shows that leadership isn’t innate, it’s built. In this class, she … students will leave with a clearer sense of their own leadership voice and the tools to be a leader no matter who …
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Collective Leadership Network… NYU Wagner’s Collective Leadership Network (Co-Lead Net) is an international network … students interested in better understanding collective leadership and to helping it gain traction as a force for positive change. Professors Sonia M. Ospina and Erica Gabrielle …
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MUP - International Planning - Checksheet… NOTE: MUP students must take CORE-GP 1020 Management & Leadership in their second fall term and must register for … for—much less manage—this growth in the face of climate change, changing geopolitical dynamics and limited resources. …
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MUP - City and Community Planning - Checksheets… NOTE: MUP students must take CORE-GP 1020 Management & Leadership in their second fall term and must register for … - much less manage - this growth in the face of climate change, changing geopolitical dynamics and limited resources. …
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Program Components… GWSLP participants benefit from the following components: Leadership Institute in Ghana — At the beginning of the … participants meet in Ghana for a weeklong intensive leadership learning institute. Instructors from NYU collaborate with local faculty and leadership providers to provide instruction on critical …
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Echoing Green Fellowship Program Evaluation… 400 visionary nonprofit leaders with bold ideas for social change. With this support, Echoing Green Fellows have created … Green. The Capstone team developed three key indicatorsleadership capacity, organizational capacity, and idea …
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Leading Large Scale Change in Government … Large-scale change initiatives are efforts that require the collaboration … in organizational culture; strong personal commitment and leadership; and frequently the implementation of appropriate … to discuss in some depth the multiple managerial and leadership challenges of implementing large scale change. The …
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Christopher P. Boone, PhD, FACHE, FHIMSS… his impact. Chris's career is marked by significant leadership roles, including his tenure at AbbVie as Vice … in harnessing data for healthcare transformation. His leadership and innovative thinking have been widely … diverse healthcare sectors, including the Stewards of Change Institute, the Patient Advocate Foundation, and …
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Elective Courses… Environment, Climate Change, & Sustainability … MPA-PNP : Management & Leadership Specialization Core Courses … MPA-PNP : Management & Leadership Specialization Relationships Across Difference … MPA-PNP : Management & Leadership Specialization Organizational Performance Focus …
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Social Change Leadership Practices… Erica Gabrielle Foldy, Laurie Goldman and Sonia Ospina. The Leadership Task of Prompting Cognitive Shifts: Shaping … justice and deliberative democracy: How social change organizations respond to power in the deliberative … and the role of cognitive shifts in the work of leadership. The Leadership Quarterly 19, : 514-29. …
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NYU Wagner Alumni Recognized as 2025 Black Trailblazers… public service and advocacy continues to drive meaningful change. Jennifer Jones Austin (MS 1997), CEO and executive … and policy agenda. In recognition of her impactful leadership, Governor Kathy Hochul recently appointed her as a … men aged 16 to 24. Prior to this role, Stratford held leadership positions at FAN4Kids, A Second Chance Inc., and …