On July 14, hundreds of alumni, students, and their families gathered in Washington DC, Detroit, Raleigh, Ann Arbor, and online to celebrate the Ford School’s shared community and enjoy trivia and conversation.
Grace Evans (MPP ‘16),...
Ford School graduates help shape the policy decisions that affect their neighborhoods, their countries, and people around the globe. Launched in 1997, the Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award recognizes a select few for their outstanding...
Greetings Ford School alumni,
The Ford School Alumni Board gathered for a hybrid board meeting on April 8, with half of its members joining virtually and the rest joining in-person at Weill Hall. The meeting coincided with Spring Preview, the...
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to serve on the Alumni Board by their peers. The newly elected members are all engaged alumni, bringing experience from numerous fields, including environmental work, philanthropy, consulting, government, and...
Greetings Ford School alumni,
The Ford School Alumni Board met in September in a hybrid format for our fall meeting. Several alumni gathered on the third floor of Weill Hall alongside Ford School staff, while the rest of the board joined via...
Greetings Ford School alumni,
The Alumni Board held its spring meeting on April 9, via Zoom. This was our third virtual meeting of the pandemic and while we have all missed coming to Ann Arbor for our meetings and the opportunities to interact...
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to the Alumni Board by their peers. Their term starts January 1, 2021, and runs through December 31, 2023. The elected members all are very engaged members of the alumni community, and they bring experience...
Dear fellow Ford School alumni,
The winter 2020 semester is nearing the midway point, with Spring Break and the Alumni Board Spring meeting approaching in the next few weeks. (It is hard to imagine “Spring anything” with snow on the ground!)...
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to the Alumni Board by their peers. The term starts January 1, 2020 and runs through December 31, 2022. The newly-elected members are:
Grace Evans (MPP ‘16)
Richard King Mellon Foundation, Program...
The Ford School recently announced a new way for alumni and others to give back: the Ford School Fund for Student Support. As we aim for more alumni donors over the next year—with gifts of any size—State & Hill caught up with Naomi Goldberg (MPP...
The Ford School Alumni Board is pleased to announce Paul Weech (MPP ‘81) as the recipient of the 2019 Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award.
Weech currently serves as senior principal at Affordable Housing Institute and principal at...
Greetings Ford School alumni,
Summer has FINALLY arrived in Ann Arbor! It has been a busy time at Weill Hall--the semester came to an end, the Ford School celebrated commencement, and the Alumni Board held its annual Spring meeting.
As your...
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to the Alumni Board by their peers. The term starts January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021. The newly-elected members are:Sam Geller (MPP '17)City of Detroit, Project Manager and Analytics...
Demar Lewis (MPP ’16), a member of the Ford School’s Alumni Board, was named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar (HPRS). This prestigious program supports second-year doctoral students across disciplines who have an...
Ford School alumni have elected six representatives to serve on the Alumni Board. The board members, who will serve from January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2020, are:
Menna Demessie (PhD ’10), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation...
This fall, Ford School alumni elected six representatives to serve on the Alumni Board. The elected board members, who will serve from January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2019, are:
Amber Arellano (MPP '04), Founder & Executive Director, The...
This spring, State & Hill magazine focuses on the vitally important theme of rising inequality.Feature stories highlight the work of six Ford School faculty members who are combating inequality in a number of arenas:Susan Dynarski’s quest to remove...
Greetings, alumni and friends:We’re grateful that we benefit every day from having the most engaged alumni body at the University of Michigan.What do we mean by “engaged”?Ongoing career connections, for a start. I wager that a significant percentage...
Ford School alumni elected six of their peers to serve on the Alumni Board and the newly elected members began their term on January 1. Those elected to serve from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017 are: Taurean Brown (MPP/JD ’11)Judge...
Ford School Alumni Board vice-chair, Peter Fritz, MPP/MBA '10, is organizing the 2014 Alumni Board elections. Alumni can vie for one of six open board seats by submitting a self-nomination. The Alumni Board supports the activities of the Ford...
This past fall, Ford School alumni elected six of their peers to serve on the Alumni Board. Those elected to serve from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016 are Peter Fritz (MPP/MBA '10), Keith Fudge (MPP '09), Tres Fuller (BA '10), Catherine...
Six new members have been elected to the Ford School's Alumni Board. The Alumni Board strives to help increase the visibility of the Ford School; strengthen the alumni network; and assist the school with student recruitment, career services, and...
The latest edition of the Ford School feed, an email news source for alumni and friends of the school, arrived in inboxes today.In this issue readers will hear from Alumni Board Chair Norm Bishara, watch an Out of the Blue episode featuring students...
Kathryn Dominguez and Norman Bishara, an assistant professor in the business school and MPP alum, spoke to the Michigan Daily about the affect of the recent world economic crisis on the content of the courses they teach.Dominguez currently teaches...
The Alumni Board is a service board and the members provide assistance in the areas of alumni engagement, fundraising, student professional development, and student recruitment.
Graduate Candidates
William Dorotinsky, MPP ‘86
Washington, DC
World Bank, Government Lead
I bring extensive, high-level experience in U.S. domestic policy and international development. Work experience includes: U.S. Office of Management and...
Graduate Candidates
Yahya Bajwa, MPP ‘18
Islamabad, Pakistan
The World Bank, Policy and Data Analyst Consultant
My focus will be on international students. I can guide them about opportunities and how to navigate them. More importantly I can...
