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Cristina Stanica is an Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, where she teaches public policy and administration courses. She holds a PhD in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware. As the incoming Chair of the Section on International and Comparative Public Administration, Dr. Stanica studies and researches comparative public administration topics. A 2019 David Gould Scholar Award recipient, her scholarship examines public governance, the digital transformation of bureaucracy, and public trust. She has published articles in leading journals such as the International Review of Administrative Sciences, the International Journal of Public Leadership, the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice. 

Jungwon Yeo, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Her research centers on enhancing human security and community resilience by examining collaboration among government agencies, nonprofit and private organizations, and civil society. She also explores the roles of behavior, accountability, risk, communication, ethics, leadership, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in shaping public service delivery during both crises and periods of normalcy.

Dr. Yeo serves as an associate editor for the Natural Hazards Review. She is a member of the Board of Management of the International Association of Schools and Institutions of Administration, and a Chair-Elect for the American Society for Public Administration’s Sections on International Comparative Administration (SICA). She also serves as a board member for ASPA’s Emergency and Crisis Management (SECM), and Korean Public Administration (SKPA).

Angela M. Paez is an Associate Professor and Graduate Programs Coordinator in the Department of Public Administration at Tennessee State University. Her scholarly work focuses on the intersection of law and public administration, with a specialized focus on water governance across rural Colombia and Latin America. Dr. Paez has published her research in academic journals such as the Latin American Research Review, Gestión y Política Pública, and Water. She is an editorial board member for the Public Administration Review PAR.  Angela actively contributes to the field of Public Administration as a Board Member for two ASPA sections: the Section on International and Comparative Administration (SICA) and the Section on Public Administration Research (SPAR). Angela holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Kansas, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. She also earned a master's in administrative law and a law degree from Universidad del Rosario in Colombia.

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Service and Healthcare Administration, Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University. I am also the Executive Director of the National Center for Public Performance (NCPP), a public service center dedicated to improving performance in the public and nonprofit organizations. My research and teaching interests include e-government, performance measurement, strategic planning, public communications, and comparative public administration. My research takes a global and comparative perspective to identify best practices in public management across the world. I was involved in e-government projects in Rwanda, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, South Africa, and India. My books include E-Government and Information Technology Management: Concepts and Best Practices; and E-Government and Websites: A Public Solutions Handbook. I previously chaired the ASPA Section on Public Performance and Management (SPPM). I received my Ph.D. from the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Rutgers University-Newark and MPA from Kansas State University.

Charlene M. L. Roach serves as a senior lecturer in public management at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, where she earned her undergraduate degree. She obtained her M.P.A. and Ph.D. in public administration from Arizona State University, USA. Her research and teaching interests are focused on public management, public human resource management, comparative administration and e-government.

Dr. Benjamin Dille has spent three decades as a Foreign Service Officer reaching the rank of Minister Counselor. He was recognized with the Secretary’s Award for Heroism, the Secretary of State’s Arnold Raphel Award, and received a Meritorious Presidential Rank Award. Dr. Dille has served in Venezuela, Mexico, China, Nicaragua, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Micronesia, Irak, Afghanistan, Sudan, Sierra Leone, and Belarus. He has also served in multiple international organizations such as the Bureau of African Affairs. Dr. Dille earned a B.A. in History and International Relations, cum laude, from Macalester College, an LL.M in European Legal Systems from Exeter University, and a PhD in international and comparative law from the London School of Economics. He has served in academic assignments at the Marine Corps War College and George Washington University. Dr. Dille is currently developing academic publications and is an instructor in the MPA program at APU and AMU.

Samanta Varela is Research Professor at the Seminar on Institutions, Civil Society, and Public Policy at El Colegio Mexiquense (CMQ). She holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE). During her postdoctoral stay at the Institute of Technology and Information at the University of Texas at Austin, she led the fieldwork for a digital citizen participation project for which she received a cash prize from IBM and the National Academy of Public Administration. Her work has contributed to the literature on crisis management, public policy communication, and technology. She currently serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board overseeing book publications at CMQ. She is the Secretary of the Public Administration Theory Network of the United States (PATNET). Before joining academia, Dr. Varela worked in public administration at federal and local levels.

Dr. Bok Gyo Jeong is an Associate Professor of Public Affairs at Kean University in the United States and a former Visiting Research Fellow at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) in Geneva, Switzerland. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Seoul National University and his Ph.D. in Public Administration and International Development from the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include comparative public administration, nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, international development, collaborative governance, and the relationships between international organizations and NGOs.

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Dr. Jeong currently serves as the U.S. Chapter Chair of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA). He is a former Executive Committee member of the Section on Korean Public Administration, Past President of the Section on Nonprofits, and a board member of the Section on African Public Administration. He also serves on the councils of both the New Jersey Chapter and the International Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). He is also a board member of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership.

Dr. Suparna Soni is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at SUNY Buffalo State University, where she also serves as the NASPAA Lead for the MPA program. She holds an MPA from Cornell University and a PhD in Political Science from the University at Buffalo. Her research focuses on digital governance, gender, and community development. Dr. Soni’s work bridges scholarship and practice, informed by her field experience with PRADAN in India and her ongoing collaborations with national and international organizations. She also serves on multiple editorial and professional boards.

Daniel Zorrilla Velazquez is a PhD candidate in Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware. He holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Bachelor of Laws from the Autonomous University of Hidalgo State in Mexico. His research focuses on organizational adaptation, particularly how nonprofit organizations respond to changes in policy regimes and governmental structures. He is a recipient of the David Gould Scholarship from ASPA’s Section on International and Comparative Administration. Prior to his doctoral studies, Daniel served as a full-time faculty member at the Autonomous University of Hidalgo State in Mexico and worked as a graduate intern in the office of U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro.

Namrta Sharma is an assistant clinical professor at the School of Public Policy, where she teaches courses on public policy, leadership, and research methods. She is also a senior fellow at the Institute for Public Leadership at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on the role of leadership in effective public management, and she has been published in Public Administration and Development and the Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration. Before joining the University of Maryland, Namrta Sharma held leadership positions in India's Department of Agriculture. 

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Namrta Sharma holds a master’s degree in physics and public policy and a Ph.D. in public affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Sombo Muzata is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Master of Public Administration program at James Madison University, USA. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research on Sub-Saharan Africa is at the intersection of government and business. Her government focused research explores fiscal accountability, public debt, public corruption and political participation, and the business research is focused on entrepreneurship. Some of her research includes a chapter "Public Debt Crisis: Status and Implications in the SADC Region" in the 2025 book “Public Finance Management in the Development Matrix of the Global South”, and a journal article “Motivations for Entrepreneurship: New Evidence from Tertiary-level Educated Sub-Saharan African Women” published in the Journal of African Business. Sombo also holds a Research Associate appointment with the University of Pretoria.