Melissa Middleton Stone, PNLC Director, Gross Family Professor of Nonprofit Management and Associate Professor
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/people/mstone/

Stone’s teaching and research focus on governance of nonprofit organizations and cross-sector partnerships as policy implementation tools. Stone coauthored (with Francie Ostrower) Governance: Research Trends, Gaps, and Future Prospects” in the 2nd edition of The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook (Yale University Press, 2006). Stone sits on the editorial board of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and the advisory board of Nonprofit Management and Leadership. In 2008, she received a University Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education.

John Bryson, McKnight Presidential Professor of Planning and Public Affairs and Associate Dean for Research http://www.hhh.umn.edu/people/jmbryson/

Bryson studies leadership, strategic management, and the design of organizational and community change processes. He has published a dozen books and more than 90 scholarly articles and book chapters. He has received a number of scholarly awards for his work and is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Barbara Crosby, Associate Professor
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/people/bcrosby/

Crosby teaches seminars and workshops on leadership and public policy, leadership assessment, women in leadership, and organizational leadership. She is the author of Leadership for Global Citizenship and co-author (with John Bryson) of Leadership for the Common Good.

Gary DeCramer, Senior Lecturer
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/people/gdecramer/

DeCramer’s work focuses on political leadership, governance, rural development, and reflective and ethical practice in public affairs.

Kiedrowski brings more than 30 years of experience from the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. His work focuses on public finance, organizational development, performance management, and leadership.

Sandfort’s work focuses on improving the implementation of social policies, particularly those supporting low-income children and families. As a result, she studies the networks of public, private, and philanthropic organizations that develop and deliver social programs. Her current research and practice include examinations of nonprofit organizational finances, strategic philanthropic investment, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness within human service organizations.

Soss is a leading scholar of politics, inequality, and social policy in the United States. His research and teaching focus on the politics of policy organization and governance, particularly as they relate to socially marginal groups. Soss studies how policy designs and implementation processes shape democratic citizenship and function as key sites for the politics of race, class, and gender.

Zhao’s research focuses on public budgeting and finance, in particular how local governments and nonprofit agencies manage to generate sufficient revenue under constraints, how the financial structure of these organizations affects their management and performance, and how they interact—vertically or horizontally—in budgetary and service decision making.

Kimberly J. Borton, Associate Director

Mary Maronde, Executive Office and Administrative Specialist

Karen McCauley, Associate Administrator

Emily Saunoi-Sandgren, Research Fellow

Linda Alter
Annie Anderson
Bjorn Arneson
Kelly Baker
Eric Balcerzak
Erika Byrd
Ipyana Critton
Kirti Vardhan Das
Susan Earle
Ryan Johnson
Kerstin Larson
Ann Lindstrom
Jan Lysen
Taina Maki
Katrina Mitchell
Stephanie Peterson