SPA Success Stories

Success Stories

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  Maximizing Opportunities for Social Change

  Jonelle Williams, a NOBLE Scholarship recipient, has seen the dark side of human struggle and is intent on making the world a brighter place. Born in Sierra Leone, Williams and his family fled their native country to escape civil war.
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  President of APCO Worldwide Gives $100,000 gift for SPA Scholarship

  Margery Kraus, SPA/BA '67, SPA/MPA '71, president and CEO of APCO Worldwide and a member of the Board of Trustees, established the Margery Kraus Public Affairs and Advocacy Endowed Scholarship Fund.
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  Heading Back to Kindergarten to Teach for America

  Lydia Albanesius, SPA/BA ’07, a recipient of the Lura Bradfield Foundation Scholarship, thought she wanted to go to law school. Then she realized she didn't want to be a lawyer - she just wanted to do social justice work.
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  FedEx Exec Promotes Shipping
  Industry in Capital

  Gina Adams BA/SPA '80 represents FedEx in Washington, DC. She is currently the company's top lobbyist working with the executive branch, members of Congress, policymakers, and industry associations on issues that affect the shipping industry.
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  Alumna Appointed D.C.’s First
  Education Ombudsman

  Washington, D.C., mayor Adrian Fenty pledged to improve the city’s schools. And he found a key person to help him do it: Tonya Vidal Kinlow, SPA/MPA ’05.
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  Meet the Assistant Chief, Professional
  Development Bureau, Metro Police Dept

  With more than two decades of policing behind him, the justice grad and SPA adjunct professor makes guarding the nation’s capital sound like just another day at the office.