Center for Integrative Leadership

Samantha Silker, Program Director
612-625-5209
sbsilker@umn.edu
140 Humphrey School
On Campus Hours: Wednesday & Thursday 10:00 am - 3:30 pm (starting September 1, 2021)

Samantha Silker is responsible for Center operations and programming. She has broad experience at the University of Minnesota, including positions with the Carlson School's Medical Industry Leadership Institute and University Housing and Residential Life. Prior to joining the University, she managed and coordinated operations for nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Samantha earned her MBA with a focus in Organization Management from Carlson School of Management, and her BS in Communication Studies and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.  

Kathy Quick, Academic Co-Director
Associate Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
612-625-2025
ksquick@umn.edu
139 Humphrey School
Leadership and Management Area
See her bio here.

Myles Shaver, Academic Co-Director
Professor, Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Corporate Strategy, Carlson School of Management
612-625-1824
mshaver@umn.edu
3-428 CarlSMgmt
See his bio here.

Vanessa Laird, Senior Fellow
Graduate Faculty, Humphrey School
Affiliate Faculty, University of Minnesota Law School
612-626-1079
laird005@umn.edu
146 Humphrey School
See her bio here.

Amy Dorman, PhD Research Assistant
Amy Dorman is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Amy has led research projects for the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, the U.S. Human Rights Network, and Anoka County, where she continues to contribute to cross-sector violence prevention policy, practice, and evaluation. Amy is a researcher at the Minnesota Justice Research Center and is currently conducting program evaluation for a cross-sector housing initiative in partnership with the City of St. Paul.

Rowan Hilty, Research Assistant
Rowan Hilty joined CIL in fall 2019 and is a recent graduate of the Master of Public Policy degree program at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. In addition to serving as CIL's Research Assistant, Rowan works as Senior Research Analyst at Child Trends, where she has provided research assistance and research project management support since 2016. Rowan holds a BA, summa cum laude, in Psychology from Macalester College and worked while at Macalester as a Preceptor for Research Methods, Writing Tutor and Lab Manager.   

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