Center for Integrative Leadership
Vanessa Laird, Executive Director
Graduate Faculty, Humphrey School
Affiliate Faculty, University of Minnesota Law School
612-626-1079
laird005@umn.edu
146 Humphrey School
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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
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Myles Shaver, Academic Co-director
Pond Family Chair in the Teaching and Advancement of Free Enterprise Principles, Carlson School of Management
612-625-1824
mshaver@umn.edu
3-428 CarlSMgmt
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Samantha Silker, Program Manager
612-625-5209
sbsilker@umn.edu
140 Humphrey School
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Ben Gronowski, Research Associate
grono005@umn.edu
Ben Gronowski is a recent graduate from the Master of Human Rights program and holds a minor in program evaluation. Prior to joining CIL, Ben worked as a Researcher with a human rights NGO, an Investigator with the U.S. Department of Labor, and a Peace Corps Volunteer. Ben is passionate about addressing complex problems through collaboration, and using research and evaluation to improve programs and policies. Outside the office, Ben can be found biking, hiking, and reading in hammocks.
Rowan Hilty, Graduate Research Assistant
Rowan Hilty will be starting her MPP degree at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs in fall 2019. She currently serves as 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 Macalaster College and worked while at Macalester as a Preceptor for Research Methods, Writing Tutor and Lab Manager.
School Partners and Liaisons
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
612-625-0608
bloom004@umn.edu
300 Humphrey School
Office of the Dean
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Academic Co-director
Associate Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
612-625-2025
ksquick@umn.edu
235 Humphrey School
Leadership and Management Area
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Carlson School of Management
Sri Zaheer
Dean, Elmer L. Andersen Chair in Global Corporate Social Responsibility
szaheer@umn.edu
4-300G CarlSMgmt
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Myles Shaver
Academic Co-director
612-625-1824
mshaver@umn.edu
3-428 CarlSMgmt
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College of Education and Human Development
Dean, College of Education and Human Development
612-626-9252
jquam@umn.edu
104 Burton Hall
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Faculty Liaison
Professor; Coordinator of Graduate Program in Evaluation Studies; Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
612-624-1062
johns006@umn.edu
233 Burton Hall
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School of Public Health
Professor & Dean, School of Public Health
612-625-1179
sphdean@umn.edu
SPH Dean’s Office, Mayo Building, MMC 197
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Faculty Liaison
Professor of Healthcare Management, Health Policy & Management
612-624-9319
begun001@umn.edu
Division of Health Policy & Management
MayoMMC 510
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Law School
Faculty Liaison
Associate Professor and John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law & Business; Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
vaal0001@umn.edu
612-625-4951
3-424 CarlSMgmt
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Additional Partners and Advisors
Director, Office of Student Affairs
Dr. June Nobbe serves as Director of the Office for Leadership Education & Development– Undergraduate Programs. She provides oversight for curricular leadership programs, co-curricular leadership programs, and student-community relations. She served as the Student Affairs representative, along with faculty representatives from the College of Education & Human Development and the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs to create the 17-credit interdisciplinary Undergraduate Leadership Minor. June has provided administrative leadership for the Leadership Minor since 2001. She has worked at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities for over 25 years in several capacities in the Division of Student Affairs.
Professor and the Robert H. Beck Chair, College of Education and Human Development
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