Samantha Silker
Program Director
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Kathy Quick
Academic Co-Director
Associate Professor and Chair of the Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management Area
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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Myles Shaver
Academic Co-Director
Professor, Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Corporate Strategy, Carlson School of Management
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Vanessa Laird
Senior Fellow
Graduate Faculty, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Affiliate Faculty, University of Minnesota Law School
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David Weerts
Director of Graduate Studies, Integrative Leadership Minor
Faculty Director, Academic Planning and Programs, Office for Public Engagement
Professor, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
Erin Bocock
Graduate Research Assistant
Erin is currently pursuing her Master of Social Work degree at the University of Minnesota. Prior to being in graduate school, Erin worked in interprofessional outreach for the adoption and foster care populations. She holds a BA from the University of St. Thomas in Financial Management. Erin's educational interests include adolescent mental health and cross-sector collaboration to address mental health.
Stephanie Shively
Graduate Research Assistant
Stephanie is a currently pursuing her Master’s in Counselor Education from the University of Minnesota and holds an interdisciplinary PhD in Medical Humanities from the University of Texas Medical Branch, where she focused on the traumatization of clinicians through the practice of medicine. Since graduating Stephanie has worked as a Medical Burnout and Traumatization Consultant for organizations such as the Minnesota Medical Association. Her work focuses on cross-sector collaboration with the aim of affecting policy change, shifting beliefs about burnout and psychological distress within medicine, and counteracting the ‘hidden curriculum’ in medical education.