MPA 2008
AP Title: “Legislative Internships: A Comparative Analysis”
chair: Jerome Lewis; committee members: Bernard Dworsky and Lisa Moreland
e-mail: mix@illinois.edu
current position:
Program Coordinator
Office of Public Engagement
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Ill.
introduction | education | experience | honors and awards
IntroductionIn Shelley's current role, provides leadership in conceptualization, development, and management of a variety of new public-engagement initiatives for the Office of Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement. She works closely with colleges and other campus units as well as external partners on these initiatives.
She previously worked at the University of Delaware's Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships on the UD–Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.) partnership, where she developed strategies to attract high-value partners to enter relationships with the university and then managed the initial phase of developing the partnership.
Previously, Shelley worked as the Executive Assistant for New Castle County Executive Chris Coons. Her duties were to represent the Executive Office in departmental meetings, events, and citizen groups; assist the County Executive and senior staff in administration, research, and management duties; and coordinate special projects, prepare remarks and briefing documents, and conduct constituent relations.
A native of Oxford, Pa., Shelley specialized in state and local management as a University of Delaware MPA student. She was a Legislative Fellow and worked as a research assistant in the Institute for Public Administration, where she served as the Legislative Fellows coordinator and assisted Dr. Lewis with two classes—“State Government: Management and Policy” and “Seminar in Public Administration.” During the summer of 2007, Shelley interned at the U.S. Small Business Administration in Wilmington, Del. She also participated in a study abroad trip to Romania, earned the Pauline E. Loessner Memorial Award, served on the Urban Affairs Student Association Executive Board and represented the MPA Program as a senator in the Graduate Student Senate.
EducationMPA, University of Delaware 2008, State & Local Management
BA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Robert E. Cook Honors College) 2006, Journalism and Political Science
Study Abroad, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Winter Session 2008
Université Nancy 2, Campus Lettres, Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Nancy, France, July–Aug. 2003
National Student Exchange, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Aug. 2003–May 2004
ExperienceJanuary 2010–present
Program Coordinator, Office of Public Engagement, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Ill.
May 2009–January 2010
Business Development Analyst, Office of Economic Innovation & Partnerships, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
June 2008–May 2009
Executive Assistant, Office of the County Executive, New Castle County, New Castle, Del.
August 2006–June 2008
Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
June 2007–August 2007
Public Information Officer Intern, U.S. Small Business Administration, Wilmington, Del.
January–June 2007
Legislative Fellow, Delaware General Assembly, Dover, Del.
Honors and AwardsFounders’ Forum Fellowship, American Society for Public Administration (2008)
Director’s Citation, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University of Delaware (2008)
Pauline E. Loessner Memorial Award, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University of Delaware (2007)
