MPA 2008
AP Title: “Legislative Internships: A Comparative Analysis”
chair: Jerome Lewis; committee members: Bernard Dworsky and Lisa Moreland
e-mail: shelley@udel.edu
current position:
Business Development Analyst
Office of Economic Innovation & Partnerships
University of Delaware
Newark, Del.
introduction | education | experience | professional and academic affiliations | honors and awards | conferences
IntroductionIn Shelley's current role, she works with senior University of Delaware administrators to identify potential university partners and analyze possible benefits that may be derived from the relationship. She develops strategies to attract high-value partners to enter relationships with the university and then manages 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
ExperienceMay 2009–present
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.
September–December 2005
Public Affairs Intern, Pennsylvania Office of the Speaker of the House, Harrisburg, Pa.
May–August 2005
Office of the Secretary Intern, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.
January–May 2005
Research and Administrative Intern, Laurel Legal Services, Indiana, Pa.
August 2004–January 2005
Writer, University Media Relations, Indiana, Pa.
May–August 2004
Public Affairs Office Intern, U.S. Army, Fort Knox, Ky.
August 2002–May 2005
Staff Reporter, The Penn, IUP Campus Newspaper, Indiana, Pa.
September–December 2003
Staff Reporter/Copyeditor, The Crimson White, Alabama campus newspaper, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
August 2003–May 2004
Chief Copyeditor/Reporter/Photographer, Dateline Alabama website, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Professional and Academic AffiliationsDelaware Association for Public Administration (since 2007)
American Society for Public Administration (since 2008)
Meeting Professionals International (since 2008)
Mortar Board, Sutton Chapter, National Senior Honor Society (since 2005)
Pi Gamma Mu, International Social Science Society (since 2004)
Pi Sigma Alpha (Pi Lambda Chapter), National Political Science Honor Society (since 2004)
Society of Professional Journalists (since 2003)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (since 2003)
Phi Eta Sigma, National Honor Society (since 2002)
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)
Senior Recipient, Women’s Leadership Award (2006)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Board of Governors Scholarship (2002, 2004, 2005)
Women’s Leaders Award from The Washington Center, Washington, D.C. (2005)
National Education for Women Leader’s Award (2005)
IUP Ambassadors Scholarship (2005-2006)
Foundation for IUP Community Volunteer Service Award (2005)
Presidential Excellence Scholarship (2003)
ConferencesAmerican Society for Public Administration, Founders’ Forum Fellowship, Forum Participant (2008)
Meeting Professionals International, Annual Conference, Houston, Tex., Attendee (2008)
American Planning Association, Wilmington, Del., Volunteer (2006)
Mid-east Honors Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, Co-presenter (2003)
Excellence in Government, Washington, D.C., Volunteer (2005)
Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, Harrisburg, Pa., Attendee (2006)
National Press Photography Association, Flying Short Course, Memphis, Tenn., Attendee (2003)
