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MPA Alumni Information

Alumni Information — celebrating our graduates and sustaining the Titan MPA network.

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RECENT ALUMNI EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

2017 graduates: 88% employed six months after graduation;
38% of those had obtained a promotion or new job!

2016 graduates: 100% employed six months after graduation;
64% had obtained a promotion or new job!

2015 graduates: 100% employed six months after graduation;
57% had obtained a promotion or new job!

2014 graduates: 100% employed 6 months after graduation;
66.7% had obtained a promotion or new job!

2013 graduates: 100% employed 6 months after graduation;
64% had obtained a promotion or new job!

2012 graduates: 89% employed 6 months after graduation;
22% had obtained a promotion or new job!

2011 graduates: 100% employed 6 months after graduation;
50% had obtained a promotion or new job!

(based on submitted post-graduation surveys)

MPA Job Placement

MPA Graduation Time Bar Graph

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Bruce G. Lawson CCP - IPMA-CP (MPA, 1972) is Managing Director of Fox Lawson Associates, a Division of Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. He created the Lawson Internship in Public Service, which awards $2000 each semester to an MPA student enrolled in our internship program.

Jodi Balma (MPA, 1997) is a political science professor at Fullerton College.

Melissa Riordan (MPA, 1998) is the Executive Director, Alumni | Community Relations at Cal Poly Pomona

Jeanet Kulcsar (MPA, 2005) works in Ecomonic Development in the Office of Mayor Mike Duggan, City of Detroit.

Ben Siegel (MPA, 2007) is the City Manager for the City of San Juan Capistrano.

Carlo Tomaino (MPA, 2007) is Economic Development Director in the City of Lake Forest.

Jennifer Whyte (MPA, 2008) works for the Colorado Bureau of Land Management as Lead Realty Specialist/Renewable Energy Program Manager.

James Hodgson (MPA, 2012) is an Industrial Operations Analyst with the federal General Services Administration.

Samantha Marin Rivera (MPA, 2013) works in Washington DC as a Management Program Analyst for the USDA in the Animal Plant Health Inspection Services, Office of Civil Rights, Diversity and Inclusion.

Seon Chun-Burbank, Ed.D., (MPA, 2014) is chair of Early Childhood Education programs at Vanguard University of Southern California.

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When you walk into any city government office in Orange County you will find graduates of Cal State University Fullerton's MPA program. Among our distinguished MPA alumni are the following local city managers:
Our Local Managers
Jeffrey Boynton La Mirada City Manager	Maggie Le, MPA City of Fountain Valley City Manager
Tom Hatch, MPA '1991 Costa Mesa City Manager	Sean Joyce, MPA '1986 Irvine City Manager (ret.
Jim Sadro, MPA '1992 La Habra City Manager	Ben Siegel, MPA '2007 San Juan Capistrano City Manager
Jeff Collier, MPA '1986 Whittier City Manager	John Sibley, MPA '1975 Orange City Manager (ret.)
Chris Meyer, MPA '1979 Fullerton City Manager (ret.)	David Adams, MPA '1980 San Juan Capistrano City Manager (ret.)
David Morgan, MPA '1973 Anaheim City Manager (ret.)	Debra Rose Lake Forest City Manager

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