Professional Service

• Friends of the Children - Utah. Role: Director . Board of Directors. 08/2020 - present
• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action. Role: Committee Member. RGK-ARNOVA President's Award. 07/2020 - 08/2020
• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action. Role: Treasurer. Section on Nonprofits. 06/2020 - present
• Westside Leadership Institute. Role: Community Instructor. Leadership Fundamentals Course Instructor & Startups Instructor . 01/2020 - present
• American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Role: Executive Committee Member. Section on Nonprofits. 06/2017 - 05/2020
• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. Role: Member. Membership Committee. 06/2017 - 05/2020
• Latino Behavioral Health Services (LBHS). Board Member. 03/2017 - present

Internal Service

• PhD PA Comprehensive Exam Committee. Member, 03/2023 - 03/2023. Department service.
• Executive Committee . Member - Junior Faculty Rep, 08/2022 - present. Department service.
• Chair of Search Committee, MPA Career Line Position. 04/2022 - 07/2022. Department service.
• Betty Glad Grant Committee. Member, 04/2022 - 05/2022. Department service.
• MPA Scholarship Committee. 03/2022 - 03/2022. Department service.
• Search Committee for PPA Interim Program Director. Committee Member, 04/2021 - 06/2021. College service.
• MPA Nonprofit Curriculum Faculty Lead. Lead, 01/2021 - present. Department service.
• Search Committee for MPA Program Manager Position. Committee Member, 09/2020 - 11/2020. Department service.
• Westside Leadership Institute - a partnership of University Neighborhood Partners (UNP). Community Instructor for Nonprofit Startup Incubator , 01/2020 - present. University service.
• PhD PA Comprehensive Exam Committee. Member, 03/2019 - 03/2019. Department service.
• Barbara & Norman Tanner Center for Human Rights. Member of Advisory Board, 10/12/2018 - 10/2021. University service.
• Undergraduate Studies Committee. 05/02/2018 - present. Department service.
• Executive MPA Program Admissions Committee. Member, 05/2018 - 05/2018. Department service.
• PhD PA Comphrehensive Exam Committee. Member, 04/2018 - 04/2018. Department service.
• Executive Committee. Member, 08/2017 - 07/2018. Department service.
• MPA Admissions Committee. Member, 01/2017 - present. Department service.
• Asia Center. Affiliate Faculty, 01/2017 - present. University service.
• Community Nonprofit Graduate Assistant Placement Committee. Member, 01/2017 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

• Salt Lake County Government, Office of Data and Innovation -Community Engaged Learning partnership for MPA Capstone Course. 06/01/2018 - present
• University Neighborhood Partners, Nonprofit Incubator Program. 08/2016 - present

Honors & Awards

• Recipient of Excellence in Mentoring Award. University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Science , 03/2023
• Nominee for Excellence in Mentoring Award. University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Science , 03/2022
• Banner Project Honoree. University of Utah, 01/2019
• Award for excellence in service to the department and students. University of Utah MPA Program Wendy Rice Award, 04/2018
• Community Scholar in Residence Award. University Neighborhood Partners, 08/2017
• NP3 Section Travel Scholarship Award. American Society for Public Administration, 03/2017
• Best Conference Paper Award. Daegu International Social Network Conference, 12/2016
• Founders' Fellowship Award. American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), 03/01/2016
• Emerging Scholar Award. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), 11/18/2015
• Outstanding PhD Student Award. UNT Department of Public Administration, 10/01/2015
• Emerging Scholar Fellowship. Urban Institute's Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy, 06/01/2015
• Young Researcher Ambassador. Baku World Sciences Forum, 05/2014

Affiliations

• American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Member, 11/01/2014 - present
• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Member , 11/01/2013 - present