Cross-Sector Relationships

faculty and program personnel

	Name: Gordon Whitaker
	Title: Professor of Public Administration and Government
	Phone: 919.962.0427
	E-mail: whitaker@sog.unc.edu
	Areas of Interest: Public administration; civic education; citizen participation and civic involvement; nonprofit organizations and government; cross-sector community collaboration; public leadership

Gordon Whitaker joined the Institute of Government in 1997, but has worked with IOG faculty since coming to UNC-Chapel Hill as a political science professor in 1973. He teaches courses in the MPA Program in organization theory and in public management and leadership. Whitaker has served on the Executive Council of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and as chair of NASPAA's Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation. In 1997 he helped organize North Carolina's Consortium for Civic Education and received the International City/County Management Association's Award for Local Government Education. In 2005 he received the Ned Brooks Award for Public Service, presented by the Carolina Center for Public Service. In addition to teaching and consulting, Whitaker directs the Public Intersection Project to improve working relationships between governments and their community partners: businesses, nonprofit organizations, philanthropies, and faith communities. Whitaker earned an AB from Cornell College and an MA and PhD from Indiana University.

	Name: Lydian Altman
	Title: Associate Director, Public Intersection Project
	Phone: 919.537.8084
	E-mail: lydian@sog.unc.edu
	Area of Interest: Cross-sector working relationships

Lydian Altman joined the School of Government in 1999. Her prior work has been with public sector organizations, including several years as a director or board member of a nonprofit rape crisis and domestic violence agency, community college administrator, staff to a chamber of commerce, and in local government administration. In her current work with the Public Intersection Project, she promotes and fosters better cross-sector working relationships for more effective public problem-solving. Altman also facilitates strategic planning with boards and employee groups. Many of her project-generated articles have been published in Popular Government, ICMA’s IQ Report and PM Magazine, the American Review of Public Administration and PA Times. Altman holds a BS in industrial relations and an MPA from UNC-Chapel Hill.

	Name: Margaret Henderson
	Title: Associate Director, Public Intersection Project
	Phone: 919.966.3455
	E-mail: margaret@sog.unc.edu
	Area of Interest: Cross-sector working relationships

Margaret Henderson joined the School of Government in 1999. In her role with the Public Intersection Project, she researches and communicates strategies that strengthen cross-sector working relationships for more effective public problem-solving. In facilitation work, she specializes in the practical implications of managing cross-organizational collaborations, community programs, and nonprofit organizations. Henderson’s 20 years of experience in human services includes work in state and local governments as well as nonprofits. Previously she was executive director of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Her current responsibilities include teaching in the School’s MPA Program, and she has co-authored articles that were published in Popular Government, ICMA's IQ Report and PM Magazine, American Review of Public Administration, PA Times, and the FBI Law Enforcement Journal. Henderson holds a BBA in business administration from Angelo State University and an MPA from UNC-Chapel Hill. 

	Name: Ricardo S. Morse
	Title: Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Government
	Phone: 919.843.1366
	E-mail: rmorse@sog.unc.edu
	Area of Interest: Public administration; community and regional collaboration; citizen participation; public leadership

Rick Morse joined the School of Government in 2006. He previously was assistant professor in the Public Policy and Administration Program at Iowa State University. He has also served as a project manager at Virginia Tech's Institute for Policy Outreach. He has worked extensively with state and local public officials on community collaboration processes in Virginia and Iowa. More recently, he led a team of colleagues consulting on a county-wide community visioning effort in Wilson, North Carolina, and continues to do advising and teaching in the areas of collaborative problem solving, visioning, and citizen participation. His publications include several articles and book chapters on collaboration and public participation. He also is lead editor of two recently published books on public leadership, Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century (M.E. Sharpe, 2007), and Innovations in Public Leadership Development (M.E. Sharpe, 2008). Morse holds a BA and MA in public policy from Brigham Young University and a PhD in public administration/public affairs from Virginia Tech.