Kevin P. Kearns, Ph.D.
Director of the Johnson Institute and Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management
Phone: 412-648-7621
Email: kkearns@pitt.edu

Kevin Kearns is Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), University of Pittsburgh. He is also Director of the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership, a program that promotes ethical leadership in public and nonprofit institutions. Dr. Kearns has held a variety of leadership positions in higher education and philanthropy. While on leave from the University of Pittsburgh, he served as President of The Forbes Funds, a supporting organization of the Pittsburgh Foundation devoted to capacity-building in nonprofit organizations. He has published books and articles in leading research journals on topics of interest to nonprofit leaders including accountability, strategic planning, board development, revenue strategies, and general management. His articles have appeared in journals such as Public Administration Review, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. His third book, Private Sector Strategies for Public Sector Success, published in 2000 by Jossey-Bass, was honored with the Terry McAdam Best Book Award by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management. Kearns has won many awards for outstanding teaching, including the 2005 Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Pittsburgh. On four occasions, the students have named him “Teacher of the Year” in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, most recently in 2008. In 2007 Dr. Kearns held a Fulbright Fellowship to teach nonprofit management in the Czech Republic. Recently, he has taught courses on nonprofit management in the Republic of Macedonia and also in Brazil. Dr. Kearns has served on the boards of directors of many nonprofit organizations, including the Board of Trustees of Carlow University, a women-centered Catholic university in Pittsburgh, where he serves as Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee. He is actively engaged in national speaking and service to professional societies that are advancing the art and science of nonprofit management. He holds a bachelors degree from the University of Dayton and masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.

Lydia Roberson
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 412-648-1336
Email: lfr3@pitt.edu

Lydia joined the GSPIA staff in September 2008. Prior to coming to GSPIA, she worked at the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh as teacher, enrollment coordinator, board member and faculty chair and with the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America as Administrator and Managing Editor. Lydia graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Carolyn Ban
GSPIA Professor
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh

Gregg Behr
President
Grable Foundation

Bruce Bickel
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
Private Foundation Management Services and
PNC Financial Services Group

Doris Carson Williams
President and CEO
African American Chamber of Commerce

Phyllis Coontz
Associate Professor and Doctoral Director
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

William Coyne
U.S. House of Representatives, Retired

George William Dougherty
Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh

Dave Herring
Professor of Law and Former Dean
School of Law
University of Pittsburgh

Beaufort Longest
Professor and Director
Health Policy Institute
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh

Peter Madsen
Professor and Director
Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University

Ronald E. Peters
Professor and Director
Metro-Urban Institute
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Simon Reich
Professor and Director
The Ford Institute for Human Security
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh

Martin Staniland
Professor International Affairs and International Development, Division Director
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh

Cecile Springer
Consultant

Jim Weber
Professor and Director
Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics, Duquesne University

Robert W. Stumpp
Senior Policy Manager
Allegheny County Department of Human Services

Rev. David P. Gleason
Senior Pastor
First Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh

Daniel S. Heit
President and CEO
JusticeWorks YouthCare, Inc

C.E. (Ned) Pfeifer
CEO
C. E. Pfeifer and Company, Inc.

Courtland Gould
Executive Director
Sustainable Pittsburgh

Peggy Harris
President and CEO
Three Rivers Youth

Audrey J. Murrell
Associate Professor and Director
David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

Kathy Buechel
Member
Pittsburgh Ethics Commission

Joyce Rothermell
CEO
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Heather Arnet
Director
The Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania

Toni Carbo
Professor
School of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh

Louise Comfort
Professor
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

G. Andrew Bonnewell
Senior Corporate Counsel
Federated Investors

Jean M. Hale
Director of Alumni Relations and Development
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

Leon L. Haley
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

John T. S. Keeler
Dean
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

Janne Nolan
Professor of International Relations
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh