Each spring semester students, faculty, alumni and alumnae are invited to attend the MPA Dinner. Our first annual MPA Dinner was held in Spring 2001. The dinner is a chance to honor the students graduating that academic year as well to welcome back our alumni and alumnae for a visit.  A special feature of the event is to hear a talk from a public sector leader who has a distinguished record of service.

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The 2009 MPA Dinner will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2009 in the Villanova University Connelly Center.

Please contact Christine Kelleher (christine.kelleher@villanova.edu) for more information.

The list of previous speakers include:

Commissioner Basil L Merenda was appointed by Governor Rendell in 2004.

2008 Basil L. Merenda - Commissioner of the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; Villanova alumnus (Undergraduate & School of Law).

Click here for a copy of Commissioner Merenda's talk.

2007 Ms. Karen Kaskey - Executive Director of PennSERVE: The Governor's Office of Citizen Service; Villanova alumnus (School of Law).

2006 The Honorable Marwan Kreidie - Chair of the Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission;
Executive Director of the Philadelphia Arab-American Development Corporation.

2005 Mr. Robert Gest III - Air Force Colonel (ret.); More than 43 years managerial experience with the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Federal Executive Institute, and Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.

2004 Dr. John DeFlaminis - Executive Director of the Center for Educational Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania; Retired Superintendent of the Radnor Public School System.

2003 The Honorable John Gartland - Director of Congressional Relations for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Villanova alumnus (Undergraduate).

2002 Mr. Sam Katz - CEO of Greater Philadelphia First; Republican Mayoral Candidate in Philadelphia.

2001 The Honorable John T. Martino - Superintendent of the United States Mint in Philadelphia 1989-1993.