Sanders D. Korenman, Ph.D., Professor
Office: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 615
Phone: 646 660-6782 Fax: 646 660-6770
Email: Sanders.Korenman@baruch.cuny.edu
Sanders Korenman, an economist, has been a member of the SPA faculty since 1996. He served as Senior Economist for labor, welfare, and education for President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers and was a member of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His recent research includes studies of the measurement of child care quality and analyses of the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program. He has completed reports with SPA MPA graduates Shannon Fales (in 2011) and Rick Hoffman (in 2010) for the Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. He teaches courses in the economic analysis of public policy, public finance, poverty and social welfare policy, and research methods.
He received his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Harvard University, both in Economics.
James A. Krauskopf, Ph.D., Distinguished Lecturer  PAF 9190 Capstone Seminar, Year 2 Office: 135 east 22 Street, Room 1013
Phone: 646 660-6724 Fax: 646 660-6701
Email: James.Krauskopf@baruch.cuny.edu
James (Jack) Krauskopf is Director of the Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College (City University of New York). He was previously Chief Program Officer for the 9/11 United Services Group, which was formed in 2001 to coordinate the social services organizations assisting people affected by the September 11 World Trade Center attack. During nearly 15 years at The New School (formerly New School for Social Research), he was Dean of the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance, and faculty member in urban policy.
Mr. Krauskopf has held several public sector positions, including Administrator/Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration under Mayor Koch, Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services (including Chairman of the Parole Board), Deputy and Acting Director of the Cleveland Department of Human Resources and Economic Development during the administration of Mayor Carl Stokes, and Director of a Rutgers University-based staff office to the Mayor of Newark. He served previously as President of the Corporation for Supportive Housing, and has also been a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute in New York working on human services policy issues.
He has a B.A. in Government from Harvard and a M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton.
Tiffany Lewis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
PAF9103 Communication in Public Settings, Year 1
Office: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 917a
Phone: 646 660-6742 Fax: 646 660-6701
Email: Tiffany.Lewis@baruch.cuny.edu
Tiffany Lewis studies the connection between women’s rights and rhetoric in the context of women’s suffrage. She has also written extensively on women’s suffrage and the westward expansion of the United States. Her experience includes teaching communication, public speaking, and discourse at the University of Maryland and the University of Montana.
She holds a B.A. from the University of Washington, M.A. from the University of Montana, and a Ph.D. in Communications Studies from the University of Maryland.
John Liu, Part-Time Faculty
PAF 9140 Budgeting and Financial Analysis I, Year 1
Office: 135 East 22nd Street, Room
Email: John.Liu@baruch.cuny.edu
John Liu previously served as the NYC Comptroller (2010-2013) and as a City Council member (2002-2009) representing Flushing and parts of northeast Queens. In 2013, Liu ran for NYC Mayor.
As Comptroller, Liu was the chief financial officer for 8.4 million residents and oversaw New York City’s $70B+ budget; he was also responsible for investing what became under his watch a public pension fund worth more than $150B. He was the first Asian-American elected to any New York State legislative body and the first Asian-American elected to City-wide office.
Prior to being elected to office, John worked in the private sector for 14 years as a professional actuary, most recently as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
He holds a B.S. in Mathematical Physics from Binghamton University.
Nicole P. Marwell, Ph.D., Associate Professor
PAF 9100 Introduction to Public Affairs, Year 1 Office: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 1004b
Phone: 646 660-6764 Fax: 646 660-6770
Email: Nicole.Marwell@baruch.cuny.edu
Nicole Marwell’s research sits at the intersection of three sociological subfields – urban, organizational, and political sociology – with a substantive focus on nonprofit organizations, local and state politics, and Latina/o communities. Prior to beginning her academic career, she worked in the field of nonprofits and philanthropy, first at New York City’s Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, and then at the AT&T Foundation, the Levi Strauss Foundation, and Nike. She has published articles in the American Sociological Review, City and Community, Qualitative Sociology, and the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
She is a member of the Editorial Board of Contemporary Sociology. Her 2007 book, Bargaining for Brooklyn: Community Organizations in the Entrepreneurial City (University of Chicago Press), examines the varying roles of Latino community-based organizations in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Bushwick. Her current research on government contracting to nonprofit organizations is supported by the National Science Foundation. She is also working on a new book about the Latino middle class. Dr. Marwell previously taught at Columbia University and is a member of sociology faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center.
She received her B.A. from Columbia University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago.
Jerry Mitchell, Ph.D., Associate Dean & Professor 
Office: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 415
Phone: 646 660-6856 Fax: 646 660-6831
Email: Jerry.Mitchell@baruch.cuny.edu
Jerry Mitchell teaches courses in American government, program evaluation, and urban economic development. His research focuses on urban affairs, public authorities, business improvement districts, and parks conservancies. He is the author of Business Improvement Districts and the Shape of American Cities, published by the State University of New York Press. His research has appeared in such journals as Public Administration Review, the Policy Studies Journal, and the International Review of Administrative Sciences. Elected to the governing council of the Policy Studies Organization in 1998, he is also a member of the American Political Science Association, American Society for Public Administration, and Urban Affairs Association.
He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Kansas.
Gregorio Morales, Director of Field Operations for the Parks Opportunity Program 
Email: Gregorio.Morales@me.com
Gregorio Morales is the Director of Field Operations for the Parks Opportunity Program – an innovative welfare-to-work program that couples seasonal employment at NYC Parks with support services – where he leads his organization’s business process improvement efforts, strengthens their data collection capacity, and further integrates New York City’s largest transitional employment program into NYC Parks.
He joined NYC government as the Deputy Director for Policy Analysis and Fiscal Management of the Parks Opportunity Program in 2009.
He is a native of Texas, and has an M.P.A. from the School of Public Affairs at the City University of New York’s Baruch College and a B.A. from Florida State University.
Denise Patrick, Adjunct Lecturer
Email: Denise.Patrick@baruch.cuny.edu
Denise Patrick has more than 20 years of experience as a project manager, instructor, and corporate trainer with a focus on communication, leadership and diversity & inclusion. Blending her corporate experience in banking and management consulting for companies like Chancellor Capital Management, JP Morgan and Booz Allen Hamilton, with her academic knowledge of rhetoric and corporate communication, she now works as a business and performance consultant. She partners with businesses to improve business performance through holistic learning and development strategies. As a personal talent development consultant, she works with individuals to help them strengthen their skills and confidence in communication and leadership.
Denise Patrick is a lecturer at the City University of New York, Baruch College. She is also on faculty with the American Management Association. Prior to joining the faculty at Baruch, she taught at Temple University and the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
She holds a B.A. in Corporate Communication from CUNY Baruch College and a M.A. in Rhetoric & Communication from Temple University.
Amar Rajwani, Director of Pre-Kindergarten Admissions for the New York City Department of Education 
Email: Amar.Rajwani@baruchmail.cuny.edu
Amar Rajwani is a proud graduate of the Executive MPA program at Baruch. A lifelong resident of New York City and graduate of NYC public schools, Amar has dedicated his career to working in education.
After early experiences working in diverse classroom settings, he went on to hold operational leadership positions in public, private, and non-profit education organizations. He is an accomplished senior manager with expert focus in strategic planning, marketing & communications, and customer service & sales for growing organizations, especially in the field of education. Currently, Amar serves as a Director of Pre-Kindergarten Admissions for the New York City Department of Education, focusing on enrollment policy and strategy for the City's Pre-Kindergarten expansion initiative.
Amar will be serving as the practitioner for PAF9170 (Research and Analysis) for the second time in the fall of 2014. He is excited to meet and work with the incoming group of dynamic students that will make up XMPA Cohort 31.
Dahlia Remler, Ph.D., Professor
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