Staff Directory

The staff of the American Political Science Association is made up of the following full-time employees, including five staff political scientists.

Abeleda, Desirée (Ext. 111)
Assistant, Meetings and Conferences

  • Annual Meeting
  • Teaching and Learning Conference 
  • Related Groups
  • Business Meetings
  • Advertising
  • Organized Section Awards
  • Awards Program

Barden, Patty  (Ext. 136)
Program Associate, Web and Publications

  • Publications
  • Website

Biggs, Jeffrey  (Ext. 109)
Director, Congressional Fellowship Program

  • Congressional Fellowship Program
  • Ethics Committee
  • Press Relations

Brintnall, Michael  (Ext. 105)
Executive Director

Davis, Linda  (Ext. 113)
Manager, Member Services

  • Member Services
  • Organized Sections
  • Mailing Lists

Fowler, Rebecca (Ext. 102)
Assistant Editor, PS: Political Science and Politics

Guthrie, Kelly  (Ext. 138)
Associate, Financial Operations

William Harder (Ext. 122)
Assistant, Development and Programs

  • Development
  • Centennial Center

Hauck, Robert J-P.  (Ext. 104)
Deputy Director

  • Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs
  • Centennial Center Board
  • Editor, PS
  • PS Editorial Board
  • Annual Meeting Committee
  • 2006 Annual Meeting Program Committee
  • Annual Meeting Review Committee (pending)
  • Development Committee
  • Publications Committee
  • Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans
  • Task Force on Inequality and American Violence
  • Task Force on Political Violence and Terrorism
  • Human Subject Research Protection/IRB

Hayward, Leiloni (Ext. 100)
Assistant, Member and Information Services, and Receptionist

  • Member Services
  • Building Reception
  • Meetings Registration

Howard, Gwen  (Ext. 120)
Manager, Finance and Administration

Johnson-Holmes, Rebecca  (Ext. 117)
Coordinator, Member Services  

  • eJobs Administration
  • eJobs Placement Interview Service

Jones, Veronica  (Ext. 127)
Associate, Programs

  • Congressional Fellowship Program
  • Ethics Committee
  • Small Research Grants

Karpowicz, Polly  (Ext. 110)
Director, Web and Publications

  • Website Content and Development
  • Publications
  • Design, Image and Marketing
  • Member eNewsletter
  • Liaison to Cambridge University Press
  • Publications Committee
  • eJobs Placement Outreach to Other Conferences 
  • Editor, Scholar Saver

Long, Bernard  (Ext. 114)
Manager, Building and Facilities 

Marshall, Helen
Staff Accountant, Finance and Administration 

Mealy, Kimberly (Ext. 131)
Director, Educational, Professional and Minority Initiatives

  • Education Programs and Initiatives
  • Mentoring Initiatives
  • Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
  • Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession
  • Committee on Civic Education and Engagement
  • Committee on Teaching and Learning
  • Minority Fellows Program
  • Minority Student Recruitment Project
  • Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
  • Teaching and Learning Conference
  • Teaching Programs and Publications
  • Syllabi Collections

Quinones, Christina (Ext. 161)
Assistant, Web and Publications

  • Website
  • Publications
  • Member eNewsletter

Ragland, Shaunda (Ext. 123)
Assistant, Educational, Professional, and Minority Initiatives

  • Education Programs and Initiatives
  • Mentoring Initiatives
  • Committee on Civic Education and Engagement
  • Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
  • Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession
  • Committee on Teaching and Learning
  • Minority Fellows Program
  • Minority Student Recruitment Project
  • Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
  • Teaching and Learning Conference
  • Teaching Programs and Publications
  • Syllabi Collections

Rajaee, Bahram  (Ext. 130)
Director, International and External Relations

  • International Committee and Programs
  • Departmental Services Program
  • Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and  Transgendered in the Profession
  • Committee on the Status of Women
  • Press Relations
  • Institutional Relations 
  • Africa Workshops

Rosenthal, Lindsey (Ext. 126)
Manager, Meetings and Conferences

  • Annual Meeting
  • Teaching and Learning Conference
  • Exhibits and Online Exhibit Hall
  • Sponsorships
  • Marketing

Saele, Helena (Ext. 112)
Assistant, International and External Relations

  • International Committee and Programs
  • Departmental Services Program
  • Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and  Transgendered in the Profession
  • Committee on the Status of Women
  • Press Relations
  • Institutional Relations
  • Departmental Services eNewsletter to Department Chairs
  • Graduate Students eNewsletter
  • Annual Meeting Travel Grants
  • Africa Workshops

Smith, Robin  (Ext. 121)
Director, Finance and Administration 

Twombly, Sean  (Ext. 103)
Director, Member Services and Technology

  • Computing/Information Technology
  • Member Services
  • Directories
  • Development

West, Lauren (Ext. 129)
Director, Meetings and Conferences

  • Annual Meeting
  • Teaching and Learning Conference

Yoder, Stephen 
Copy Editor, PS: Political Science and Politics

Ziobro, Hayle (Ext. 106)
Program Associate, Governance and the Executive Office

  • APSA Governance
  • Nominations/Volunteers for Committees
  • Representation in D.C.