NPM&L Instructors for Winter/Spring 2006
E. TERRENCE JONES, PhD, is a professor in Public Policy Administration and Political Science at UM-St. Louis. He has served as a consultant to more than 50 governmental and nonprofit agencies throughout the St. Louis region. His latest book is The Metropolitan Chase (Prentice Hall, 2002), an analysis of the competition within and between metropolitan areas in the United States.
JOHN E. McCLUSKY, PhD, is an affiliate associate professor of Public Policy Administration and Political Science and the director of the Nonprofit Management & Leadership Program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and consultant and trainer to numerous nonprofit organizations, locally and nationally. Dr. McClusky has held nonprofit organization executive positions for more than 20 years, including chief executive of the St. Louis Center, national president of the Coro Foundation, vice chancellor for external relations at UM-St. Louis, and academic vice president of the Washington Center in Washington, D.C.
HAROLD A. MELSER, FAHP, is director of planned giving, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation, and serves on the faculty of the Fund Raising School at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy. He is a past president of the St. Louis Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and was named the 1986 Outstanding Fundraising Executive of that chapter.
JUDITH E. MURPHY, CPA, is partner and director, Nonprofit Division, at RubinBrown LLP. She primarily serves not-for-profit clients and provides audit, tax, and consulting services. Murphy is a licensed certified public accountant, and her expertise includes benefit consulting and administration and taxation.
GLENDA J. O'NEAL, president of Grants Unlimited, a national grants consulting firm, began her career in grants development more than 20 years ago as a consultant to community organizations and governmental agencies developing services for the elderly. She has served as a reviewer of grants for the federal Older Americans Act and private health foundation funds, and as a writer and developer of federal grants. She is a nationally renowned grant proposal trainer.
PETER H. RUGER, JD, is currently an attorney at the law firm Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan, & Jackstadt, P.C. He practices in the areas of higher education, nonprofit organizations, health, alternative dispute resolution, and labor and employment law. He is also an adjunct professor at Saint Louis University School of Law, Southern Illinois University School of Law, and UM-St. Louis.
MICHAEL J. STEVENS, PhD, assistant professor, College of Business Administration at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, consults widely with organizations in the business and not-for-profit sectors. His primary areas of expertise include improving organizational performance through empowerment and teamwork, individual assessment and selection, executive coaching and leadership development, and interpersonal effectiveness in the workplace.
MARY S. TUCKER, JD, is a business attorney in the St. Louis headquarters of A.G. Edwards, an investment services company. Her legal experience spans corporate and nonprofit organizations in a variety of industries. She served on the board of Utah Legal Services for 10 years and is currently on the board of Citizens for Missouri's Children.