Judith Millesen is an associate professor of political science. She received her Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University at Albany, SUNY; her M.P.A. from the University of Hartford; and her B.S. in Business from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. She teaches undergraduate courses in public administration, cross-listed classes in nonprofit management and nonprofit fundraising, and the graduate seminar in public administration.

With more than 13 years of experience in many aspects of nonprofit administration including strategic planning and management, meeting facilitation, and board development, Millesen’s research focuses on making a strong link between theory and practice. She has produced practitioner-related reports on the strategic decision making behavior of community foundation boards, nonprofit capacity-building in the Pittsburgh region, the evaluation practices of nonprofits in New York and Ohio, and board motivation in Maine. Her published research has appeared in such journals as Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Quarterly, Public Integrity, and Voluntas. She has also provided consulting services to a number of public and nonprofit organizations.