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A DECADE OF BUILDING LEADERS 02 Dean Stam on Where We’ve Been 03 and Where We’re Going Inspiring Sayings, Inspiring Stats

PAST 04 05 THE VISION Frank Batten Sr.’s TO LEAD Vision to Forge the Next Generation of Leaders

PRESENT 10 12 14 18 THE COURAGE Jill Rockwell Challenging A Photo Essay: TO QUESTION on “Batten Assumptions Drawing Idealism” in the Global Enlightened and Center Ethical Leaders FUTURE 24 25 28 30 THE PURPOSE Dean Stam Equipped to Gerry Warburg TO SERVE on the Power Lead: A Current on Batten’s of Positive Student and Growing Disruption Alum Reflect Legacy

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Batten Firsts and Generosity Fueling Alumni on A Final Word From the Latest News Public Service Defining Moments Frank Batten Sr. WELCOME

A DECADE OF BUILDING LEADERS

If you looked at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and at its beginning, a decade ago, you would have seen a DEAN ALLAN STAM much different place. When the doors opened, we had two full-time faculty members, three staff and two dozen brave students for our new master’s program. Back then, we had no undergraduate program at all. From this modest beginning, the This special edition of Batten School has grown more than tenfold. Reports celebrates the first decade of Many things have changed, but the Batten School by focusing on three choosing not to continue that trend what’s more important are the things key attributes: indefinitely. Recruiting a constant- that have remained. Visitors sense • the vision to lead, characterized ly growing student population is immediately that this is a place for by our founding benefactor, Frank incompatible with our commitment to deep thinking and careful questions, Batten Sr.; building depth. not partisan rhetoric. Batten is a • the courage to question, through My own commitment to this idea great place to build bridges across our innovative curricula and five draws from my past experiences as disciplines, a place to collaborate research centers; and a member of the U.S. Army Special with other like-minded colleagues • the purpose to serve, giving our Forces. If our people are good enough, focused on outcomes and execution, students the skills to make a skilled enough and trained enough, a place where we get things done. Our lasting difference. we don’t need very many of them to classrooms aim for synthesis of both Even though the Batten School has have an extraordinary impact on our theory and practice in the arena of po- enjoyed strong numeric growth in whole society. That’s our model for the litical and organizational leadership. its first decade, we are strategically Batten School.

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LEADERSHIP HAS TO BE

EVIDENT IN TOUGH TIMES RESEARCH AND GOOD TIMES.” 5 CENTERS —ERIC CANTOR, former U.S. House Majority Leader

“Above all, we are fulfilling two of Mr. Jefferson’s central missions for his university: to inspire and 632 prepare the nation’s future civic leaders, and to ALUMNI FOR THE MPP AND BA PROGRAMS produce useful knowledge for society.” TO DATE —FORMER DEAN HARRY HARDING

“Leadership and team- “LEADERS building skills have an 1,10 0 SHOULD BE extraordinary multiplier NON-MAJORS PREPARED TO effect on policy and TAKE CLASSES AT BATTEN GET IN TROUBLE. organizational outcomes. BE BOLD, BE They often are the COURAGEOUS. crucial difference “I WANT BE A HEADLIGHT, separating success from TO TRAIN NOT A LEADERS WHO TAILLIGHT.” failure, accounting for MAKE POLICY when the best BASED ON —CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS COMPASSION and practices emerge. AND EMPATHY, NOT JUST ON —DEAN ALLAN STAM BUDGETARY LEVELS.” 78,671 — JEANINE VIEWERS OF THE COUNTRY’S 1ST BRAITHWAITE PUBLIC POLICY MOOC

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HOW ONE MAN’S BY RON LONDEN INSPIRATION BECAME A PLACE TO FORGE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS

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LEADING FROM THE START

AT COMMENCEMENT exercises in May 2009, David Breneman marched a group of 25 students down the Lawn to receive their diplomas as the initial gradu- ating class of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy—the first new school at the in more than five decades. “That first class was pretty gutsy,” says Breneman, who served as the initial director of the public policy program for the School. “At the time they signed

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Frank Batten Sr. was an enlightened business executive committed to teaching leadership.

up, we were a small program with just a couple of full-time faculty.” Stepping into a brand-new academic program at a university as prestigious as UVA requires the courage to embrace uncertainty and to question old approaches in new ways. In other words, it requires leadership.

FRANK BATTEN’S MARK

BY 2006, efforts were underway to craft a new public policy pro- gram with the hope of starting a new school. “That was really a pipe dream,” Breneman says. “Starting a new school would take millions of dollars and nobody saw where that was coming from.” The proposal caught the eye of John “Dubby” Wynne, member of the UVA Board of Visitors and executive $100 of Landmark Media Enterprises. He thought the idea might interest Land- mark’s founder, Frank Batten Sr. MILLION The planning process for the The initial endowment from School took about four months of Frank Batten Sr., the single largest gift in UVA’s history. intense effort for a tight group of people working with Wynne before it could be taken to Batten.

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“We sweated a lot of blood doing it,” says Breneman, who during the process was serving his final year as dean of the Curry School of Edu- cation at UVA. “We did numerous versions, down to the level of the timing of clerical staff hires, enroll- 25 ment projections, the phasing-in of The number of students faculty. When we were satisfied, we in the very first RETROSPECT took the plan to Frank Batten.” graduating class. John In the end, the plan resulted in an Casteen III endowment of $100 million from Then: President, Batten, the single largest gift in UVA’s University of Virginia history. As CEO of Landmark, Batten had I grew up in Portsmouth. newspapers, as well as founding The built one of the largest privately held The Virginian-Pilot was our Weather Channel in 1982. media companies in the nation— major local newspaper, and “Frank Batten was deeply interest- Frank Batten was one of a publishing the Virginian-Pilot, the ed in leadership,” Breneman says. “At handful of Norfolk business Roanoke Times and other smaller leaders who navigated that Landmark, he said that everyone who region through the major has any kind of leadership role in the issues of my youth—the company should be deeply involved conversion of the econo- in the community and in charitable my from its old maritime organizations. For him, that’s an es- core to what it is today, sential part of being a good citizen.” desegregation of the public schools, urban decay and “Every talk that I give, I always then the beginnings of mention Frank Batten and his vision FRANK BATTEN revitalization. Frank Batten for young leaders,” says Allan Stam, always stood for excellence dean of the Batten School. “He WANTED A in public life, selfless lead- thought the most important product ership and ethical conduct. DYNAMIC SCHOOL of American universities was the He was convinced that recruitment and training of the next OF THE FIRST leadership itself can be generation of leaders in our commu- TIER, NOT AN taught and learned; and nities and businesses.” » he wanted a dynamic IMITATION OF school of the first tier, not SOMETHING an imitation of something THE PLACE OF somewhere else. LEADERSHIP SOMEWHERE John Casteen is president BATTEN’S GIFT carried a proviso emeritus and professor of ELSE. that leadership be a major focus of the English at the University of School, even including the word in its — JOHN CASTEEN Virginia.

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leadership programs don’t prepare people to understand and solve com- plex societal problems, such as health care or poverty,” says Eric Patashnik, LEADERSHIP who co-chaired the faculty planning committee with Breneman. IS THE “We saw an opportunity to train a CRITICAL new generation of leaders who would combine the skillset of the policy RETROSPECT DIFFERENCE- analyst and the creativity of the social Gene Block MAKER IN entrepreneur. Then: Provost, “The U.S. today faces major chal- University of Virginia COMMUNITIES, lenges, from wage stagnation, the IN BUSINESSES I found the process decline of the middle class and the opi- of forming the School oid epidemic, to terrorism and climate AND IN OUR a positive, inspiring change,” Patashnik adds. “Experts experience. It was a clear GOVERNMENT. demonstration of how can offer critical insights and propose solutions, but relatively few possess — DEAN ALLAN STAM faculty, administration, alumni leaders and the the political skill and organizational Board of Visitors could acumen to build inclusive coalitions work together effectively. and turn good ideas into action.” Frank Batten was highly The Batten School is the smallest ac- name. The idea was initially greeted supportive of creating ademic unit at UVA, with 330 students with no small measure of skepticism a school for the study of the 22,000 attending the University. by the faculty senate, Breneman of public policy. He also Yet the question is not how big the remembers, who saw the subject as believed that creating the School is, Stam insists. “The question next generation of leaders the purview of dime-a-dozen business is how big our impact can become.” for the commonwealth books on airport newsstands. “Yet we and the nation should be thought this could be a distinguishing an explicit goal. From the feature of the School.” beginning, the School’s To address leadership with leadership had a clear appropriate academic rigor, the vision that the program would meld entrepreneur- team developed a plan to combine ial thinking, social values the traditional approaches of public and leadership. policy and with scholarship 330 based in social psychology—which Gene Block is chancellor of The current number of the University of California, offers potent insights into persuasion, Batten students, the smallest Los Angeles. academic unit at UVA. communication and conflict resolution. “Most public policy schools give lit- tle attention to leadership, and most

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For example, an additional 1,100 non-majors take classes at Batten, seeking to integrate the School’s policy and leadership emphasis into their PEOPLE own educational sequence. Thus the MATTER Batten influence spreads beyond the walls of the School on Grounds at UVA. MOST Frank Batten passed away in 2009, yet his influence continues through RETROSPECT the company he founded and his fam- Eric Patashnik ily and philanthropic work—including the School that bears his name. Then: Co-chair of faculty planning committee at the “Mr. Batten believed firmly that lead- Batten School; later served ership is the critical difference-maker as associate dean in communities, in businesses and in During the final stage of our government,” Stam says. “Insti- developing the strategic tutions matter, financial resources plan for the School, we were Batten MPP candidates matter, markets matter, but in the end, working around the clock. regularly visit elected people matter most.” I remember exchanging leaders in Washington, D.C., emails with Gene Block from and Richmond. 5 a.m. to midnight. David Breneman and I must have written a dozen drafts of the vision statement. It was an exhilarating experience. The take-away lesson from the founding of the Batten School is that big things can be accomplished by linking visionary donors, energetic trustees, creative adminis- trators and engaged faculty. Remove any one of those ingredients, and the School either would never have been established or would have looked much different.

Eric Patashnik is director of the Public Policy Program and professor of public policy and at Brown University.

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HOW THE BATTEN QUESTIONN SCHOOL SHARPENS NEW LEADERS BY CHALLENGING OLD IDEAS THE COURAGE TO QUESTION

PROFOUND AND IMPORTANT A reflection on what the “exciting new school” has achieved in its first 10 years

BY JILL ROCKWELL Senior Associate Dean for Student and Career Services

“I’m doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I’m really grateful to have something that I’m passionate about and that I think is profoundly important.” ¶ Those words were spoken by Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund. She was being honored at last year’s Founder’s Day ceremonies with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership.

I think it’s safe to say: Edelman’s sentiment is shared by nearly everyone I have had the privilege of working with at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. We are passionate about our profoundly important work. I joined the Batten School back in 2008, after hearing about an “exciting new school” starting at the University of Virginia. Preparing for my interview, I recall envisioning the type of student I’d meet at Batten: smart, humble, kind. I mental- ly checked myself, thinking that, surely, my expectations were too idealistic.

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Of course, I quickly learned that I distributing neon-colored sunglasses on the Lawn, telling any- was wrong. In fact, since I began at one who would stop to listen about the new undergraduate Batten, our students continue to sur- program we were launching. Now, it’s commonplace to hear pass even my greatest expectations, first years telling their friends that they are “pre-Batten.” on a wide variety of fronts: An outdated flier sits in my file drawer as a reminder of the days when we had to educate employers about Batten, • The first cohort’s record-number of not to mention the “new degrees” we were offering. Now, Presidential Management Fellow employers schedule back-to-back info sessions in an effort finalists to maximize their exposure to our Batten applicants. • Prestigious international fellowships • A recent graduate’s selection as one of two West Virginia “Woman of the Year” recipients • Student-led conferences on good governance in Africa and on envi- ronmental policy in Virginia BATTEN’S IDEALISM • Celebrations of Black History CONTINUES TO DEFINE OUR Month that involve both tough COMMUNITY. OUR STUDENTS policy discussions and lively cultural presentations AND ALUMNI ARE USING • A fund for international service in BOTH THEIR TALENTS AND memory of a classmate who perished in the 2010 Haiti earthquake THEIR TRAINING TO DO WHAT THEY WERE “PUT ON These are only a small sampling of the countless ways our Batten students have THIS EARTH TO DO.” shared their passions, individually and collectively, to help the School achieve Recent graduates possess sought-after skills that allow something that is—in the words of Ms. them to rocket up the management chain, and still others Edelman—profoundly important. have launched award-winning start-ups. We like to say that It has been gratifying to watch the “no sector is privileged at Batten,” and truly, our graduates Batten School grow over the past 10 serve as ambassadors of our School in virtually all sectors years. While I know that alumni from and around the globe. the first cohorts bemoan the loss of As I reflect upon the Batten School’s 10th anniversary, Varsity Hall (and all the associated I’m struck by the fact that even in turbulent times, the traditions we hope we’ll never hear Batten idealism I once envisioned continues to define our about!), it’s a testament to the hard community. I am personally grateful that our students and work of many that we have now also alumni are using both their talents and their training to outgrown the stately Garrett Hall. do what they were “put on this earth to do.” To, me there is I remember the lunch hours spent nothing more profoundly important.

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STEPPING UP

Making a lasting difference begins with the right questions.

BY RON LONDEN

BEFORE JOINING THE FACULTY of the Batten School in 2016, Kirsten Gelsdorf spent nearly 20 years working with the United Nations on humanitarian crisis response rang- ing from tsunami to famine to earthquake. This spring, she began teaching a new course on global humanitarian crises with an expectation of 30 to 45 students in the class. Once registration began, the class venue had to be moved, and then moved again. The class opened with 180 students enrolled, plus a waiting list. “If we could find a bigger classroom, she would fill it,” says David Leblang, director of the Global Policy Center at B the Batten School. “Students here are very public-service oriented. They want to make a difference.” “Human beings want to be part of something bigger than themselves,” agrees Allan Stam, dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. “How do young people scratch that itch? One way is to try in every way possible to make the world a better place.” Of course, wanting to make the world a better place is not nearly enough. After 10 years, the ed- ucational goal of the Batten School remains the same: to prepare students to achieve their goals by rigorously giving them the skills and experience for analysis, design, execution and—perhaps most critically—leadership in a changing world. Closing the gap between aspiration and accomplishment requires asking the right questions as well as having the tools to find the right answers.

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to be more purpose-driven,” Mahoney Batten School. That’s because SE@ IS THERE A asks, “to tackle major social problems, UVA was designed as a pan-University DIFFERENT WAY? but do so in a way that’s financially resource—“Batten led, Batten run, but IN BATTEN’S SOCIAL entrepreneur- sustainable?” serving the entire University,” Mahoney ship initiative, all 12 classes are full, Experiential courses create the says. Since Batten offers a minor in with waiting lists—just as they have opportunity for students to work social entrepreneurship, students from been every year since the initiative hands-on with social entrepreneurs. across UVA stand to benefit. was first introduced six years ago. Together, they develop creative “The creative financing models “We are still not close to meeting solutions for social problems ranging that we see in social entrepreneur- the demand,” says Christine Mahoney, from clean water in Ghana to ship can be applied to a whole range director of SE@UVA, Batten’s social logistical support for humanitarian of problem sets,” Mahoney says. entrepreneurship research center. relief agencies to a book publisher Regardless of their specialty, students Social entrepreneurship begins specializing in underserved markets. can come into the social entrepre- with a dichotomy: Many people who There are currently more students neurship model and learn a range are totally focused on maximizing enrolled in social entrepreneurship of innovative solutions that could profits at their business ventures classes than choosing majors in the transfer to their area of expertise. have to settle for zero-return “invest- “When Mr. Batten gave his gift, he ments” in their charitable giving. was interested in training enlight- For charities themselves, survival ened and ethical citizen leaders,” she depends on gifts from benefactors or adds. “I think that perfectly describes on grants from governments or foun- social entrepreneurs.” Students at SE@UVA dations. Is there a better way? have the opportunity “Is there a way for more businesses to engage with policymakers directly. HOW CAN WE CONNECT?

ONE OF THE cardinal virtues of the University of Virginia has long been the willingness to overcome silos in pursuit of a common goal. For example, David Leblang, director of the Global Policy Center, is also chair of the Department of Politics in the University’s College of Arts and Sci- ences. Further, two of Batten’s other research centers are joint ventures with other schools on Grounds. “The joint venture piece is fairly unique for ,” says Dr. Michael Williams, director of the Center for Health Policy, a joint program of

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WHAT DOES THE DATA SAY?

ACROSS ALL ACADEMIC disciplines, the point of research is to develop reliable new insights. Too often, old assumptions stand as barriers to new insights, based as they are not on re- search but on intuition and personal anecdotal experience. “Intuition is not necessarily wrong. Intuition can be useful information, but it is not rigorous evidence,” says James Wyckoff, professor at the Curry School of Education and director of the Center of and Batten students Workforce Competitiveness—known gain real-world as EdPolicyWorks—a joint venture of experience through “The beauty of having a foot in both the Batten and Curry schools. policy simulations. worlds is that I get to work in the public In many fields including educa- policy arena in light of seeing results in tional policy, the intuition of people clinical outcomes,” Williams says. “Too in the field—often shaped by many often guys like me get involved after the years’ experience—sometimes yields Titanic has hit the iceberg.” reluctantly to the weight of objective the University of Virginia School of Williams is currently arranging a data, Wyckoff says. He gives an exam- Medicine, Department of Public Health system of “speed dating” events to bring ple: the assumption that requiring a Sciences and the Batten School. “We Batten faculty together with physicians, teacher to get a master’s degree will have a top-notch nurses and medical researchers to sit always lead to better educational working in concert with a top-notch down and compare notes. The result, he outcomes for students. medical school and nursing school. We says, can be instant collaboration lead- also have a top school, business ing to new research projects or access to school, engineering school and new grant funding. education school all in one place and all “One of my jobs is to identify in the top tier of their peer group. That pockets of research that are going on gives us a lot of bandwidth.” in isolation now, make the necessary Like Leblang, Williams exemplifies introductions, and in some cases beat Michael UVA’s cross-disciplinary emphasis. In bushes and find resources to support Williams addition to directing the Center for the work,” Williams says. The goal, he Health Policy, he specializes in acute care says, is a set of “local conversations surgery at the UVA School of Medicine. that lead to a national dialog.”

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“Teaching is a terribly challenging profession. You need lots of knowledge HOW DO WE and skills,” Wyckoff says, “but good GET THERE? research shows that it’s not the case BATTEN PROFESSOR Gerry that a master’s degree will guarantee REAL-WORLD Warburg uses a Latin phrase—non developing those skills.” SCENARIOS satis scire—in his teaching. It means, Intuition is valuable, he says, but ALLOW “to know is not enough.” as a starting point for research, not a STUDENTS TO To get from a worthwhile goal to stopping point. “If we are going to be a worthy outcome, knowledge is spending millions or billions of dollars HONE THEIR not enough. Getting there usually on policies,” he continues, “we want LEADERSHIP takes passion, always takes hard rigorous evidence that would support SKILLS WHILE work and often takes a little luck. that investment.” CHALLENGING More than that, it takes embracing In fact, just as hard data is used to the risk and summoning the supplement personal experience, in THEIR courage to take on a challenge: to other realms of inquiry, data can be ASSUMPTIONS commit to change. used to help provide valuable personal IN WAYS NO The willingness to embrace experience. CLASSROOM necessary change is essential to The Center for Leadership Simulation LECTURE effective leadership. While the vast and Gaming is an initiative by the majority of such classes at most Batten School to use data—expressed COULD MATCH. schools deal with leadership in the through computer simulation—to boardroom, the Batten School treats give students realistic experience in leadership as an organizational collaboration and leadership. to external changes, such as weather challenge. Batten’s emphasis on The Center has recently entered into events, that are introduced by the game social psychology equips students a five-year agreement to develop com- without warning. with a deeper understanding of puter simulations and administer the “Simulations give you the opportu- skills in deliberation, negotiation annual competition for students around nity to learn from experiences, dealing and group dynamics to enable the world, sponsored by NASPAA (a with the risk and uncertainty built into them to make a lasting difference membership organization of graduate the model,” says Gerard Learmonth, regardless of their place in an schools in public policy education). director of the Center. “You can have organization’s hierarchy. Starting this year, the worldwide event the best water management model in The world is changing all the is named the “NASPAA-Batten Student the world, but all it takes is a hurricane time. The question is, how it will Simulation Competition.” to ruin your day.” change? Fresh water wells will be Students in the competition work in Such real-world scenarios allow dug—or they won’t. Children will be teams at eight sites around the world students to hone their leadership skills fed—or they won’t. Innovative new over a 30-hour period. Student teams while challenging their assumptions in businesses will be launched—or make decisions about a key challenge— ways no classroom lecture could match. they won’t. The difference between this year it’s global food security—while Bad outcomes can serve as good learn- aspiration and outcome often is the responding to other teams as well as ing experiences with no real harm done. ability and willingness to lead.

10 YEARS OF POSITIVE DISRUPTION 17 Clockwise from top: Then U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (a Batten parent) holds an open forum in the Great Hall; Professor A PHOTO ESSAY / Fred Hitz discusses intelligence reform with Batten students; students exchange ideas DRAWING and enjoy the fresh air. ENLIGHTENED AND ETHICAL LEADERS

“I CHOSE TO JOIN THE BATTEN SCHOOL BECAUSE IT OFFERS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE PROSPECT OF GOVERNMENT FRED HITZ

— SERVICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IT IS PROXIMATE AND WE CAN EASILY ARRANGE FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS TO COME AND INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS.”

18 “I CHOSE TO JOIN THE BATTEN SCHOOL BECAUSE OF UVA’S REPUTATION AND MY PERSONAL INTEREST IN PUBLIC POLICY, AND BECAUSE BATTEN IS A FRESH START TO Clockwise from top: Garrett Hall is decked out for an opening reception in 2015; a DEVELOP NEW IDEAS native of Lima, Peru, Sebastian Tello-Trillo AND APPROACHES.” joined Batten in fall 2016 as assistant professor of public policy and economics. — SEBASTIAN TELLO-TRILLO

19 Clockwise from top: A happy Batten student snaps a selfie at the spring 2015 graduation ceremony; Senator Tim Kaine discusses public policy challenges in a lecture for a new online course; students chat with Wendy Kopp (center), founder of Teach for America and a 2013 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership; Batten alumnus Malcolm Brogdon of the Milwaukee Bucks receives his MPP diploma at a ceremony at John Paul Jones Arena.

20 “I JOINED THE BATTEN SCHOOL BECAUSE I FOUND THE SCHOOL’S CORE MISSION TO BE INVIGORATING. EVERY TIME I WALK INTO GARRETT HALL, I RELISH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP TRANSFORM STUDENTS INTO ETHICAL LEADERS WHO CAN PRODUCE, CRITIQUE AND CONSUME EVIDENCE-BASED ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH.” EILEEN Y. CHOU EILEEN Y. — 

Clockwise from top: Professor Eileen Chou lectures on individual and group behavior in organizational settings; students soak up knowledge during a lecture; Dean Stam toasts Rep. John Lewis, recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, at a 2015 reception. “I CHOSE TO JOIN THE BATTEN SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ITS MISSION TO TRAIN ENLIGHTENED AND ETHICAL LEADERS — CHRISTINE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE WORLD.” MAHONEY

Clockwise from top: Professor Christine Mahoney teaches students about social entrepreneurship; Senator Mark Warner delivers a guest lecture; Martin O’ Malley, then Governor of Maryland, speaks at the Batten Future Leaders Forum in 2015. Clockwise from top: Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, speaks after accepting the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership; Chris Ruhm is a professor of public policy and economics at Batten; Batten students visit legislators in the nation’s capital.

“I CHOSE TO JOIN THE BATTEN SCHOOL BECAUSE I WAS EXCITED TO BE PART OF A NEW PUBLIC CHRIS RUHM

— POLICY SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN A GREAT UNIVERSITY.”

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THE POWER OF POSITIVE DISRUPTION

THE 10 YEARS since the founding of the Batten School have corresponded with pivotal changes for society at large. Indeed, the pace of change seems to grow daily. Various long-term drivers are increasing pressure on our society’s institutions and resetting some of our basic assumptions. Those drivers include globalization, increased automation in manufacturing, the pursuit of artificial intelligence, big

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data analytics and social media. Election results here and elsewhere concur: Times are changing. For many, anxiety is the new normal. At a time of undeniable disrupting events, positive disruption is a worthy goal. Such an outcome cannot be forged with good intentions alone. That kind of change requires technical skills, of course, but also the ability to creatively organize energetic teams in working toward shared goals. In other words, it requires leadership. Frank Batten Sr. had a vision for the disruptive power of positive leader- ship. He was convinced that the most important product of American univer- Dean Stam speaks with responsive to emerging ones. sities was the recruitment and training the Mandela Washington Our research faculty produces of leaders for our communities, Fellows about leadership widely cited, highly influential work in and overcoming adversity. businesses and government. Our status education, health economics, human as a self-governing society depends on migration, , hu- replenishing our ranks of citizens with man behavior, legislative effectiveness, effective, motivated leaders. I take that public safety and national security. to heart every day. You can find Batten alumni work- Ten years on, the school that bears ing at the White House, Senate, CIA, Frank Batten’s name has exceeded Pentagon and elsewhere around the virtually all of our key goals to date: Beltway. They can also be found work- • Growth of students ing in state governments, at leading • Creation of research centers consultancies and with NGOs world- • Placement of graduates wide. Today, one Batten alum gets up at • Recruiting of faculty 2:00 a.m. to work at Langley preparing • Growth of our resources the president’s daily briefing. Another Batten has emerged as a leading runs a nuclear safety program at the voice on public policy and leadership, Department of Energy and another with a bias toward action. Rather serves as special assistant to the CEO than structuring our school on an of the World Wildlife Fund. ossified curricula based on static All of this from a relatively small disciplines, we are organized around group. As a young school, we don’t research centers that are responding have a huge alumni base. In fact, the to our most pressing issues—and are 2016/2017 school year marks the first

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time that Batten alumni outnumber policy and social psychology to equip current Batten students. our students with the skills necessary Our students were successful in to lead. We also give our students the securing four Presidential Management opportunity to apply those skills in Fellowships this year (and seven last realistic experiential scenarios. year). That places us ahead of Harvard, In these and other ways, we are dedi- Princeton, Berkeley and Duke. cated to serving as an incubator and an We are a small school that intends experimental platform, for like-minded to stay that way—with close to 300 parties at UVA as well as at any of the applicants for next year’s class of 75 330 policy schools around the world. students. Our master’s programs are oversubscribed and among the most competitive in the country. We want to recruit the best of the best and FRANK BATTEN HAD then support them with a network A VISION FOR THE that can extend their impact. DISRUPTIVE POWER OF WHAT KIND OF POSITIVE LEADERSHIP. HE NETWORK? WAS CONVINCED THAT THE IN THE LAST 18 months, we have MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT signed cooperative agreements with a half-dozen universities in China, OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES Japan, Colombia and Europe. The WAS THE RECRUITMENT AND purpose of these agreements goes TRAINING OF LEADERS. far beyond the powerful student exchange model; it’s a commitment to share best practices that will help transform the education and training Disruptive times call for courageous of students for tomorrow. moves. When we look to the business We are actively pursuing relation- world, we see that the corporations ships with still more universities as well that survive and prosper over the long as with corporations, governmental haul understand the need to constantly organizations and foundations to foster reinvent themselves. In the emerging best practices in policy and leadership markets of tomorrow, our students wherever possible. We are designed to will be reinventing themselves as well punch above our weight, resulting in throughout their careers. outsized and lasting impact. As the old saying goes, necessity is That’s why we are committed to the mother of invention—and some- rigorous scholarship in economics, times, reinvention.

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STUDENT PROFILE / PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE

Batten is helping me develop practical, usable skills. FPO

IN UVA’S SMALL Slavic lan- SAMANTHA GUTHRIE guages and literature department, MPP 2017 I built close relationships with my Co-president of Women in Policy, senior online editor for Virginia Policy Review and was able to conduct BA from UVA in Russian and Eastern research starting as a second year. European studies in 2016 I felt supported and intellectually mentored by all my professors. Similarly to why I chose UVA’s Slavic department for my un- dergraduate studies, I was then IattractedI by Batten’s small size and by the opportunity to build relationships with professors and have some self-direction in my of migrant workers and minorities in studies. The Batten MPP, I knew, would help me add a technical, Russia, as I helped their children learn quantitative component to my skill set. Professors here care the Russian language and culture in about students developing practical, usable skills—not just to order to better integrate into local pass a class but to leave Batten with sustainable knowledge. society. I am now passionate about the In the spring of my first year, I was awarded a Boren Scholar- development and inclusion of minority ship—a government scholarship that encourages in-country study and vulnerable communities through- of critical languages. In exchange for up to $20,000 for interna- out the former Soviet Union. tional language study, recipients pledge to work for the govern- I am grateful to Batten’s curricu- ment in a field related to national security for at least a year. lum for equipping me with quantita- During my Boren-funded study period, I interned in St. tive skills and the ability to consider Petersburg, Russia, for eight months. I approached the experience a problem from multiple angles. The not as if I were studying abroad but as if I were permanently policymakers of tomorrow will be moving to St. Petersburg. This mentality helped me integrate able to combine human needs, par- more deeply and make lifelong friendships. ticularly the voices of communities My internship at a local NGO called Deti Peterburga (“Chil- often neglected, alongside objective, dren of St. Petersburg”) also introduced me to the challenges factual reasoning.

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ALUMNUS PROFILE /

AS WITH MANY of my peers, the impending abyss of the U.S. FROM job market was top of mind for me in 2008. I thought a stint in graduate school would be a good way to both weather the worst of the crisis and bolster my credentials. When I learned about ANALYTICAL the newly created Batten School, I applied, because the prospect of being on the ground floor of a new school and helping build a PROWESS TO public policy degree program appealed to me. When I was a Batten student, one of our slogans was, “Policy is everywhere. Lead from anywhere.” True words. While it is DIPLOMACY tempting to focus on the role of governments in shaping soci- ety, I firmly believe that technology has just as much influence. This was a controversial assertion in 2009, but I suspect it is How my Batten education much less so today. prepared me to play a role in The fundamental ideological struggle of our generation isn’t the election process. going to be about liberal versus conservative or government versus market but over the definition of the internet itself. Is it primarily for broadcasting information? For commerce? Surveillance? I think the internet is at its best, and most dem- ocratic, when it is a place for community and communication with the people we care about the most. This also happens to be why I continue to work where I do. In my role at Facebook, I spent the past two years working on the U.S. presidential election, conducting research about the conversation happening on Facebook, analyzing the use of new products (such as Facebook Live), and working with journalists and broadcasters to surface such insights for the stories they write and air on television. We also worked closely with many of the moderators of the primary and general election debates to share data about the political conversation on Facebook and to surface questions from people on our platform. The job involves a lot of technical skill, analytical prowess and, above all, good communication instincts and diplomacy—all of which my Batten education touched upon heavily. DUSTIN CABLE MPP 2010 A good public servant today must have the ability to set Research manager for Facebook’s one’s own assumptions aside, examine them and have the Policy and Communications team courage to try viewing the world from a different perspective. BS from UVA in systems engineering If the past election has shown us anything, it is how easily, and government in 2009 and often unconsciously, we can insulate ourselves in our particular worldviews.

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TEN YEARS ON THE LAWN A reflection on the Batten School’s growth

BY GERRY WARBURG

At this time of considerable change and tumult in the world of public policy, it is heartening to reflect on the remarkable growth of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. ¶ I first visited the Batten School at Varsity Hall nearly a decade ago. Batten then had two full-time faculty members, three staff members and two dozen brave MPP students. There was no undergraduate program. From this modest beginning, I was told, the School would build a community of scholars committed to public service and would grow ten-fold within the decade.

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WE DID! AND we did so because of the foresight and determination of our pioneering classes, and a remarkably engaged team of administrators and faculty. It is a testament to their vision, WHAT I HAVE ENJOYED and to the leadership of Deans Harry Harding and Allan Stam, that this MOST IS THE OPPORTUNITY growth was managed in a fashion that TO DESIGN NEW COURSES maintained our community culture and values. THAT SIT SQUARELY AT Batten today remains a great place to THE INTERSECTION OF build bridges between disciplines and THEORY AND PRACTICE. define the sweet spot for consensus where things can get done. That is pre- cisely why I was attracted to Batten—be- We use state-of-the-art policymaking simulations and cause it promises a synthesis, a serious case studies to take a deep dive into contemporary issues. examination of both the theory and Professors engage in meaningful research and learn from practice of political leadership. each other, even as we are enriched by continual engage- Students are drawn to public policy ment with our students and policymakers. from different backgrounds. I caught Engagement with policy community leaders in the class- the policy bug unexpectedly, fresh out of rooms has consistently enriched the student experience college, when I worked on major policy and made the Batten School the place on Grounds for policy issues on the floor of the U.S. Senate. discussions. When I returned to my home state of In our classes we have hosted presidential candidates, California to attend graduate school at the House Majority Leader, U.S. senators and the chair of Stanford, I saw the tools I needed laid the Judiciary Committee. Two successive Virginia gover- before me in skills-oriented coursework nors held their cabinet retreats here. We have hosted two offered by national thought leaders in Secretaries of State, as well as numerous key ambassadors leadership, nuclear weapons policy, for off-the-record discussions with students. The National international economics and the like. Intelligence Committee briefs the entire student body on Batten is a great school, with a young global trends—the organizing principle of a Batten elective, heart and a fiercely loyal student cohort. “The Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century.” It is heartening to see our graduates now We like to think of the Batten School as a “no talking building careers—and helping fellow points” zone, and our visitors sense immediately that this alumni—in a diverse set of public policy is a place for deep thinking, not partisan rhetoric. We have challenges. What I have enjoyed most, every reason to believe this is a legacy we can build upon in both as an assistant dean and a teacher future decades. in seminar classrooms, is the opportuni- Gerry Warburg is professor of practice of public policy. He ty to design new courses that sit squarely served as the Batten School’s first assistant dean for external at the intersection of theory and practice. affairs from 2010 to 2015.

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NOTED SCHOLAR JOINS 1 LEADERSHIP SIMULATION CENTER Noah Myung brings extensive Award- scholarship in experimental economics Winning Debt and defense policy. Awareness Campaign IN DECEMBER 2016, Noah Myung began his tenure as academic director of In 2013, five UVA the Center for Leadership Simulation and students won CREATING A WORLD-CLASS STUDENT Gaming at the Frank Batten School of a nationwide Leadership and Public Policy. Myung will competition (with a SIMULATION COMPETITION help advance the use of state-of-the-art, $10,000 prize) to In January 2013, the Batten School and the Network of Schools computer-modeled simulations at Batten. engage and educate of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) announced Myung holds a PhD and MS in college students a five-year agreement to partner in the NASPAA-Batten Student economics from the California Institute about the federal Simulation Competition. The competition will take place in eight of Technology (Caltech). He also holds government’s long- regional host sites across the globe annually each February. a diploma in military intelligence from term debt. Theirs was Through participating, students can rapidly perceive the the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and one of 10 university complexity of public policy problems, experience unintended taught finance and economics at the teams taking part consequences of actions and see intergenerational impacts of Naval Postgraduate School, Graduate in the inaugural, public policy decisions. School of Business and Public Policy. six-week Up to Us “We believe that computer-assisted models and simulations “I am excited to join the Batten competition. Three are the way forward for schools of public affairs, public School,” Myung says. “Our simulations team members administration and public policy in the 21st century,” said Batten bring students one step closer to the were students in Dean Allan Stam. “Students gain valuable leadership experience real world and provide an opportuni- the accelerated BA/ in these simulations, which prepare them for the challenges of ty to apply the theories and policies MPP program at the the modern world.” learned in classrooms to solve complex Batten School. real-world situations.” The Center for Leadership Simulation “The young people 1 and Gaming deploys models and who participated MPP Student Wins simulations in the areas of health in this competition National Simulation care, environment, national security, brought passion, Competition development and education. energy and creativity In 2015, MPP student Zachary Blackburn was part of to solving one of our the award-winning team at the inaugural NASPAA-Batten most urgent issues,” Student Simulation Competition. said former President Bill Clinton, who According to the NASPAA press release, Blackburn’s team presented the award. “showed exemplary understanding of health care challenges and current policy concerns and showed a mastery of the technical simulation. . . . If their strategy were scaled and implemented in regions across the country, it could save the U.S. $640 billion annually in 2040.”

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FROM BATTEN Batten School Creates TO THE WORLD 1 First Public Policy MOOC James Allman-Gulino describes taking his Batten In 2015, the Batten School began offering education with him into the Foreign Service. the country’s first comprehensive online public policy survey course: Public Policy to graduate from the Batten accel- Challenges of the 21st Century. Some of the WHILE PREPARING First-Ever erated master’s program in spring 2009, I passed the State nation’s top leaders and thinkers offer their National Department’s Foreign Service Exam and was excited about the insights in this MOOC (massive open online Conference prospect of joining our country’s diplomatic corps. course). To date, it has had more than During my wait for final 78,000 viewers. In 2013, the University clearance, I worked for of Virginia’s student- “MY TIME Deloitte Consulting and did a 1 Lecturers and run journal of public IN BATTEN fellowship in Uganda with the interviewees have policy, Virginia Policy HELPED microfinance organization included U.S. Senator Review, hosted the Kiva, overseeing loans to en- Tim Kaine, Rep. Tom ME THINK first-ever national trepreneurs. The experience Davis, former White ABOUT THESE conference for such gave me a lot of time to think: House Press Secretary QUESTIONS university-based Is it for the developed world to Dee Dee Myers and others. The nine-unit CRITICALLY journals. Students give impoverished populations course delves into topics such as U.S.-China AND GENERATE from more than a hand up, or is it to get out of relations and health and defense policy. PRAGMATIC a dozen schools their way and let them address attended, including RESPONSES.” their own problems? Cornell, Duke, My time in Batten helped Georgetown and New me think about these questions critically and generate prag- York universities. matic responses. I am now in my sixth year with the Foreign Service, having The inaugural National served in Haiti and Pakistan, and soon will head to our consul- Conference for ate in Johannesburg, South Africa. In both Haiti and Pakistan, Schools of Public the need to write succinct, timely and informational briefs Policy and Affairs was a constant—a skill learned at Batten. featured workshops, On the whole, Batten has impacted me most by influenc- a lunch roundtable CONSIDERING POLITICAL ing the way I think about public problems and analyze their discussion of best CONSENSUS WITH potential solutions. These skills will continue to serve me in practices, and a CONGRESSMEN my public service well into the future. panel discussion on Batten’s largest class, “Public Policy Chal- “Journalism in the lenges of the 21st Century,” recently heard 21st Century: Blogs from Rep. Bobby Scott about how Congress and Social Media.” HEALTH & WELLNESS SYMPOSIUM can move forward in a contentious season. Later in the semester, Batten students will In March 2017, the Batten School hosted a conference to Virginia Policy Review hear from Republican Rep. Tom Garrett, explore unconscious bias and its impact on health and wellness. has continued to Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly and former Discussions included the impact of bias on innovation and host the conference House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. “I want performance and the impact of perceptions on gender bias and annually. to show students that even though the wellness. National experts joined leaders of the UVA medical country is divided right now, there are issues community and Batten researchers to share knowledge and help that unite us and that we can legislate on,” develop solutions to issues. Professor Gerry Warburg notes.

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School of Public and International DEVELOPING Affairs, known as the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI). Similar to SINSI, the program at Batten PUBLIC will attract and encourage the best stu- dents at the University of Virginia to go SERVANTS into government service, with the hope that the program will grow over time. “This is only the beginning,” says Dean Allan Stam, discussing the pro- gram’s vision. “It is vitally important that we encourage, support and prepare Batten Professor Frederick P. Hitz the nation’s top students to pursue believes in public service. His own careers in the U.S. government. The Bocock Fellowship gives us the chance career is a testament to this conviction. to begin what we hope will be a much Hitz served extensively in the Central Intelligence Agency larger program, including scholarship (CIA): as a member of the CIA’s clandestine service, as funding, mentorship and programming, legislative counsel to the director of the CIA and as deputy to attract, train and support the nation’s director for Europe in the Directorate of Operations. He future government leaders.” was appointed the first statutory inspector general of the The gift was made in honor of CIA by President George H.W. Bush and served in this role Professor Hitz’s brother-in-law until his retirement in 1998. Frederic S. Bocock, a 1954 University The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy of Virginia graduate who served as an is lucky to have Professor Hitz as a senior lecturer. He If you are officer in the Navy before beginning interested teaches courses on anti-terrorism and the role of intel- a long career as a partner at Scott & in making ligence, as well as on American political leadership. But your own Stringfellow. Bocock had a warmth Professor Hitz has a bigger vision for his impact at Batten. contribution that drew people to him, and he was In December 2016, Hitz and his wife, Mary Buford Hitz, to the Bocock a leader in the Richmond community, Fellowship gave the Batten School $500,000 to create the Frederic S. Fund to further exemplifying the leadership traits Bocock Fellowship Fund, which will support students pur- expand these that Batten hopes to encourage in its suing internships in federal, state and local government. opportunities, students today. please contact “We want the best student leaders to serve in the pub- Frank Batten Sr. passionately Director of lic sector,” says Hitz. “We need to educate them about the Development believed in creating an institution possibilities and provide them with the resources to empower Lauren Kase: devoted to the education and promo- them to choose lower or non-paying opportunities within gov- laurenkase@ tion of strong young leaders. There virginia.edu. ernment. Further, we want to create a cohort of these young is perhaps no more important place people who are transforming our nation from the inside out.” for individuals to exercise ethical and The program will be loosely modeled on one that Profes- strategic leadership than in our feder- sor Hitz created in 2006 at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson al, state and local governments.

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On behalf of all of us at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, thank you for your support over the past 10 years. From Frank Batten Sr.’s founding, transformational gift to the class gifts we receive each year from graduating students, every gift makes a powerful difference in our ability to empower the next generation of leaders. We could not do this without you.

Donors listed in alphabetical order. If you do not see your name here or if you would prefer to see it in a different form, please contact Lauren Kase, director of development, at [email protected].

ACIG Insurance Company Dahler J. Battle Neil T. Branch Harrison R. Clement C. Audrey Dyer Bethany Ackerman Ann Laurence Baumer Kaitlin H. Brennan Carmen Stewart Clipper Ryan F. Early Amanda E. Adams Rebecca J. Beeson Elizabeth K. Brightwell Molly C. Cole Patricia S. Edson Chelsea D. Adams Andrew M. Bellak Eric R. Bristow Christina C. Conell Graham L. Egan Scott Adams Alison B. Bentley Alyssa B. Brown Caitlin R. Connolly Simone I. Egwu Melinda K. Adnot Donna M. Berger Adelina M. Bryant Kelly E. Connors Michael D. Ellis Megha Agarwal Meredith C. Berger Lucille Marie Buckles Ciara Noelle Cooney Jennifer Kendrick Ertler Reem S. Alamiri Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Bergner Ryan P. Bugas Kevin M. Corcoran Mr. and Mrs. William A. Evanow William Alesio, Jr. Madeline J. Bergner Brendan T. Burdette Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Coughlin Kathleen Nessa Evans Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Alexander John H. Bermingham III Paul R. Burks Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cricchi Dirk Ewers Edward M. Allen Garrett T. Berntsen Andrew J. Burtle Lauren E. Cricchi Tallie C. Faircloth Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Beron Mr. and Mrs. David W. Burton John R. Crombie Colleen A. Farrell James T. Allman-Gulino John W. Betz, Jr. Ashley Neese Bybee Caitlin D. Cummings Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Fay Sara W. Almousa Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Dustin A. Cable Cynthia Cavert Czikra Caitlin B. Feller Elizabeth S. Aloisi Annette Billingsley-Cheze Amanda G. Calamari E. Randolph Daniel Dr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Fergusson Katherine S. Aloisi Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Billmire Sean P. Callahan Janet B. Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Fetscher Kelly E. Anderson Claire E. Bischoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Campanelli Nathan P. Daugherty Nicholas P. Feucht William D. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Black III Courtney S. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Davenport II Lesley Anne Field Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm C. Andrews Zachary A. Blackburn Danielle L. M. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Davis III Holly L. Figueroa Dr. and Mrs. David B. Arkin BlackRock, Inc. Jason R. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. de Olazarra John P. Fitzsimmons Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Aronson Charles K. Blackstone Jose A. Cardenas Paige Dean Patrick R. Fitzsimmons Rosalia M. Arora Joanne E. Blanchard Caitlin S. Carr Colin M. Delaney Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Fleck Thomas M. Arrasmith III Courtney L. Blandford Darcy Christhilf Carroll Patricia Bottom Delany Conor P. Flynn Alexandra Arriaga Holly Bleck Ethan L. Carroll Danielle N. Delisle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Flynn Ayesha Arshad Brooke E. Bochonok Victoria Catanese Madison T. Deluca Henry M. Flynn, Jr. Katherine F. Asbury Dr. Bennett Gibson Boggs Victoria A. Catanese Patrick K. Di Gregory Christopher A. Foley Kate Tedrow Astrich Luwam T. Bokure Richard D. Cates, Jr. Carmen M. Diaz Katherine W. Ford Frank B. Atkinson Mark A. Bolton J. Patrick Cave Emma Katherine Dillon Christopher G. Forsgren Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Atwood Schafer B. Bomstein Aaron H. Chafetz William C. Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Forsgren Lori J. Auletta McKinsey R. Bond Charlottesville Area Community Ann E. Dobrenz Foundation for Sustainable Lauren W. Axselle Peyton L. Bond Foundation R. Liam Dohn Development Jordan R. Axt Susan S. Bond Grace A. Charlton Jeremy Dollin Joseph A. Francois-Ashbrook Kathryn C. Babineau Professor and Mrs. Richard J. Bonnie Andrew S. Chernack Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Donato C. Anson Franklin Mr. and Mrs. John K. Bakewell Jessica Mino Boone Jasmine Chiu Derek A. Douglas Nicole R. Fratkin John M. Bakewell Mr. and Mrs. Kyle J. Bottorff Michelle H. Cho Katherine Laird Dozier Lillian C. Frost Solomon A. Banjo Alexander B. Boucher Kevin Chou Mary Dorothy Drach Sheridan W. Fuller Christopher J. Barchet Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bowser Sanjay J. Choudhury Anna A. Draganova Mr. and Mrs. Ian N. Gallagher Christopher M. Basham, M.D. Boyd Financial Services Emma R. Clark Samuel H. Dreiman Charles R. Gamper, Jr. Jeffrey R. Bashaw Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Boyd Ina A. Clark Casey M. Duggan Chloe H. Gardner Frank Batten, Sr. Sean P. Brady Tara R. Clark Ioana A. Dumitriu Ms. Sarah D. Garland-Hoch and Mr. Jane Parke Batten Dr. Jeanine D. Braithwaite Caitlin Elizabeth Clary Thomas E. Duncan Roland E. Hoch

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John R. Garside III Caroline C. Hollis Dr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Garson, Jr. Ann Marie Hollister Stacey Gavin William T. Holly Caitlin B. Gearen Richard B. Hopkins DO WELL AND Mr. and Mrs. Duane M. Geck C. Griffin Horter Alexander P. Genetos Stephanie J. Hough Ammy M. George Jessica A. Housden DO GOOD Adam M. Ghazzawi Lynn S. Huang Ms. Emily Gibb Judith Lindamood Hughes Adam A. Gillenwater Stephanie B. Hull Q&A with Jill Royster, whose Kathleen C. Gillette-Mallard Roszell D. Hunter contributions are funding social Mrs. Kathleen D. Gillette-Mallard Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hutnick and Mr. Frank C. Mallard Osayuwame O. Ikhinmwin entrepreneurship opportunities Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Gillman Innovations for Poverty Action across the Batten School Austen D. Givens Institute of International Education Michael A. Glasser Emily C. Irwin Ross E. Glasser David G. Jacobowitz Grace I. Glover Ms. Elizabeth Jacobs and Mr. Paul The Royster-Lawton Internship Fund and Royster-Lawton Brian P. Gonzalez A. Locke Scholarship Funds expand access, affordability and experiential Rachel I. Good Matthew J. Jacobson Rahul K. Gorawara Mr. and Mrs. Budge D. Jamison learning opportunities for undergraduate and accelerated MPP Mr. and Mrs. Curtis D. Gordon Henry D. Jamison V Randolph Lee Gordon, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Janka students focused on social enterpreneurship. Virginia E. Gordon Julia C. Janka Brandon R. Gould Ms. Carla L. Janson and Mr. Donald Peter M. Grant II A. Gillenwater Why fund internships related to social entrepreneurships? And why Batten? Ann Lawrence Grasty Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Jefferson There is no better way to get “on the job training” than through internships. Batten Margaret N. Gratz Jasmine Jefferson Breanna C. Gray Nathaniel R. Jewell offers the perfect platform for learning the core tenets of business and leadership Monica N. Gray Todd E. Johnson while also reinforcing the importance of social impact. Today, one cannot live with- Hannah M. Green Trevor Jordan out the other. Both the students and the participating organizations will support this Langdon B. Greenhalgh Gayle M. Jordan-Randolph, M.D. John W. Gregory Shannon M. Joyce shared commitment to driving business and change, globally and locally. The intern- Mary Lou Grier Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Kaestel ships will also span (and work across) the public, private, government and nonprofit Samantha E. Guthrie Vetan Kapoor Isabelle C. Guzman Michael S. Karlik sectors to enhance the value of the experience—at Batten and in the field. Meredyth N. Haas Lauren M. Kase Samantha Anne Hafner Jacquelyn M. Katuin Kathryn S. Hahne Roma Kaundal Why are internships important for students at this point in their education? David H. Hallock, Jr., Esq. Borna Kazerooni You need work experience to get work. My goal is to connect students with oppor- Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Hallock, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kazerooni tunities that build their skill set and ultimately lead to a fulfilling job. Unfortunate- Caitlin E. Ham Caroline G. Kelly Rilla F. Hamilton Jennifer R. Keltz ly, not everyone has a direct line to exploring such opportunities, so my husband, Hampton Roads Community John P. Keyser Drew, and I want to help make sure that opportunity exists for all students. Foundation Leland Ingham Keyser Luke K. Handley Imran A. Khan Additionally, our hope is that students will explore other areas within an organi- Alexandra H. Hanway Ruth A. Kidane zation that might be of interest moving forward. Perhaps you intern in Marketing Victoria Higgs Hanway Charles H. Kim Ms. Syaru Shirley Lin and Mr. Harry Katherine H. Kim but like what’s happening in Global Affairs—or you really hit it off with the Product Harding, Jr. Eric S. Kimpton Development Team and see benefit in working more closely together. Curiousity Marcus R. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. King and collaboration will always pay off in the end. Nia N. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Kington Ann Woods Hawks Chloe B. Kirsch William T. Head Mr. and Mrs. Gordon T. Kirtland Why is social entrepreneurial education and investment important to you personally? Heart Sing Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James S. Kitterman III Genevieve M. Heckel Abbie L. Klinghoffer I believe doing well and doing good go hand in hand. And the Social Entrepreneur- Stephan A. Heinlein Matthew L. Klumpp ship Initiative (SE@UVA) allows me stand behind something that aligns with my val- Mr. and Mrs. William F. Henagan Andrew N. Koch William C. Henagan Mitchell J. Koval ue system. In my humble opinion, to be a successful leader—in business, as a partner, Ms. Mary Elizabeth Hennessy and Matthew R. Kragie a friend, a family member, a volunteer or otherwise—you need to surround yourself Dr. John C. Schwab Karla S. Kreidie El Masri with (and embrace) different perspectives. Batten stands by this philosophy. Just Nishita D. Henry Alyona S. Kudina Dr. Elizabeth S. Higgs and Dr. Jeffrey Kathleen R. Kuehnast look at what they’ve created with the Social Entrepreneurship minor, the first-ever L. Hanway Arushi Kumar cross-Grounds minor at the University. Different people with different majors who Katherine Anne Hitchcock Pin-Hsuan Lai Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Hitz Kristin M. Lambert want to think and do differently, together. I think Jefferson would be proud. Howard Henry Hoege III Amy L. Lambrecht

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Eric M. Patashnik Samir Salifou Greg E. Totillo Reade W. Paterno Daniel A. Sater Ms. Sophie Trawalter and Mr. CDR and Mrs. Mark S. Patrick Emily S. Schenck Benjamin A. Converse If you would like to make a gift in Erin K. Patrick Dr. Raymond C. Scheppach Joseph E. Trunzo Kelsey B. Patterson Spencer B. Schloss Eli W. Tullis honor of Batten’s 10-year anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Payne, Jr. Silke Schoepper Mr. and Mrs. James M. Tully visit batten.virginia.edu/10year Carolyn E. Pelnik Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Schoettle Natalie A. Turner LCDR Michael R. Peoples, USN Melina N. Schoppa Thomas E. Turner Wendy Ellen Perry Rachel L. Schumacher Anna C. Turrietta Conrad A. Persons Kelly K. Schumann Mr. and Mrs. James D. Turrietta Mr. and Mrs. David J. Lance, Sr. Fiorella V. Medina Caroline Elizabeth Peters James H. Schwab United Health Foundation Emily S. Laser Ms. Andrea Mejia and Professor Mary M. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Sedwick Evan R. Vahouny Scott A. Latham Craig Volden Dina Hawk Petersen Andrew P. Selfridge Julia A. Van Beek Dana D. Laurens Ms. Elizabeth Mitchell and Mr. Ms. Jill M. Peterson and Mr. Kamille J. Seward Ian W. Van Der Hoven Colonel Mark D. LaViolette Matthew S. Mendelsohn Alexander D. Shoaibi Ryan H. Shea Ryan N. Van Dyk Hayley N. Lawrence Matthew C. Menezes Bryan T. Pfirrmann Yu Lena Shi Brian A. Vanwinkle Alexandra Lazares Margaret L. Merrick Deborah F. Pfirrmann William M. Shobe Heidi N. Velk Professor Gerard P. Learmonth, Sr. Samantha L. Merritt Robert P. Pickmans Dr. and Mrs. Michael N. Shroyer Mr. and Mrs. Rajkumar Venkatesan Loretta Ann Lepore Katharine E. Meyer Emily K. Pik Samantha Ryan Shuptrine VentureWell Michelle Lesperance John D. Milton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Pik Brian Herbert Siegel Brian D. Via Brian P. Leveque Mili Mittal Chris E. Pikrallidas Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Silverman James A. Villarrubia Eric S. Lewandowski Anna O. Mohan Sarah R. Pinsky Katherine Meyer Simeon Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. 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10 YEARS OF POSITIVE DISRUPTION 37 DEFINING MOMENTS

“My defining WHAT WAS Batten moment was dancing on tables at the YOUR “DEFINING Virginian during Hurricane Sandy, MOMENT” AT which was also during our 48-hour project. We’d all been pulling long hours putting our research, analysis BATTEN? and writing skills to good use, crafting long reports on topics we previously knew nothing about. We put our hearts into these projects and took seriously “Batten gave me the notion that they were preparing us the opportunity for ‘real life.’ That turned out to be true to take classes on a number of levels, which I think is with and work symbolic of how Batten equipped us for Professor for life after the UVA bubble. First, the “My defining Batten moment Christine was the birth of my son time crunch: We literally drew random Mahoney. Learning from and working Isa. The support and love topics out of a hat and were given 48 with such a brilliant, game-changing shown to both my wife hours to put together a high-level educator helped shape the way I look at Kellie and me during the quantitative and exhaustive report the world. As the graduate assistant to first year of Isa’s life will detailing potential outcomes and a the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, never be forgotten. The first targeted recommendation. Second, I built leadership skills and explored kid is always hard. Both of the curveballs: Hurricane Sandy took opportunities outside the classroom. our families were far away, down the power sources in our dorms Due to Professor Mahoney’s support, I so in a way, the Batten and some libraries, making this project attended Impact Business Leaders and family filled that support all the more difficult. And third, the role for us.” landed my dream job working for a camaraderie: Not only were we all in social enterprise incubator in Kampala, the same boat of stress, but we were IMRAN KHAN Uganda. I will be forever grateful to MPP 2013 also all committed to having fun and Professor Mahoney for igniting my New York City Mayor’s Office, supporting each other. I’ll never forget passion and giving me the support to Director of Special Projects; the exhilaration of completing the first New York City move across the world to pursue my 24 hours of that project and then having career aspirations.” a fun break together on the Corner.”

RETSY HOLLIDAY ELENA WEISSMANN MPP 2016 MPP 2014 Unreasonable East Africa Venture Bronx Freedom Fund Project Support Associate; Kampala, Uganda Associate; New York City

38 10 YEARS OF POSITIVE DISRUPTION DEFINING MOMENTS

“My lowest point at Batten was also “Without a my defining moment. In my second doubt, my semester, I faced unforeseen challeng- defining Batten es to completing my 48-hour project. I moment was had made great progress in the first 36 the day our hours, and I could see the light at the theses were due end of the tunnel when tragedy struck. in May 2009. Many of us had been A blizzard hit Charlottesville, and I lost frantically working on our theses all my flash drive walking home from the the previous week and were totally library. My laptop was broken, so I had fried. After pulling an all-nighter, I been working on the project on library “A defining Batten moment finished my thesis at about 11 a.m., computers. The only file in existence for me was when we sat shortly before the noon deadline, and was saved on that drive. In desperation, together in the conference literally ran it to Varsity Hall, deliri- I retraced my steps, but searching for a room in Garrett Hall to ous with joy to be done with it. I ran white flash drive in a blizzard is about debate the very first back to my room, invited my Batten as promising as searching for a needle Batten Undergraduate classmates over, and started what in a haystack. Council (BUC) constitution. I’m pretty sure will be my only 1 p.m. I remember being so emotionally Everyone was so engaged weekday party ever—with bumping exhausted that I felt I could do nothing and willing to compromise music and cheap champagne to boot. but nap. I slept two hours and awoke in order to come to a After we’d been there about 30 common understanding to an email from Professor Christine minutes, a pizza delivery guy showed and decision. It is Mahoney, who had given me a 24- up with 10 pizzas. We thought it gratifying to know that the hour extension. I was a mistake and asked him who foundation we created regained my focus back then is still in use— made the order. He said it was Laura and began grind- and that BUC and those Jacobsen, a Batten staff member, and ing away. With early initiatives are now it was pandemonium. Everybody minutes to spare, stronger than ever.” started cheering, laughing and high- I submitted a fiving like UVA had won a national report that I felt was stronger than the EMILY PIK championship. The feeling of being BA 2014 one I had previously completed. I had so exhausted and relieved and being Third Bridge Vice President proved to myself that even when I had bestowed with the Charlottesville of Operations, Americas lost everything, I could still bounce back. Consulting; New York City equivalent of manna from heaven While I didn’t enjoy this experience, I is one that’ll be tough to ever top. am thankful for it; it made me a more That day showed how much Batten resilient policy analyst and person.” functions like a family.”

WESLEY MALYCHEV JAMES ALLMAN-GULINO MPP 2014 MPP 2009 Google Incubation Strategist; U.S. Department of State Foreign Mountain View, California Service Officer; Islamabad, Pakistan

10 YEARS OF POSITIVE DISRUPTION 39 A FINAL WORD

FRANK BATTEN SR.

NEVER HAS THERE BEEN A GREATER NEED FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT: ENLIGHTENED AND ETHICAL LEADERS WHO LEAVE GROUNDS PREPARED FOR PUBLIC LIFE—IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, IN THEIR PROFESSIONS, IN THE WORLD AT LARGE.”

10 YEARS OF POSITIVE DISRUPTION 40 EDITOR | Batten School staff

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