Wylie to kick off 2016 MPA Speaker Series

The University of Southern Indiana's Master of Public Administration Program and the MPA Society will host Robert Scott Wylie, executive director of the Vanderburgh Community Foundation, at 5 p.m.  Tuesday, February 23 in Kleymeyer Hall inside the Liberal Arts Center on the University of Southern Indiana campus. The presentation, titled "Seeking Support:  Grantmaking in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors," is the first event of the 2016 MPA Speaker Series and is free and open to the public.

An attorney by training, Wylie is a nationally-recognized expert on nonprofit governance issues, charitable giving and attorney pro bono efforts. Prior to joining the Foundation, he was a plan administrator with the Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana and the family court coordinator for the Vanderburgh County Courts.

Wylie provides legal counsel and serves on several local non-profit boards, including the Lampion Center and the USI/Historic New Harmony Foundation. He holds a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in law from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

For more information, contact Dr. Matt Hanka, MPA program director, at 812-461-5204 or mjhanka@usi.edu, or contact Ashley Hughes at 812-464-1862 or arhugues1@eagles.usi.edu.