Alumni Awards
Each year, a UAB MPA Alumni is inducted into the MPA Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to the field of public administration as well as the community. Here are our esteemed winners (awarded a year behind):
- 2021 — Dr. Nathan Wade
- 2020 — Joy O’Neal
- 2019 — Cindy Lowry
- 2018 — Merika Coleman
- 2017 — Joseph Meadows IV
- 2016 — Cliff Carlisle
- 2015 — Claudia Hardy
- 2014 — Melissa Kendrick
- 2013 — Susan Matlock
- 2012 — Patricia Todd
- 2011 — Jonathan Shorts
- 2010 — Troy V. Post, III
- 2009 — Ann Bridges Steely
- 2008 — Walter Maddox
- 2007 — Ellyn Grady
- 2006 — Mike Coppage
- 2005 — Joe Packa
Likewise, each year a public service leader from the community receives the Gaston Excellence in Mentoring Award for their dedication to mentoring budding public administrators.
- 2022 — Dana Hazen
- 2021 — Carin Mayo
- 2020 — Katrina Watson
- 2019 — Christopher Burks
- 2018 — Danya Segrest
- 2017 — Sam Gaston