The IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI has hired two executives to bolster the recruitment and success of underrepresented minorities and first-generation students.
Marshawn Wolley has joined the staff as Director of Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives, and Tamra Wright has been tapped as the school’s new Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Wolley is a 2006 SPEA graduate, having earned his Master’s in Public Affairs at the school’s Bloomington campus. He also holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business. Wolley, who most recently served as the director of partner relations at Visit Indy, previously worked within the administration of Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and was the director of emerging business and community outreach for the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl host committee. (more…)