Resources Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty & Staff Directory A D E H M O V Facet Last Name - Directory Staff Faculty Facet Person Type - Directory Domestic Policy & Politics Political Science Facet Area of Focus - Directory Center for Effective Lawmaking Karsh Institute of Democracy Facet UVA Partner - Directory Budget & Finance EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Academic Affairs Dean’s Office National Security Policy Center UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Development Social Innovation @ UVA Student & Alumni Services External Affairs (-) Information Technology (-) Center for Effective Lawmaking Facet Batten Department - Directory Colin Achilles Associate Director, Center for Effective Lawmaking cachilles@virginia.edu 434-243-7180 Colin Achilles is the Associate Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), a joint partnership between the Batten School and Vanderbilt University. He is the manager of day-to-day operations at CEL. Read full bio Leah Daniel Salesforce Manager lud8a@virginia.edu Leah Daniel is Batten’s Salesforce Manager. Prior to joining Batten, Leah was Senior Financial Analyst and Salesforce Administrator at UVA School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. She brings years of database management experience to Batten from her role as database manager at both the Darden School Foundation (1997-2003) and the UVA Law School Foundation (2004-2017). Leah holds a B.S. from the University of South Carolina. Read full bio Nikitha Edunuri Salesforce Application Manager ne2y@virginia.edu Read full bio Ben Hartless Assistant Director of Information Technology bh4hb@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L029 Ben Hartless is the assistant director of information technology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Ben was born and raised an hour away in Lexington, Virginia where he worked at Washington and Lee University for thirteen years as a Technology Support Specialist. He also worked seven years at the Washington and Lee School of Law as the Director of Information Technology before beginning his new career at the Frank Batten School in Spring of 2020. Read full bio Amy D. Meli Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Effective Lawmaking vwm6xu@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L028 Amy Meli is a postdoctoral research associate at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, working with the Center for Effective Lawmaking. Her research centers around interest groups and the way they influence the political system. Read full bio Mark Outten Director of Information Technology and School Systems wmo4b@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L015 Mark was most recently the Director of Technology for the Orange County Public Schools in Orange, VA, has over 20 years of education-related technology leadership and management experience, worked in private industry for a Hewitt Associates, and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He brings a wealth of strategic and practical education technology experience to Batten. Read full bio Craig Volden Professor of Public Policy and Politics; Co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking volden@virginia.edu 434-243-3725 Garrett Hall Craig Volden is a professor of public policy and politics at the University of Virginia, with appointments in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Department of Politics. He studies the politics of public policy, with a focus on what policy choices arise within legislative institutions and within American federalism. He is founder and co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking. Read full bio
Colin Achilles Associate Director, Center for Effective Lawmaking cachilles@virginia.edu 434-243-7180 Colin Achilles is the Associate Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), a joint partnership between the Batten School and Vanderbilt University. He is the manager of day-to-day operations at CEL. Read full bio
Leah Daniel Salesforce Manager lud8a@virginia.edu Leah Daniel is Batten’s Salesforce Manager. Prior to joining Batten, Leah was Senior Financial Analyst and Salesforce Administrator at UVA School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. She brings years of database management experience to Batten from her role as database manager at both the Darden School Foundation (1997-2003) and the UVA Law School Foundation (2004-2017). Leah holds a B.S. from the University of South Carolina. Read full bio
Ben Hartless Assistant Director of Information Technology bh4hb@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L029 Ben Hartless is the assistant director of information technology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Ben was born and raised an hour away in Lexington, Virginia where he worked at Washington and Lee University for thirteen years as a Technology Support Specialist. He also worked seven years at the Washington and Lee School of Law as the Director of Information Technology before beginning his new career at the Frank Batten School in Spring of 2020. Read full bio
Amy D. Meli Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Effective Lawmaking vwm6xu@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L028 Amy Meli is a postdoctoral research associate at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, working with the Center for Effective Lawmaking. Her research centers around interest groups and the way they influence the political system. Read full bio
Mark Outten Director of Information Technology and School Systems wmo4b@virginia.edu Garrett Hall L015 Mark was most recently the Director of Technology for the Orange County Public Schools in Orange, VA, has over 20 years of education-related technology leadership and management experience, worked in private industry for a Hewitt Associates, and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He brings a wealth of strategic and practical education technology experience to Batten. Read full bio
Craig Volden Professor of Public Policy and Politics; Co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking volden@virginia.edu 434-243-3725 Garrett Hall Craig Volden is a professor of public policy and politics at the University of Virginia, with appointments in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Department of Politics. He studies the politics of public policy, with a focus on what policy choices arise within legislative institutions and within American federalism. He is founder and co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking. Read full bio