Resources Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty & Staff Directory A B C D E F G H (-) L M N (-) O P R S T W Facet Last Name - Directory Faculty (-) Staff Facet Person Type - Directory Facet Area of Focus - Directory National Security Policy Center Facet UVA Partner - Directory National Security Policy Center Academic Affairs Dean’s Office Information Technology Student & Alumni Services Facet Batten Department - Directory Marie Larounis Lab Manager, Applied Public Policy and Leadership Experiments Lab and Social Cognition and Behavior Lab tdm5kz@virginia.edu 434-924-1000 Marie Larounis is the Lab Manager for the Applied Public Policy and Leadership Experiments Lab and the Social Cognition and Behavior Lab in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Read full bio Dana Laurens Assistant Director of Career Services & Alumni Engagement ddg2f@virginia.edu (434) 924-4061 Garrett Hall L002A Dana Laurens most recently served as National Deputy Director for Advocacy, Policy Engagement & Partnerships at Education Reform Now, a national think-tank in Washington, DC, where she lobbied federal lawmakers to advance progressive policies that maximize educational opportunities for all students. Read full bio Gianpaolo Licata Associate Director of Academic Operations Gianpaolo Licata is the Associate Director of Academic Operations. Read full bio Craig Lindqvist Associate Dean for Administration csl3g@virginia.edu (434) 243-7528 Craig Lindqvist serves as the Associate Dean for Administration at the Batten School where he oversees the school's business affairs, planning, finances, personnel, technology, facilities, and other non-academic functions. Read full bio Jennifer Ludovici NSPC Director of Operations and Research Initiatives jll4m@virginia.edu (804) 564-5021 Jennifer Ludovici is the NSPC Director of Operations & Research Initiatives. She has over 18 years of experience in higher education administration in both the public and private sector. In her role at the NSPC, she focuses on faculty research collaboration, project coordination and program development as well as general operations and communications. Jennifer holds a post-graduate certificate in project management from UVA, and a BA/MEd in history and education from James Madison University. Read full bio Claire Oto NSPC Senior Policy Analyst wcv9qx@virginia.edu Claire Oto is a policy researcher and writer at the NSPC. She also coordinates the Center’s internship program. Prior to joining Batten, she was a communications specialist at the U.S. Department of Energy. Claire earned an M.P.P in Space and National Security from George Washington University and holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California San Diego. 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
Marie Larounis Lab Manager, Applied Public Policy and Leadership Experiments Lab and Social Cognition and Behavior Lab tdm5kz@virginia.edu 434-924-1000 Marie Larounis is the Lab Manager for the Applied Public Policy and Leadership Experiments Lab and the Social Cognition and Behavior Lab in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Read full bio
Dana Laurens Assistant Director of Career Services & Alumni Engagement ddg2f@virginia.edu (434) 924-4061 Garrett Hall L002A Dana Laurens most recently served as National Deputy Director for Advocacy, Policy Engagement & Partnerships at Education Reform Now, a national think-tank in Washington, DC, where she lobbied federal lawmakers to advance progressive policies that maximize educational opportunities for all students. Read full bio
Gianpaolo Licata Associate Director of Academic Operations Gianpaolo Licata is the Associate Director of Academic Operations. Read full bio
Craig Lindqvist Associate Dean for Administration csl3g@virginia.edu (434) 243-7528 Craig Lindqvist serves as the Associate Dean for Administration at the Batten School where he oversees the school's business affairs, planning, finances, personnel, technology, facilities, and other non-academic functions. Read full bio
Jennifer Ludovici NSPC Director of Operations and Research Initiatives jll4m@virginia.edu (804) 564-5021 Jennifer Ludovici is the NSPC Director of Operations & Research Initiatives. She has over 18 years of experience in higher education administration in both the public and private sector. In her role at the NSPC, she focuses on faculty research collaboration, project coordination and program development as well as general operations and communications. Jennifer holds a post-graduate certificate in project management from UVA, and a BA/MEd in history and education from James Madison University. Read full bio
Claire Oto NSPC Senior Policy Analyst wcv9qx@virginia.edu Claire Oto is a policy researcher and writer at the NSPC. She also coordinates the Center’s internship program. Prior to joining Batten, she was a communications specialist at the U.S. Department of Energy. Claire earned an M.P.P in Space and National Security from George Washington University and holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California San Diego. 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