Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Madeline Oliff is a second-year MPA student, also pursuing a Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership through the School of Social Work. She graduated from Tufts University in 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, American Studies, and Urban Studies. She served as a research assistant through Tisch College of Civic Life, where she co-authored “Re-envisioning Media Literacy Education as Feminist Arts-activism” in the Cultural Trends Journal. Through that work and other campus engagements, she received the Honos Civicus Society Membership.
After graduation, Madeline made her way to Birmingham through the Venture for America fellowship, a selective program for aspiring entrepreneurs to impact mid-sized innovation ecosystems. There, she served as the Marketing and Communications Coordinator at the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama and, most recently, the Social Enterprise Program Manager at Workshops Empowerment Inc. She oversaw the WE Made program, a workforce development program that upskills program participants with disabilities and other barriers to employment in the food service and retail industries by making handmade, small-batch goods to achieve greater employment after graduating from the program.
On campus, Madeline works at the Office of Experiential Learning, where she oversees the Student Industry Fellows Program. This program allows top talent on campus to work on human-centered design projects in interdisciplinary groups supporting mutually beneficial industry partnerships. She also serves as an intern at Invest Atlanta, the official economic development authority for the City of Atlanta.
