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WomenIn: When Women Lead - Speaker Bio

Jamie Rodgers, MPA

Jamie Rodgers is the Deputy Director of the National Association of State Chief Administrators (NASCA), overseeing the association’s national research and policy agenda for the Governors’ cabinet members responsible for operations across the fifty states. In this role, she aims to curate and disseminate best practices and advocate for resources and strategies necessary to modernize state government operations. Jamie speaks on behalf of the association to the cabinet members, national media, think tanks, and related associations.

Previously, she worked as a Legislative Aide the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government conducting financial analysis and recommending strategic priorities for divisions and economic partner agencies. Prior to this role, Jamie served as a research fellow in the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, a research assistant at the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, a Fulbright Teaching Fellow in Northern Thailand, and a McConnell Scholar at the University of Louisville.

Jamie graduated with a BA from the University of Louisville and an MPA from the University of Kentucky. Jamie is also an adjunct faculty at Georgetown College, LexTran Board Member, serves on Martin School Board of Advisors, the NAPA Agile Government National Committee, Route Fifty Advisory Board Member, the Emerge Conference Steering Committee.