Sept. 1982 - June, 1984      Senior Budget Analyst
Health and Welfare Task Force
New York City Office of Management and Budget
New York, N.Y.

Assigned to monitor the budget of Special Ser­vices for Children, the agency which pro­vides foster care, child protective services and preventive and adoptive services for over 50,000 NYC children and their families.  Re­spon­sibilities included preparing forecast of agency expenditures ($400 million in FY 1984), forecasting caseload trends, monitor­ing agency expenditures on a program specific basis, and reviewing legislation and regula­tions relating to children and foster care and analyzing fiscal impact of proposed and newly adopted legislative changes.

Additional responsibilities include
re­pre­sent­ing OMB in policy making arenas, includ­ing the Audit Review and Appeals Council for Child Caring Agencies, annual contract and rate negotiations with private agencies, and intergovernmental liaison with State officials on the development and implementation of model foster care budgets. 

Fall 1982 and 1983      Adjunct Instructor
Graduate School of Public Administration
New York University
New York, N.Y.

Organization Theory and American Public Administration 

Summer 1982      Student Intern
Essex County Division for Youth
Belleville, N.J.  07109

Preparation of a report summarizing the ef­fects of the County's Community Services for Families Program on program participants.  In­tensive interviews were held with a random sam­ple of families served by the County's new program.  Supporting data were collected from personnel of the implementing agencies through interviews and discussions. 

Fall, 1979 -      Instructor of Political Science

  June 1982      Department of Political Science
Seton Hall University
South Orange, N.J.  07079

Teaching experience in the following areas:
Politics of Public Administration, Public Personnel Administration, American Public Policy Analysis, Interest Group Politics, Research Methodology, and Introductory Courses in Political Science

February 1978 -       Supervisor of Vocational Education

  August 1980      Independence High School (Alternative School)
Newark, N.J.

Administrative experiences have included pro­gram development and administration for the vocational education department; coordinating job development staff;  expanded and directed graduate program

Appointed Acting Business Manager:  journal posting, preparation of budgets, payroll, grant reporting, preparation of reimbursement vouchers, cash disbursements, and major bud­get revisions. 

June 1972 -      Staff Worker

  November 1976      Unified Vailsburg Services Organization
Newark, N.J.

Administrative responsibilities included pro­posal drafting;  supervising youth programs for inner city residents;  day care coor­di­na­tor.  As Assistant Business Manager duties included budget analysis and pre­par­ation, cash dis­burse­ments, budget revisions, etc.

Appointed by Seton Hall University's intern­ship program to research demographic composi­tion of the Vailsburg community and to draft proposals for funding pursuant to research results.

Intake worker for drop-in center;  creator of community softball league;  senior citizen cen­ter work;  youth program work;  member of political action committee for ratification of the ERA;  member of task force for special youth projects and activities;  group leader and organizer of consciousness-raising group for teenagers.

Presentations

Wish, Naomi and Roseanne Mirabella.  "Nonprofit Management Education in the Year 2000" Invited presentation at the Nonprofit Management Education: U.S. and World Perspectives Conference, Berkeley, CA, in March 1996. 

Mirabella, Roseanne. "Nonprofit Management Education in the Year 2000."  Presentation at LaSalle University's First Annual Nonprofit Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, May 1996. 

Wish, Naomi and Roseanne Mirabella.  "Nonprofit Management Education in the Year 2000" Paper presentation at the Silver Anniversary Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, New York, NY, November 1996. 

Mirabella, Roseanne and Naomi Wish.  "Measuring the Impact of Nonprofit Management Education Programs" Paper presentation at Independent Sector's Spring Research Forum, Alexandria, VA, March 1997. 

Mirabella, Roseanne.  "Measuring the Impact of Nonprofit Management Education Programs" Paper presentation at LaSalle University's Second Annual Nonprofit Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, May 1997. 

Wish, Naomi and Roseanne Mirabella.  "Nonprofit Management Education in the United States" Invited presentation as part of the Spring Seminar Series offered by the Program on Nonprofit Organizations, Institution for Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, May 1997. 

Mirabella, Roseanne and Naomi Wish. "Educational Impact of Graduate Nonprofit Degree Programs."  Paper presentation at the 26^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Indianapolis, IN, December 1997. 

Wish, Naomi.  "Nonprofit Management Education: Current Offerings and Practices in University-Based Programs." Presentation to 21^st National Teaching in Public Administration Conference, 1997. 

Wish, Naomi and Roseanne Mirabella. "How Universities Can Help the Professional Fund Raiser." Panel Presentation to International Conference on Fund Raising, NSFRE, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1998. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M. and Naomi B. Wish. "Nonprofit Management Education: A Comparison of Graduate Management Degree Programs." Prepared for the 27^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 1998. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M. and Joseph Marbach. "Integrating Service Learning Initiatives with Nonprofit Management Education: A Case Study."  Prepared for the 27^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 1998. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M.  "Citizenship and Social Justice: Service Learning as Pedagogy." Presentation at the 30^th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association and International Studies Associations - Northeast, November 1998. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M. "The 'Best Place' Debate: A Comparison of Graduate Education Programs for Nonprofit Managers," Presented to LaSalle University's Fourth Annual Nonprofit Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, May 1999.  

Mirabella, Roseanne M. and Naomi B. Wish. "The Best Place Debate: Schools of Business, Public Administration, or Social Work as Training Grounds for Nonprofit Managers," paper presentation at the 1999 Northeast Regional Conference of the American Society for Public Administration in New York City, October 29, 1999. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M and David O. Renz (University of Missouri - Kansas City).  "Building the Impact of University-Based Outreach Programs: The Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership and The Nonprofit Sector Resource Institute of New Jersey," paper presentation at the 28^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 6, 1999. 

Stevenson, David R. (George Mason University) and Roseanne Mirabella.  "The Interdisciplinary Approach to Nonprofit Management Education: University-Based Programs," paper presentation at the 28^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 5, 1999. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M.  Moderator and Discussant for Panel: "Building Strategic Alliances: Determinants of Effective Collaborations in the Nonprofit Sector," The 28^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 4, 1999. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M. Graduate Department of Public and Healthcare Administration "Nonprofit Management and Education: Summary of Research on Graduate Degree Programs" paper presented at the 4^th international conference of the International Society for Third-Sector Research, Dublin, Ireland, July 7, 2000. 

Mirabella, Roseanne.  "Management Theory and Education for the Third Sector II" panel moderator and discussant at the 4^th international conference of the International Society for Third-Sector Research, Dublin, Ireland, July 7, 2000. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M and David O. Renz (University of Missouri - Kansas City).  "The Organization of University Outreach Programs: Design for a Survey of Key University Stakeholders," paper presentation at the 29^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, New Orleans, November 17, 2000.

Mirabella, Roseanne.  "Bringing Community-Based Organizations into the Classroom: Strengthening Graduate Nonprofit Management Education Through Service Learning," paper presentation at the 29^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, New Orleans, November 17, 2000. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M.  Panel Organizer: "Educating Nonprofit Managers in University-Based Programs: One Size Does Not Fit All?," The 29^th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, New Orleans, November 17, 2000.

Articles 

Mirabella, Roseanne M. and Naomi B. Wish. Graduate Department of Public and Healthcare Administration "The "Best Place" Debate: A Comparison of Graduate Education Programs for Nonprofit Managers." In Public Administration Review, Volume 60, Number 3, May/June 2000. 

Mirabella, Roseanne M. and Naomi B. Wish. (1999) " Perceived Educational Impact of Graduate Nonprofit Degree Programs: Perspectives of Multiple Stakeholders." Research Report, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 9, No. 3, Spring. 

Wish, Naomi and Roseanne Mirabella, "A Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management Education in the Year 2000" Public Enterprise, February 1997. 

Wish, Naomi and Roseanne Mirabella, "Degrees for Doing Good," Foundation News and Commentary, May/June 1998. 

Wish, Naomi and Roseanne Mirabella, "Nonprofit Management in Education: Current Offerings and Practices in University-Based Programs in the United States," Inside ISTR, Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter 1998. 

Wish, Naomi B. and Roseanne M. Mirabella.  (1998) "Curricular Variations in Nonprofit Management Graduate Programs," Research Report, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall. 

Wish, Naomi B. and Roseanne M. Mirabella. 1998. "Nonprofit Management Education: Current Offerings and Practices in University-Based Programs." In Nonprofit Management Education: U.S. and World Perspectives, ed. Michael O'Neill and Kathleen Fletcher. Westport, CT: Praeger, pp. 13-22. 

Published Web site http://pirate.shu.edu/~mirabero featuring nonprofit management education research conducted by Roseanne Mirabella and Naomi Wish.  Web site provides a national resource for scholars, faculty, students and prospective students in the field. July 1999 and January 2001 

Reviews and Other Publications 

"A New Breed of NFP Employee," The Not-for-Profit Advisor, Hartford, CT, Fleet Investment Management, July 1998.  Research report cited - "Nonprofit Management Education: Current Offerings and Practices in University-Based Programs." 

Billitteri, Thomas, "Research on Charities Falls Short: Leaders of nonprofit groups point to work they can't use," The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Vol. X, No. 4, November 27, 1997, pp. 31-35. Research report cited - "Nonprofit Management Education in the Year 2000 (Wish/Mirabella) - and contributor to article. 

Cohen, Todd. (1999) "Managing When Profit Isn't the Goal: Universities Turn Out New Sort of Specialist," The New York Times, Section 3, Money and Business, April 18, p. 11. 

Eisenberg, Pablo. (1999) "Academic Centers Don't Develop Charity Leaders," The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Vol. XI (11), March 25, pp. 39-40. 

Footnote in Paul C. Light's (1999) The New Public Service, Washington, D.C: The Brookings Institution, p. 50, note 8. 

Johnson, Dirk. "A Master's Degree in Philanthropy Teaches the Business of Doing Good," The New York Times, December 24, 1997.  Research findings cited - "Nonprofit Management Education in the Year 2000." 

Mirabella, Roseanne M. "Rebuilding Civil Society: Rebirth of Volunteerism and the Collaborative Spirit," invited article in Seton Hall University Magazine, Winter 2000. 

"On-Line Listing Eases Search for Management Courses," Technology article highlights Roseanne Mirabella's Web site on nonprofit management education programs, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 29, 1999. 

Stainburn, Samantha, "Back to School: Nonprofit professionals are enrolling in universities' new nonprofit management programs in record numbers.  What do they know that you don't?, \"  Who Cares Magazine, March/April 1998, pp. 17-25. Research report cited - "Nonprofit Management Education in the Year 2000 (Wish/Mirabella) - and contributor to article. 

"Where can I find information on educational opportunities in fund raising and the not-for-profit sector? Article features Roseanne Mirabella's Web site on graduate programs in nonprofit management, NSFRE's News and Professional Postings Publication, December 1999.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

President of the North Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), 1995 - 1998.

Member of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)

Member Faculty Senate, Seton Hall University, September 2000 - Present 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Member and Vice President, Somerset Hills Board of Education, 1996 - Present

Member and Vice President, Board of Education, East Greenbush Central School District, 1990-1993

Chair and Treasurer, Board of Directors, Ten Eyck Tykes Day Care Center, 1987-1992

Co-Chair, Parents in Support of Pinewoods, Pinewoods Center, Troy, 1989-1991