Dr. Jessica Berrett is an Assistant Professor in the College of Public Service at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. She earned her PhD in Public Administration at North Carolina State University’s School of Public and International Affairs. She also holds an MBA with a focus on nonprofit management and social entrepreneurship from Syracuse University and a BA in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Her area of specialization is nonprofit management with a research focus on nonprofit financial and performance management. Dr. Berrett’s research has been published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, Public Performance & Management Review, VOLUNTAS, the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, and The American Review of Public Administration. Her strong commitment to the social sector is reflected in twenty years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, management, and consulting.