CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 RECIPIENTS OF THE ANNUAL SPOD SCHOLARSHIP
(RAVINE CLINE, MENG YE, INTAE CHOI)

Scholarship recipient biographies are detailed below:

Intae Choi is a Ph.D. student in the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. His research interests are in human resources management and organizational behavior in public organizations, with particular focus on issues of public service ethics and employee separations. He holds a bachelor's degree in Public Administration and a master's degree in Public Administration-all from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.

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Ravin Cline earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Belhaven University. She earned her Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University. Ravin spent her previous career in the Social Work and Addiction fields. She has a passion for diversity and immigrant issues, which was birthed, in part, from her experience as a social worker. She is currently the Founder and Executive Director of Embracing Diversity, a 501(c)3 founded serving the immigrant community. In operating the nonprofit, the importance of sectoral collaboration became clear. With an interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and an intrigue toward collaborative governance, Ravin enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is currently studying Public Affairs and Public and Nonprofit Management. She is a Teaching Assistant and teaches a class entitled Diversity in the Public Sector. She is also a co-author of a book chapter about intersectionality and Human Resource Management during the COVID pandemic.

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Meng Ye is a third-year PhD student in public policy with the major field of public management and nonprofit studies. Her research interests lie in nonprofit management, cross-sector collaboration and competition, nonprofit marketization and social enterprises. She has published a journal article and several book chapters on topics including social enterprise policy in China, charitable fundraising, and charitable financial management. Meng worked formerly as the Deputy Director of the Center for Charity Law of China Philanthropy Research Institute (CPRI). Her roles include conducting research and consulting projects on the nonprofit sector. She consulted the National People’s Congress and National Development and Reform Committee regarding refining the regulatory systems for nonprofits and was closely involved in the legislative process of China’s first Charity Law. She also helped drafting local policies on nonprofits in Beijing, Shenzhen and Yunnan. Meng is also a qualified lawyer in China.

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