William Wells

William Wells is currently the Center's interim Survey Lab Manager as well as a Research Associate. William has been with the Center since 2005. He was previously a Schaefer Center Graduate Research Fellow while completing his Master of Public Administration at the University of Baltimore and was then the Center’s Survey Research Manager. He continues to contribute to many of the Center’s opinion survey projects for Maryland state agencies, local governments, and nonprofit organizations.

William is an Affiliated Faculty member with the University of Baltimore School of Public Affairs, teaching public policy. His academic areas of interest include urban planning and development, the role of local and municipal governments in service delivery and strategic planning and development in the government and nonprofit sectors.

William’s background includes program design and implementation experience in the nonprofit sector as well as experience in the retirement planning industry. William is currently the treasurer of the Maryland Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration and is active on the boards of directors for several local nonprofit organizations.

William holds a B.A. from The University of Maryland, Baltimore County and an M.P.A. from the University of Baltimore.