Dylan Russell

Bio

Dylan Russell is the executive director of Lead for North Carolina at the UNC School of Government and a co-founder of Lead for America. Lead for North Carolina has placed 50 students in high-impact fellowships in local government across the state. His main research interests are in public human resources management and public management.

Dylan has held positions in the NC Department of Health and Human Services, the NC Department of Public Instruction, and collaborated with the NC Office of Strategic Partnerships to launch the NC COVID-19 Student Response Corps. Russell is a former public school teacher, a White House intern during the Obama Administration, and a member of the Board of Trustees at Appalachian State University.

Dylan was awarded the Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award from the UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor and the Plemmons Leadership Medallion by the Appalachian State University Board of Trustees.

Russell currently instructs UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduate students interested in public service, teaching the PUBA 401 – State and Local Governance course and GOVT 772 – Public Service in Place – a graduate-level course on placemaking in rural communities.