Center Appoints Chief Administrative Officer

INDIANAPOLIS - The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment announced that Dona Sapp has been appointed Chief Administrative Officer.

Sapp has served as a senior policy analyst for the Center since 2000, where she has assisted nonprofit organizations and government agencies with program evaluations, survey design and analysis, and GIS-based spatial analysis.  She recently worked with the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, the Governor's Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana, and Indiana 's Sentencing Policy Study Committee. 

Sapp has also completed studies of arts, culture, and other quality of life issues. As a center analyst, she has worked with organizations such as the Arts Council of Indianapolis, the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the Indiana Humanities Council, and the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to address local and regional concerns for the state of Indiana. Prior to joining the Center, she served as the director of planning for the Indianapolis Public Schools.

She holds a bachelor's and a master of planning degree from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI.