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Session Speakers
Frank Anechiarico
USAF
Engaging the Public (2D): Building Citizen Trust & Support
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Patricia Atkins
George Washington University
Associate Research Professor
George Washington Institute of Public Policy, Washington, D.C.
Working Group (3B): Strengthening Inter-governmental Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Patricia Atkins' has a career as an adviser to and scholar of metropolitan regional governance systems. She has cultivated a role as a boundary-crosser, moving between academia (George Washington Institute of Public Policy, University of Baltimore), and the practitioner arena (National Association of Regional Councils, Prince George's County Budget Office, Metropolitan Fund). She has conducted research on regional councils, regional governance networks/structures, urban growth patterns, fiscal inequity, and various policies for governmental cooperation; and is co-editor of Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability.
Dr. Howard R. Balanoff
Professor and Chair
Texas State University
Working Group (4C): Building a Training & Professional Development Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Howard R. Balanoff is Professor and Chair of Texas State University’s William P. Hobby Center For Public Service. He is also the Director of the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program.
Marilyn K. Balanoff
Program Faculty, Continuing Education Department
Texas State University
Working Group (4C): Building a Training & Professional Development Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Ms. Marilyn K. Balanoff is Program Faculty in the Office of Continuing Education at Texas State University.
Alan Balutis
Director and Distinguished Fellow
Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems
Engaging the Organization (1A): Transparency in a Web 2.0 Environment
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Alan Balutis is a Distinguished Fellow and Senior Director, North American Public Sector for Cisco Systems’ Business Solutions Group, the firm’s global strategy and consulting arm. Balutis joined the networking leader after more than 30 years in public service and industry leadership roles. Most recently, he was President and Chief Executive Officer, Government Strategies, of a leading market research firm, INPUT. Before that, he served as COO of a small minority-owned firm. From 2001 to 2003, he headed a major public sector IT industry association, the Industry Advisory Council (IAC), as well as its parent group, now known as the American Council for Technology. Balutis is a founding member of the Federal CIO Council. He led its strategic planning and outreach committees, helped create the council's e-government committee and served as its first chair. His 27 years in the federal sector were spent at the Department of Commerce, where he headed its management and budget office for over a decade and was its first CIO, and at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services). Balutis a five-time Federal Computer Week FED 100 winner, and a member of both the Government Computer News and Federal Computer Week halls of fame. He is also a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Tim Barnhart
President
Federal Management Partners, Inc. (FMP)
Working Group (4A): Building a Performance Accountability Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
After years of working in government as a personnel management professional, Tim Barnhart founded Federal Management Partners (FMP) in 1990. His goal was to build a HR consulting firm that could fill a missing space in the management consulting marketplace, i.e., transforming the highly regulated business of Federal Human Resources Management into a strategic asset for Federal agencies. Mr. Barnhart has over twenty-five years of HR experience in a broad range of disciplines. He has presented at numerous conferences and symposia, and his views on HR in the Federal government are frequently quoted in professional publications.
Steve Benowitz
Center for Transformation and Strategic Initiatives
Plenary Session (2): Building Sustainable International Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Steve Benowitz is the Lead Executive Fellow of the Center for Transformation and Strategic Initiatives, a non profit organization helping public sector organizations conduct strategic conversations and translate strategic choices into innovative program designs and organizational practices. As a consult ant to public and private organizations, he provides a wide range of management and human resources services. Steve’s primary focus is on the practice of public sector management, and his clients include U.S. federal and state government agencies, the Ministry of Planning of Brazil, private businesses, and a major university. His recent writings have been aimed at public sector executives, in general management and in human resource management functions. His articles have appeared most recently in The Public Manager and HR News, and address appropriate roles for human resource executives, issues that the new U.S. Administration should address to improve human resource management in the federal government and the steps public sector human resource management executives should take to help facilitate the transition to the new Administration. He retired with over 30 years of service in the federal government, most recently serving as an Associate Director at the Office of Personnel Management. At OPM he was responsible for retirement and insurance programs covering 8.5 million federal employees, annuitants, and their families and executive and management development programs for the federal government. He also led OPM’s role in providing human resources assistance to other Federal agencies on critical and sensitive cross-cutting events stemming from emergency situations. At OPM his portfolio exceeded $1 billion annually. He previously served as the Director of Human Resources for the National Institutes of Health, where he also established and directed the Office of Strategic Management Planning, and served as the Executive Officer of the Office of the Director, where he was responsible for a budget in excess of $380 million. He also served as Director of Personnel for the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Trade Commission. His work has been recognized by three successive Presidents, from whom he received the Rank of Distinguished Executive and Meritorious Executive (twice). Steve received his undergraduate degree from Antioch College, his M.A. from Case Western Reserve University, and completed professional programs at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Michigan.
Lisa Beutler
Associate Director, Center for Collaborative Policy
California State University, Sacramento
Engaging the Public (2A): Transparency in a Web 2.0 Environment
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
And
Working Group (4B): Building an Inter-Institutional Collaboration Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Lisa Beutler leads complex, high profile collaborative projects on a broad spectrum of subjects including water, land use, recreation and technology. Prior to joining CCP, Lisa was a peace officer for 14 years, held posts in special offices of one Lt. Governor and two Governors and was the Undersecretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, where she oversaw 50,000 staff and a $3.5 billion budget. Early in her career she was park ranger and spent 8 years at the State Lands Commission, where she assisted with high level negotiations related to dredging, wetlands and off-shore oil, was the chief enforcement officer, and managed 500,000 acres of real property located throughout California.
Kathe Callahan
Engaging the Organization (1B): Managing & Measuring Shared Responsibilities
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
and
Working Group (4A): Building a Performance Accountability Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Kathe Callahan, Ph.D., is an Associate Director of the Center for Executive Leadership in Government at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her research interests include civic engagement and performance measurement.
Denise Clayton Delahanty
Principal-Senior Strategic Partner
Gallup's Government Division
Engaging the Public (2B): Citizens Weigh In on Government Performance
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
As an accomplished business consultant with 25 years of experience in developing organizational strategies, her passion lies in the alignment of an organization's identity with the internal organizational mission and developing ways to help leaders leverage their external and internal human capital to deliver service to customers. She displays solid expertise across a full range of planning approaches, including investigation, analysis, group process, brand, and solution-building.
Erin Duggins
Deloitte
Luncheon Moderator (Day 2): Report-Out from Morning Working Groups & Voting
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
and
Plenary Session (3): Building an Agenda to Strengthen Trust at all Levels of Government
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Erin Duggins is a human capital professional with over 10 years of experience and a successful track record in managing and sustaining organizational change associated with strategy, process reengineering, and technology initiatives in the public sector. She earned her masters degree in public policy at the University of Chicago and is currently in the Organizational Sciences Fellows Program at The George Washington University.
Thomas F. Dungan III
Chief Executive Officer
Management Concepts
Engaging the Organization (1B): Managing & Measuring Shared Responsibilities
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thomas F. Dungan III is Chief Executive Officer of Management Concepts, a 37 year-old second-generation learning, consulting, and publishing organization. Under his leadership, the company has consistently grown in its service to federal sector clients and has expanded into commercial and international markets. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary. Contact: TDungan@managementconcepts.com
Daniel Forrester
Director and Client Executive
Sapient Corporation Government Services
Working Group (3C): Building a Culture of Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Daniel Forrester, Director and Client Executive for Sapient Corporation Government Services, has over 15 years experience leading strategic consulting engagements for Fortune 500 and government clients. Forrester has delivered projects from detailed low-level planning efforts to driving interagency information sharing and collaboration initiatives for clients such as the Department of Homeland Security to the Marine Corps to the Library of Congress. A recognized thought leader in the management consulting space, Forrester has most recently published, “The Government’s New Breed of Change Agents.” The acclaimed paper on the emerging new breed of government managers has led to numerous speaking engagements and received wide distribution with over 100,000 online downloads.
Josh Franzel
Vice President, Research
Center for State and Local Government Excellence (SLGE) & ICMA
Working Group (3B): Strengthening Inter-governmental Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Joshua M. Franzel is the vice president of research for the Center for State and Local Government Excellence (www.slge.org) in Washington, DC. His past publications and research have focused on state and local government innovation, e-government, benefits, and compensation. He holds a Ph.D. in public administration/policy from American University. He can be reached at jfranzel@icma.org.
Charles Garofalo
Professor
Texas State University
Engaging the Public (2A): Transparency in a Web 2.0 Environment
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Professor, Political Science Department, Texas State University, responsible for courses in public management, public policy, and administrative ethics. Experience includes governmental and university administration, program evaluation, and ethics training, both in the United State and abroad.
Seth Grossman
Director, Institute of Business District Management, National Center for Public Performance
Rutgers University, School of Public Affairs & Administration
Working Group (3B): Strengthening Inter-governmental Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Seth A. Grossman, (Ph.D. Rutgers University) is the Executive Director of the Ironbound Business Improvement District (IBID) in Newark, NJ (USA), and President of Cooperative Professional Services, a consultancy which provides research, planning, management services to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). He was a senior planner with the City of Trenton, NJ, and was designer and administrator of the Business Improvement District Services Program for the State of New Jersey (USA). He is co-founder and President of the New Jersey Managed Districts Association (NJMDA) an advocacy organization dedicated to the profession of business district management. He designed and directs the Rutgers University, National Center of Public Performance online Business Improvement District Management Certification Program, and the Institute of Business District Management. Contact: cpsgrossman@aol.com.
John Handy
USAF-retired
Plenary Session (2): Building Sustainable International Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
After retiring from the Air Force with 39 years of service and after serving as the Executive Vice President of Horizon Lines, Inc, General Handy currently manages his own advisory and consulting service in Charlotte, North Carolina. The general retired from the Air Force in October 2005, where he served his last four years as Commander, U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. As commander of USTRANSCOM, General Handy directed all global air, land, and sea transportation for the Department of Defense (DOD). While serving the in the Air Force, General Handy logged over 5,000 hours as a command pilot. General Handy has a B.A. degree in History from Methodist University and an M.S. degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California.
Tracy Haugen
Deloitte
Luncheon Moderator (Day 2): Report-Out from Morning Working Groups & Voting
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
and
Plenary Session (3): Building an Agenda to Strengthen Trust at all Levels of Government
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Tracy Haugen is a Director in Deloitte's Federal Human Capital. Ms. Haugen has worked in both public and private sectors with domestic and international clients over the past 10 years at BearingPoint/Deloitte, implementing and adopting change for mission impact. She has helped agencies cut through the bureaucratic barriers using change techniques in connecting people to deliver successful results.
Maja Husar Holmes
Assistant Professor of Public Administration
West Virginia University
Working Group (3B): Strengthening Inter-governmental Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
And
Engaging the Public (2C): Citizens Contribute to Policy Formulations
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Maja Husar Holmes is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Public Administration. Her research interests reflect the intersection of public participation, collaborative governance, and leadership in the public sector. She has written and presented on the topics of alternative dispute resolution, public participation strategies, public leadership and executive education of public sector professionals. She has worked directly with public and non-profit organizations, providing team-development training, diagnosing public management issues, and developing new venture strategies for non-profit organizations.
Jennifer Homer
ASTD
Agenda-Building Group (4C): Building a Training & Professional Public Management Development Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Jennifer is responsible for leading communication efforts to ASTD’s members and customers, chapter leaders, the media, government officials, and public policy makers. She joined ASTD in 1999 to lead the Public Relations function, and under the leadership of the department, ASTD’s research and content on trends in the learning field are frequently cited in top business publications. In her volunteer work, Jennifer served a two-year term on the executive board of directors for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and was president of the IABC Washington, D.C. chapter, now IABC’s largest chapter in the U.S. She holds IABC’s Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) credential.
John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM
John Howard serves as the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. Prior to his appointment as Director of NIOSH, Dr. Howard served as Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health in the California Department of Industrial Relations from 1991 through 2002. Dr. Howard is board-certified in internal medicine and occupational medicine. He is admitted to the practice of medicine and law in the State of California and in the District of Columbia, and he is a member U.S. Supreme Court bar.
Tajr Hull
Tajr Hull is the program manager for Fleet and Aircraft Replacement and Division Chief, Program Services and Outsourcing, in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. He retired from the Coast Guard at the rank of Captain with more than 26 years of service and continued his government service, joining NOAA three years ago. Beginning in 1987, he was instrumental in a number of key reorganizations that streamlined the logistical operations of the Coast Guard for the Pacific and, later, the Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes regions. Following his last position as Director of Maintenance for the Atlantic, Great Lakes, and Gulf regions, he served as a branch chief in the Planning, Programming and Analysis division for the Chief of Staff, reviewing and developing budget requests for personnel initiatives.
Dr. Jerry Ice
President and CEO
Graduate School
Luncheon: The Role of Continuing Education & Training in Professional Public Management
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Dr. Ice is the tenth President/CEO of the Graduate School since its inception in 1921. Prior to coming to the School, he served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Thomas Edison State College, New Jersey, for eighteen years. Jerry Ice received his doctoral degree in educational administration from Fordham University, New York.
Joshua Joseph, PhD
Program Manager
Partnership for Public Service
Luncheon Speaker (Day 1): Public Support for Government
Monday, November 2, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Josh is the research lead for the Partnership’s State of Public Service initiative. Key goals of the initiative include developing better indicators of workforce “health” (talent, engagement and leadership) in federal agencies and identifying which measures matter most to mission performance. Before joining the Partnership, Josh served four years as research director for HR publications at BNA and three years as a senior researcher and consultant at the Ethics Resource Center.
Lynn Sandra Kahn
Organizational Psychologist
Federal Aviation Administration
Engaging the Organization (1D): Cultivating & Leading a Network Culture
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Lynn S. Kahn is an Organizational Psychologist with the Federal Aviation Administration, and author of Performance Networks: Transforming Governance for the 21st Century. Currently, she provides consultation regarding multi-agency governance and coordination. Previously, she served as the FAA representative to the National Partnership for Reinventing Government.
Phil Kangas
Director, Global Public Sector
Grant Thornton LLP
Engaging the Organization (1B): Managing & Measuring Shared Responsibilities
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Phil Kangas is a director within Grant Thornton’s Global Public Sector practice with over 13 years of professional experience in government and consulting. He has worked as a federal, state and local employee prior to his work in consulting. He earned his master of public administration degree from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and is a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Project Management Professional (PMP) and Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB). His recent work has focused on supporting multiple component organizations at the Department of Homeland Security to improve business operations and manage performance through investment management, business transformation and multi sector workforce analysis. He can be reached at: Phil.Kangas@gt.com.
James E. Kee
Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration
The George Washington University
Engaging the Organization (1B): Managing & Measuring Shared Responsibilities
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
James Edwin (Jed) Kee is a Professor at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, joining George Washington University in 1985 after a 17 year career in government in the states of New York and Utah. In New York, Kee served as a legal assistant in the Office of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and later became a legislative counsel to the New York State Assembly. In Utah, he held a series of cabinet positions including Budget Director and Executive Director of the Department of Administrative Services, the umbrella finance and management department of the state.
Shaun Khalfan
Vice President / Enterprise Information Assurance Manager
Young Government Leaders (YGL) / Military Sealift Command
Engaging the Organization (1A): Transparency in a Web 2.0 Environment
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Shaun Khalfan currently serves as the Enterprise Information Assurance Manager with the Department of the Navy's (DON) Military Sealift Command (MSC). In this capacity, he manages the command’s Enterprise Network Security Operations Center, information assurance training and certification, vulnerability management and incident handling programs with an end-state of ensuring strategic alignment with the DON, DOD and Federal policies and regulations. Khalfan is also the Vice President of a growing non-profit called Young Government Leaders (YGL). The mission of YGL is to educate, transform and inspire the current and future leaders of federal government.
Rosslyn Kleeman
Chair
Coalition for Effective Change
Working Group (4B): Building an Inter-Institutional Collaboration Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Rosslyn Kleeman is currently Chair of the Coalition for Effective Change, an organization of 30 non-partisan associations representing current and former federal executives, managers and professionals. Her federal career was as a director, Government Accountability office.
Kathryn Kloby
Assistant Professor
Monmouth University
Engaging the Public (2B): Citizens Weigh In on Government Performance
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
And
Working Group (4A): Building a Performance Accountability Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Kloby is an assistant professor and graduate faculty of the department of political science at Monmouth University. Her research interests include public sector performance measurement and citizen participation. Her current research explores strategies to measure and report on results that matter to policy decision makers and the public.
Andrew Krzmarzick
Senior Project Coordinator, Office of Business Development
Graduate School
Working Group (4A): Building a Performance Accountability Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Andrew Krzmarzick, PMP, is a leading thinker, trainer, and trailblazer on generational diversity, social media and telework/flexible work environments. As a Senior Project Coordinator at the Graduate School, Andrew designs and delivers high-impact, hands-on training, including courses titled "Focusing the Power of Four Generations," "Wikis and Webcasts and iPods, Oh My!" and "Telework: A Manager's Perspective." Andrew shares his ideas and insight at the GenerationShift blog (GenShift.com) and on Twitter as @krazykriz. Andrew is also the co-creator of IAmPublicService.org, a website and ebook project dedicated to improving the perception of public service and attracting the next generation of government talent. His most recent project was the creation of a TweetBook that summarized over 4,300 tweets from over 600 participants at the Open Government and Innovations Conferences in July 2009. He is a Community Leader at GovLoop.com and a member of the Executive Board of Young Government Leaders. His work and insight has been featured in the Washington Post, The Public Manager and Government Executive, the FEDManager E-Report, and on Federal News Radio.
Jane Kusiak
Executive Director
Council on Virginia's Future
Engaging the Public (2B): Citizens Weigh In on Government Performance
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Ms. Kusiak serves as the Executive Director of the Council on Virginia’s Future, which is chaired by Governor Timothy M. Kaine and is comprised of representatives from the General Assembly and the business community, along with two cabinet officials. A signature initiative of the Council is Virginia Performs, a performance leadership and accountability system within state government. From 1998 through 2003, she served in several roles in the Warner Administration, including Deputy Director of Transition and Director of Policy and Legislation in the Office of the Governor. From September 1984 until July 1998, Ms. Kusiak provided staff support to the Virginia General Assembly. She began her legislative staff career as an analyst for the House Appropriations Committee, specializing in health and human resources and finance issues. In 1990, Ms. Kusiak was promoted to Deputy Director of the House Appropriations Committee. In 1992, she was chosen as the first Executive Director of the Joint Commission on Health Care, an agency that conducts analysis of key health policy issues facing the state. In 1992, the Richmond Metropolitan Area YWCA named Ms. Kusiak ‘Outstanding Woman in Government’. Ms. Kusiak holds a Bachelor of Science degree in hospital administration from Ithaca College and a Master of Arts degree from St. Louis University. Ms. Kusiak has been married to Tom Kusiak for twenty-two years and has two children: Emily who is twenty-one and Brian who is nineteen.
Bob Lavigna
Partnership for Public Service
Luncheon Speaker (Day 1): Public Support for Government
Monday, November 2, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Bob Lavigna is Vice President of Research for the non-partisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. He directs research projects that find new ways for government to attract and retain talent. Before joining the Partnership, Bob was Senior Manager of Consulting for CPS Human Resource Services. From 1991-2001, he was Administrator of the Wisconsin civil service system. Before being appointed to his Wisconsin position by the governor, Bob served with the Government Accountability Office for 17 years. The organizations Bob has led have received awards from the Ford Foundation, the Council of State Governments, the National Association of State Personnel Executives, the Urban League, and others. Bob's individual awards and honors include selection as a “Public Official of the Year” by Governing magazine. He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He HRwrites frequently for journals and other publications and has authored three book chapters. Bob is a past president of the International Public Management Association for HR and a past chair of the American Society for Public Administration Section on Personnel. He HRhas a B.A. in Public Affairs from George Washington University and an M.S. in HR from Cornell University.
Russ Linden
Principal
Russ Linden & Associates
Working Group (3A): Strengthening Intra- & Inter-agency Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
And
Working Group (4B): Building an Inter-Institutional Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Russ Linden is a management educator and author who has been teaching, consulting, and writing about management in the public sector since 1980. He has consulted with agencies at the senior level in intelligence, law enforcement, natural resources, and human services. His next book, Leading Across Boundaries, will be published in February 2010.
Charles J. Maloney, Jr.
Managing Executive Director
Management Concepts
Workding Group (4C): Building a Training & Professional Development Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Charles J. Maloney, Jr. is Managing Executive Director of Learning and Development at Management Concepts. Charles has built and managed large, complex programs requiring collaborative leadership, and has broad experience in learning, strategic planning, policy development and implementation. He retired from the United States Marine Corps as Colonel before returning to the private sector. He is a graduate of Saint Vincent College and holds an MBA from the George Washington University. Contact: tmaloney@managementconcepts.com.
Warren Master
President & Editor-in-Chief
The Public Manager
Plenary Session (1): Welcome & Conference Overview
Monday, November 2, 2009, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Warren Master is President and Editor-in-Chief of The Public Manager. A former Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkey in the mid-1960s, Warren served as a senior executive and held a variety of high-level policy, program management, and administrative posts during his 30-year federal career. After retiring from government in 1997, he consulted on public management matters both domestically and overseas and has written and spoken regularly, and planned and participated in conferences on improved governance for the past 35 years.
Earl Mathers
County Administrator
Gallatin County, Montana
Engaging the Public (2B): Citizens Weigh In on Government Performance
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
And
Working Group (3A): Strengthening Intra- & Inter-agency Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Earl Mathers serves as the County Administrator in Gallatin County, Montana, population 90,000. In this capacity he supervises 13 county departments and has direct and indirect responsibility for more than 460 staff members. Prior to accepting his current position in 2006, Earl worked for several Washington, DC- based organizations conducting both domestic and international governance programs.
Ken Matwiczak
Senior Lecturer/Graduate Program Advisor
University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Engaging the Organization (1D): Cultivating & Leading a Network Culture
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ken Matwiczak joined the faculty at the University of Texas in 1993, after 22-years as an officer in the U.S. Army. He currently teaches courses in the Master in Public Affairs program on quantitative methods and program evaluation, while serving as advisor the for MPAFF program.
Peter McHugh
Coordinator, Reconstruction and Stabilization Programs
U.S. Department of Transportation
Working Group (4B): Building an Inter-Institutional Collaboration Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Dan Mintz
Chief Technology Officer
Civil and Health Services Group CSC
Engaging the Organization (1A): Transparency in a Web 2.0 Environment
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
And
Working Group (4B): Building an Inter-Institutional Collaboration Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Dan Mintz brings an extensive career both inside and in support of Government enables a unique perspective on meeting the requirements that Government senior leadership face when implementing large IT programs. Mr. Mintz joined CSC this year as the CTO for the Civil and Health Services Group after spending the last three years as the Chief Information Officer for the US Department of Transportation.
Bonnie Morehouse
Bonnie Morehouse is a distinguished practitioner of program and expenditure analysis in diverse Federal settings as well as an experienced senior executive. Morehouse rose through the civilian ranks of the U.S. Air Force and then U.S. Navy to become Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower. She became the civilian deputy director and then director for programming in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. In 2003, she was recruited to serve as the first director of the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as part of a larger effort to create synergies among its lines of business and to develop organizational skills of requirements analysis and multi-annual expenditure planning. Morehouse retired from federal service in 2007 and now owns her own management consulting business.
Tom Murray
Senior Scientist, Pollution Prevention Division
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Workding Group (3D): Building More Effective Public-Private Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tom Murray is a senior scientist with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and is currently chief of the Prevention Analysis Branch in the Agency’s Pollution Prevention Division. Tom has over 39 years in government service. Tom and his staff are the architects of several environmental partnership programs including the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment program, the Green Suppliers Network and the new E3 program, a cross-agency collaboration with industry focused on manufacturing growth, energy efficiency and environmental performance.
Keith Nelson
President
2425 Group, LLC
Working Group (3C): Building a Culture of Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Keith runs a partnership aimed at incorporating cutting-edge Web 2.0/social media tools into government web sites to facilitate better transparency, interactivity and collaboration among citizens and government employees. From 2005-09, Keith was the longest-serving Chief Human Capital Officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In this role, he was responsible for installing a new Learning Management System, building a Comp and Benefits team from the ground up, and overseeing the most diverse workforce among Cabinet Agencies. At the height of the mortgage crisis in 2008, Keith led a mass hiring initiative while at the same time streamlining the HUD end-to-end hiring process from 39 steps to 12. Before his time at HUD, Keith was at the Department of Labor, where he created the MBA Fellows program, deployed a payroll/personnel system, and served as Deputy CIO and Web Sites coordinator.
Rachel Newman Karton
Business Opportunity Specialist
Small Business Administration
Workding Group (3D): Building More Effective Public-Private Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ms. Karton is a Business Opportunity Specialist in the Office of Small Business Development Centers for the Small Business Administration. She has been in this position for approximately five years. Additionally, she has participated in the Interagency Network of Enterprise Assistance Providers for about 2 years. Ms. Karton holds a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland and a Paralegal Certificate from the University College at the University of Maryland.
Paul O'Connell, Ph.D., J.D.
Chair, Criminal Justice Department
Iona College
Working Group (3C): Building a Culture of Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Paul O’Connell, Ph.D., J.D., the chair of Iona College’s Criminal Justice department, is a leading expert on of the application of Compstat model principles, police performance measurement, integrity management and law enforcement training systems. Dr. O’Connell received his Ph.D. from CUNY where his doctorial thesis was the history and development of the Compstat model of Police Management. His experience in the criminal justice system includes serving the New City Police Department as a police officer and as a Police Academy instructor, trainer, and curriculum developer, as well as a trial attorney for Cummings & Lockwood in Stamford, CT.
Marv Pichla
Executive Director
THUMBWORKS! Of Michigan
Working Group (3A): Strengthening Intra- & Inter-agency Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Marvin N. Pichla is a lifelong Thumb Area resident, growing up on a farm near Ubly, Michigan. Marv attended Central Michigan University and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science in 1978, and Masters Degree in Public Administration in 1982. In 2001, he received a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Organization and Management from Capella University. Since 1978 Dr. Pichla’s professional career has revolved around developing and delivering unique employment training, human service and community improvement programs. His work experience has also offered him the opportunity to regularly interact with federal, state and local government officials. Finally, Marv’s professional and personal passion for facilitating organizational creativity has led him to start-up his own Inspiring Innovations, Inc. (inspiriinginnovations.com) and National Center for Public Sector Innovations (ncpsi.com) small business ventures.
Dan Pitkin
Senior Technology Advisor
NIST MEP
Working Group (3D): Building More Effective Public-Private Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Dan Pitkin is a Business and Technology Advisor who has worked with other federal agencies (Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA) and several interagency working groups (Energy Efficient Manufacturing, Technology Transfer, Hydrogen & Fuel Cell) in building public-private collaborations. Dan’s private sector business background plus his federal government experience have provided a greater understanding of the perspectives and challenges on both sides of public-private collaborations.
Paul Posner
President
American Society for Public Administration
Plenary Session (1): Engaging the Public Service
Monday, November 2, 2009, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
And
Working Group (4C): Building a Training & Professional Development Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Paul L. Posner is the Director of the Public Administration Program at George Mason University following a 30 year career at GAO, serving as director of the federal budget and intergovernmental work for 13 years. He is President of the American Society for Public Administration and Chair of the Federal Systems Panel of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Meghan Rasmussen
Research Fellow
LMI Government Consulting
Working Group (3A): Strengthening Intra- & Inter-agency Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ms. Rasmussen leads LMI's research and development of tools to improve interagency collaboration. She consults to agencies such as the Departments of State, Veterans Affairs, and Defense, in areas of performance management, strategic planning, and communication. Ms. Rasmussen received masters degrees in public administration and intercultural communication from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.
Steve Ressler
YGL
Engaging the Organization (1A): Transparency in a Web 2.0 Environment
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Steve Ressler, is Founder and President of GovLoop.com, the "Facebook for Government" which connects and fosters collaboration among over 18,500 members of the government community. On GovLoop, members use technology such as blogs, videos, and forums to discuss best practices and share ideas on improving government. GovLoop won the 2009 AFCEA Bethesda Social Media Award and was a finalist for the 2009 ACT/IAC Intergovernmental Solutions Award. Mr. Ressler is also the co-founder of Young Government Leaders (YGL), a professional organization of over 2,000 government employees across the U.S.
Howard Risher
Private Consultant
representing the Graduate School
Working Group (4A): Building a Performance Accountability Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Howard is an experienced consultant, author, and speaker on pay and performance. He is a recognized expert on salary management and performance management. He has worked with clients in every sector. Over the past few years he has focused on not-for-profits, higher education, healthcare, and government. His experience in these sectors extends over two decades. He played a role in the development of several leading edge practices over the years, including automated job evaluation systems, salary ‘broad’ banding, and the use of competencies in performance management. He is a recognized expert on strategies to create high performance organizations.
Enrique Rueda-Sabater
Cisco Systems
Plenary Session (2): Building Sustainable International Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Enrique is vice-chair of the non-profit Center for Transformation and Strategic Initiatives. His career has alternated between international business and development. In his day job he is currently Director, Strategy (Emerging Markets) at CISCO Systems. Enrique had spent two decades at the World Bank: last role as director of Strategy and before that in policy, risk management and fund-raising roles and in operational work with countries in East Asia, East Africa and the former Soviet Union. Enrique’s has graduate degrees from universities in Spain, the UK and the US. He has lectured for academic, think tank and business audiences around the world (including on his work on Global Scenarios for 2020).
Myra Shiplett
Plenary Session (2): Building Sustainable International Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
and
Working Group (4B): Building an Inter-Institutional Collaboration Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Myra Howze Shiplett is the President of RandolphMorgan Consulting LLC and an Executive Fellow with CTSI, Her work has included advising a variety of governmental bodies, non-profit organizations, and private sector firms, on organizational effectiveness, accountability and human capital management Issues. Her most recent projects include advising the Government of Iraq on civil service reform and the Government of Indonesia on reform of it court system
John Sindelar
Client Industry Executive
HP Enterprise Services
Engaging the Public (2A): Transparency in a Web 2.0 Environment
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
John Sindelar is a Client Industry Executive for EDS U.S. Government. Previously he was the deputy associate administrator for the Office of Governmentwide Policy in the U.S. General Services Administration from 1995 through 2006. Sindelar was the project director for the QuickSilver interagency taskforce that developed the e-government strategy for the President’s Management Reform Agenda, “Implementing E-Government.” He was the executive sponsor for the Lines of Business Consolidation feasibility effort on behalf of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Karen Evans, OMB’s director of IT and e-government. He served as a member of the Executive Steering Committee for the implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12.
Tim Sommella
YGL
Engaging the Public (2D): Building Citizen Trust & Support
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Tim Sommella is an active duty U.S. Coast Guard officer assigned to the Washington, D.C., area. He is currently serving as a Program Reviewer with the Coast Guard Office of Budget and Programs. Tim was elected President of Young Government Leaders in October 2009. The mission of YGL is to educate, transform and inspire the current and future leaders of federal government.
Carroll Thomas Martin
Partnership Catalyst
National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extention Partnership
Working Group (3D): Building More Effective Public-Private Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ms. Thomas Martin is a catalyst for collaboration with a career spanning 30 years in public, private and entrepreneurial endeavors, currently at the National Institute of Standards & Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
Robert Tobias
Director, Public Sector Executive Education
American University
Engaging the Organization (1C): Changing the Labor-Management Conversation
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
And
Working Group (4C): Building a Training & Professional Development Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Robert M. Tobias is the Director of Public Sector Executive Education at American University where this year 440 GS-13, 14, and 15 federal employees will be increasing their knowledge about public administration principles and their leadership capacity to implement them as students in the Key Executive Leadership MPA, and the Key Executive Leadership Certificate Program.
Don-Terry Veal
Auburn University
Engaging the Public (2A): Transparency in a Web 2.0 Environment
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Don-Terry Veal is Director of Auburn University’s Center for Governmental Services. He serves as chief administrator of several statewide governmentally mandated and professional credentialing associations. Dr. Veal is Founder and Chairman of the Auburn University annual national conference: Governmental Excellence and Best Practices. Veal is Executive Director of the Global Transparency Alliance for Governments (GTAG). He speaks nationally and internationally to public and private organizations on issues dealing with excellence in government and on entrepreneurship. Dr. Veal recently made the keynote address on Transparency in Government and Community Development in the city of Gangwon-do, South Korea, for the International Local Government Symposium. Veal was Director of the African-American Entrepreneurship Summit, serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Entrepreneurship Policy Journal, and is author of Entrepreneurship in South Africa and the United States. Veal served as Director of an international conference held in Cape Town South Africa, Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship. He served on the Rural Entrepreneurship Initiative Advisory Board of the Kellogg Foundation. Dr. Veal has also been selected as a Global Fellow by the IC² Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. Veal earned his Ph.D. in areas of Public Administration/Public Finance from Northern Illinois University.
Ben Vickery
Senior Technology Advisor
NIST MEP
Workding Group (3D): Building More Effective Public-Private Collaborations
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ben Vickery is Senior Technical Advisor for the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership, where he acts as the Program Manager for Technology Scouting. He previously served as Senior Analyst with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Futures Group, and well as Product Line Manager for Lean Enterprise at NIST MEP. Mr. Vickery previously worked as a Program Manager at the Modernization Forum, where he co-wrote Smaller Manufacturers: Building A Stronger America. Prior to that, he worked as a Policy Analyst at the Southern Growth Policies Board/Southern Technology Council, where he co-wrote Information Tools for Industry. Mr. Vickery received an M.S. in Public Policy and a B.S. in History, Technology & Society from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Linda Washington
Assistant Secretary for Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Engaging the Organization (1D): Cultivating & Leading a Network Culture
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Since May 2007, Ms. Washington serves as Assistant Secretary for Administration. In this capacity, she is the principal advisor to the Secretary of Transportation on all matters relating to the organization and management of the Department and provides leadership in the delivery of centralized services to the Department's 10 operating administrations through a working capital fund. These services include human resources, security, transportation services, printing and graphics, mail, facilities, and procurement and grants programs. Ms. Washington joined the Department of Transportation in May 2003 as Deputy Assistant Secretary. Ms. Washington oversaw the new DOT headquarters building project which was the first constructed building with enhanced post 9-11 security requirements and energy saving design elements and was responsible for the planning and relocation of the 5,500 employees to the new headquarters building in 2007. She began her career in the Federal government at the Library of Congress in 1994 and prior to joining the Library of Congress, Ms. Washington spent 12 years with Xerox Corporation holding various sales and marketing and management. In the spirit of volunteerism, Ms. Washington is the Chair of the Local Federal Coordinating Committee for the Combined Federal Campaign’s National Capital Region. Ms. Washington holds a bachelor's and master's degree from Morgan State University and the University of North Texas, respectively. She is also a trained facilitator and master trainer. Ms. Washington is a native of Annapolis, Maryland and is married to former Dallas Cowboy defensive back, Mark Washington. The Washington’s have one daughter, Lisa, who is married to David Noguera. They also have two granddaughters: Kaiya Alexis, and Reece Gabriella.
Casey Wilson
Practice Leader, Leadership and Professional Skills Practices
Management Concepts
Engaging the Public (2D): Building Citizen Trust & Support
Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Mr. Wilson is the Leadership and Professional Skills Practice Leader for Management Concepts, a training, consulting, and publishing company with 35 years of experience supporting the federal sector. Mr. Wilson is also an adjunct faculty member for Montgomery College in Maryland in the management and human resources area. His recently published book, The Cornerstones of Engaging Leadership, received praise from Stephen M.R. Covey: “By spelling out a simple, yet powerful, approach to engaging others, this excellent book gives leaders the tools they needs to build trust and increase engagement.”
Ron Wince
President and Chief Executive Officer
Guidon Performance Solutions
Working Group (4A): Building a Performance Accountability Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Ron Wince is co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Guidon Performance Solutions, Ron Wince has nearly two decades of experience leading performance improvement and cultural transformations within government, financial services, retail, healthcare organizations. He has a track record for helping local, state and federal agencies improve efficiency and transform their organizations through the application of Lean and Six Sigma. He has been instrumental in aiding government leaders dramatically improve service to constituents, deploy new policies and reduce costs. Ron’s clients have included San Diego County, California, City of Mesa, Arizona, State of Iowa, State of Idaho, State of Vermont and State of Wyoming.
Kitty Wooley
Human Capital Strategist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management
U.S. Department of Education
Engaging the Organization (1D): Cultivating & Leading a Network Culture
Monday, November 2, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Kitty Wooley’s best gig is teaching capable employees how to develop themselves and significantly enhance the scope and impact of their work through collaborative networks. Currently she does leadership development and knowledge management in the office of the Assistant Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of Education. In her spare time, she convenes a large multisector network (Senior Fellows and Friends), participates in a small interagency one (13L), and explores the mission-related, collaborative possibilities of social media.
Jeffrey Zients
Deputy Director, Chief Performance Officer
U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Opening Plenary (1): Engaging the Organizational Workforce
Monday, November 2, 2009, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Jeffrey Zients has twenty years of business experience as a CEO, management consultant and entrepreneur with a deep understanding of business strategy, process reengineering and financial management. He most recently served as Managing Partner of Portfolio Logic, an investment firm focusing primarily on business and healthcare services companies. Prior to founding Portfolio Logic, Zients served as CEO and Chairman of The Advisory Board Company and Chairman of the Corporate Executive Board. Zients began his career in management consulting at Bain & Company and Mercer Management Consulting, where he focused on developing strategies and improving operations of Fortune 1000 companies. He also co-founded The Urban Alliance Foundation, a non-profit organization that partners with corporations to provide economically disadvantaged youth with year-round paid internships, adult mentors and job training.
Aleks Zelenovic
Senior Manager
Sapient Corporation Government Services
Working Group (3C): Building a Culture of Collaboration
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
And
Working Group (4A): Building a Performance Accountability Agenda
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Aleksandar Zelenovic, MBA, PMP, Senior Manager for Sapient Corporation Government Services, has over 16 years of progressive career experience encompassing intensive business consulting, program management, and training experience across a variety of industries. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in strategic management and consulting from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management with prestigious Seley’s award. Mr. Zelenovic has worked with cutting-edge MIT Sloan Leadership Model and leadership case studies. He has created a unique leadership training based on the model promoting innovation, collaboration and distributed leadership.
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Registration
Early bird registration fees have been extended until October 30!
Join us on GovLoop, ImprovedGov, and LinkedIn to begin networking and dialoguing on conference topics. And join us November 2-3 in downtown Washington, DC for two days of results-oriented sessions featuring practical takeaways immediately applicable in the professional environment.
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