Career Summary

Academic Experience

August 1987-
   Professor as of July 2007(with Tenure) Department of Political Science and Public Administration, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University (Doctoral, Research Extensive University). I teach or have taught graduate level courses in Principles of Public Administration, Governmental Financial Management, Public Human Resource Management, Assessing the Performance of Government Organizations, Advanced Topics in Revenue and Taxation, Public Administration Theory, Public Sector Budgeting, Strategic Management in Higher Education (team taught in School of Education), Micro-Computer Applications in Human Resource Management, Increasing Public Sector Productivity, Advanced Public Financial Management, Advanced Public Policy Design and Evaluation (team taught in PPA/Ph.D. curriculum), Seminar in Public and Non-Profit Management (PPA/Ph.D curriculum), Government Organization Behavior and Design (PPA/Ph.D. curriculum), Workforce 2000:Creating Effective Organizations for the 21st Century (team taught), Workforce Diversity, Essentials of Project Management, Public Sector Total Quality Management Policy Formulation and Implementation, and Performance Management for Public and Non Profit Organizations. During the 2002-2003 Academic Year I created a module on Social Equity and Governance and integrated it into the MPA Capstone course. I also teach undergraduate courses in Urban Government and Politics, and Public Administration.

Summer 2002
   Visiting Professor, School of Public Administration, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs. I taught a graduate course in Public Organization and Management, and made a presentation to government officials on Human Resource Management.

Summer 1999
   Member, Faculty Team:Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Health Education Partnership. The overall purpose of this partnership is to develop educational curricula and course materials for health services management with the programs of the Kazakhstan School of Public Health. In 1999, I designed and delivered a four-day faculty development/training of trainers course and work with KSPH faculty members to identify resource materials for the new courses. In 2000 I designed and delivered a three-day training program in strategic planning for the faculty and students. As part of this project, I served as a faculty member in a five day "Using the Case Method" Workshop held in Yerevan, Armenia during the summer of 2001. This workshop was held for Health Management Education Partners from four countries.

Fall 1995 - 1997
    Member, Steering Committee: University Partnership Project in Health Services Management, Virginia Commonwealth University and Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. The overall purpose of this partnership was to develop educational curricula and course materials for health services management with the programs of the Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University. I participated in the initial needs assessment and I have designed and delivered a three-day Training of Trainers Workshop for Medical Faculty, held at Palacky University, and served as a host for three groups of Czech faculty who have visited VCU.

Summer 1988
   Fulbright Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Univ. of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I taught graduate courses in public administration and public budgeting & financial management.

January 1978 - July 1982
   Director, Graduate Program in Urban Affairs, Center for Graduate Studies in Northern Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Duties included: Student recruitment, admission policies; faculty coordination; program and professional development; academic counseling, and scheduling of graduate courses for part-time, off-campus students. I developed a quarterly newsletter and a student advisement handbook. At its peak, program had approximately 150 part time students. I also participated in the design and delivery of public service research and training. Graduate level courses taught to both doctoral and master level students include: State and Local Public Budgeting; Local Financial Management; Organizational Behavior; Administrative Theory; Program Implementation; Productivity Improvement; Policy Analysis (both qualitative and quantitative) and Metropolitan Problems..

1974 - 1975
   Acting Chairman, Graduate Program in Urban Affairs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

1973 - 1975
   Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental and Urban Systems, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.

1963 - 1965
   Peace Corps Secondary School Teacher, Northern Nigeria, West Africa.

Public Management and Public Sector Training
Miscellaneous Training Assignments

2000 - present 
   Group Mediator for the Commonwealth's Department of Employee Dispute Resolution. So far I have co-mediated four times with various Commonwealth's agencies.

Summer 2001 
   Three Day Workshop on Strategic Planning for Community Action Agencies. Sponsored by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Service. Charlottesville, Va. August 2001.

Summer 2001
   One day Workshop on "Creating a High Performance Organization Through Strategic Planning" for the Virginia Council Against Poverty; Three day Workshop on Creating a High Performance Organization Through Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Services, Division of Community Services. Ms. Phyl Parrish, contact person.

Fall 2000
   Fall Facility Administrators Meeting, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia. Designed and delivered a one day training workshop on Achieving a High Performance Organization. Contact: Mr. Joseph Damico, Interim Director of Administrative Services.

Summer 2000 
   Municipal Association Advisor Local Government Reform Project, Macedonia, FROY. Designed and delivered a two day training program in strategic planning for the Association of Mayor and for the Financial Officers Association. Funded by the US Agency for International Development, organized by Development Alternatives, Inc. Contact persons: Larry_Burch@DAI.org, Leah_April@DAI.org.

Spring 1999 
   Project Management Training City of Lynchburg, Virginia Designed and delivered a three day training program for a dozen mid-level City employees.

Summer 1998 
   Public Management Specialist, Local Government Initiative, Bulgaria. This nine week assignment involved the design and delivery of a one- week Strategic Planning workshop for Bulgarian local governments (offered twice), the development of a one hundred-page training manual in strategic planning, conducting a one-week training of Bulgarian trainers, and co-authored an eighty-page TOT manual. Mr. Jerry Wood, Development Alternative, Inc. Bethseda, MD. (301)-718-8211.

1996
   Modernizing Local Financial Management in Hungary. Senior Municipal Financial Management Specialist on Senior Municipal Financial Management Specialist on this USAID funded projected administrated by the Urban Institute. Participate in the design and delivery of financial management workshops for Hungarian local elected and appointed officials. Contact: Ms. Katie Marks Urban Institute, Washington, DC. 202-857-8761.

Summer 1996
    Public Administration Program in Macedonia Designed and delivered modified strategic planning workshops for Macedonian local officials and residents. Presentation on the management and leadership skills needed by Macedonia local officials. Contact: Mr. Michael Pillsbury, Development Alternatives, Inc. Bethseda, MD. (301)-718-8211.

May 1995
   Performance Auditing Training for Brazilian National Auditors. One day training program. Contact: Dr. Carole Neves, National Academy for Public Administration, Washington, DC. 202-347-3190.

Fall 1994 - Spring 1995 
   Governance Training for the New South Africa: Training in Public Administration for three Ministers from the Northern Transvaals Province, Sponsor: Center for Public Policy, VCU. Contact: Ms. Karen Washabau.

1994 
    National Budgeting for Central Asian participants. Training in various aspects of budgeting and financial management for approximately 25 Legislators and Senior Administrators. Sponsor: Arthur D. Little. Contact: Mr. Peter Herman. Arthur D. Little, (617)- 498-5297.

    Doing More with Less. Training in productivity improvement strategies for six managers of the customer service department. Sponsor: Department of Public Utilities, City of Richmond, VA. Contact: Ms. Carol Bracey, (804)-780-5231.

Fall 1995 - Spring 1996
    Community Associate, City of Petersburg, Virginia. Duties involve assisting the City Manager's Office in developing a performance measurement system in each department to enhance program based budget and evaluation systems.

Summer 1994 - 1996
    International Advisor, Bureau of Public Management Development, Technikon South Africa, Florida, SA. Duties basically involve assisting the Bureau in establishing international linkages and develop relevant management development programs.

Winter/Summer 1992
   Trainer, Program Budgeting for Managerial Staff. Richmond, VA, City Health Department. Six days of program budgeting for approximately twenty supervisors and managers.

Summer 1991 
   Community Associate, Office of Budget and Strategic Planning, City of Richmond, VA. Duties involved assisting the budget office in installing performance measures in various agencies.

Summer 1989
   Faculty-in-Residence, Office of the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, Commonwealth of Virginia. Duties included developing a training curriculum for analysts in this department.

February/March 1989 
    Financial Management Consultant, Special Action Programme for Administration and Management in Africa (SAPAM)/United Nations Development Programme's Mission to Kenya. Duties included assisting the Government of Kenya (GOK) in identifying measures to strengthen the implementation of its comprehensive strategy for budget rationalization and expenditure control, and, in particular, assist GOK to strengthen its training activities in financial management procedures.

January - August 1988
   Consultant, Institute for Resource Development (Westinghouse), Columbia, Maryland. Participated in the design and delivery of five-day programs in Management Practices for new and advancing civilian managers working for the U.S. Navy.

December 1979 - July 1981
    Training Consultant, Department of Housing and Community Affairs, State of Vermont. Designed and delivered four pairs of training workshops on such topics as: "Developing the Local Budget"; "Revenue Management for Local Government"; and "Local Government Cash Management Procedures." Participants were selectmen, clerks, treasurers, and managers of local governments of Vermont. Each pair of workshops was attended by approximately 45-55 participants from jurisdictions ranging in size from 450 to 36,000 in population.

July 1977 - June 1982 
    Training Consultant, Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, D.C.  Participated in the design and delivery of training workshops in management for minority elected and appointed officials. Designed budgeting training for the officials of Seat Pleasant, Maryland. Expert consultant for HUD-funded project "Financial Management Capacity Building for Disadvantaged Communities"; Senior Technical Advisor, HUD-funded project "Financial Management Capacity Sharing Program." Participated in the design and delivery of two-day "Management Training Institutes" and in the design and delivery of two-day "Financial Management Institutes." Participated in the design and delivery of a two-day "Conference on Minority Business Development"; Participated in the design and delivery of training programs for the Annual Conferences of the National Black Caucus/State Legislators and National Black Caucus/Local Elected Officials in 1978,1979 and 1980. Participated in the design and delivery of the JCPS Financial Management Need Assessment workshop.

1974 -1982 
   Training Consultant, Department of Personnel and Training, Commonwealth of Virginia. Participated in the design and delivery of training workshops in program budgeting and management techniques for mid and upper level state employees, averaging 4 to 6 two-day workshops per year during 1974-1978. Co-designer and presenter of special two-day workshop on public budgeting for directors of various Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation facilities. Co-designer and presenter of three day workshops on "Public Budgeting" and "Program Scheduling, Monitoring and Control" for mid-level managers, Department of Health. Co-principal investigator, Town of Leesburg, VA team building program, 1978. Team Leader, "Regional Economic Development and Team Building Training" program for elected and appointed officials, Peninsula Planning District Commission, Fall, 1979. Designer and Trainer, "Financial Management Techniques," sponsored by the Virginia Local Government Administrators Committee for Professional Development, Fall, 1978. Team Leader, "Introduction to Productivity Improvement", Department of Health, June, 1980. Team Leader, "Managing a Productive Organization," sponsored by the Virginia Local Government Committee for Professional Development, June 1981.