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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2003
Contact Lisa Trahan, (202) 347-3190
- The National Academy of Public Administration announces
its 2003 class of 19 new Fellows. The Academy is a non-profit
organization chartered by Congress to provide expert advice
and analysis to government leaders on issues of governance
and management.
Academy Fellows provide leadership,
analysis and recommendations on projects commissioned by Congress,
federal agencies, state and local governments and the private
sector. Current and recent Academy panels have recommended
strategies for containing wildfire costs, advised top FBI
leadership on the FBI's reorganization efforts and offered
recommendations for promoting environmental justice. The Academy's
550 Fellows include current and former public managers, scholars,
Cabinet officers, members of Congress, business executives,
labor leaders, governors, mayors, state legislators and diplomats.
The principle criterion for selection as a Fellow is a sustained
and outstanding contribution to the field of public administration.
This year's new Fellows being inducted
on November 21, 2003 at the Academy's Fall Meeting in Washington,
DC:
- Thad W. Allen, Chief of Staff, United
States Coast Guard, United States Department of Homeland
Security
- Virginia Trotter Betts, Commissioner,
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental
Disability
- Ellen B. Brown, Legislative Director
and Senior Policy Counsel, Committee on Government Reform,
United States House of Representatives, United States Congress
- Allan V. Burman, President, Jefferson
Solutions, Jefferson Consulting Group, LLC
- Steven Richard Cohen, Senior Advisor
for Homeland Security, United States Office of Personnel
Management
- Nancy-Ann DeParle, Senior Advisor, JP
Morgan; Adjunct Professor, Wharton School
- Elizabeth M. Duke, Administrator, Health
Resources and Services Administration, United States Department
of Health and Human Services
- Joseph W. Dyer, Commander, Naval Air
Systems Command
- William H. Gimson, III, Chief Operating
Officer, Centers for Disease Control, United States Department
of Health and Human Services
- Hermann Habermann, Deputy Director and
Chief Operating Officer, United States Census Bureau
- Sallyanne Harper, Chief Mission Support
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, United States General
Accounting Office
- Marc Holzer, Professor of Public Administration,
Graduate Department of Public Administration, Rutgers University
- Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
- G. Calvin Mackenzie, Goldfarb Family
Distinguished Professor of Government, Colby College
- Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration
Policy Institute
- Donald L. Pilling, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Logistics Management Institute
- Nancy Ann Potok, Acting Director, Economics,
Labor and Population Department, National Opinion Research
Center, Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
- Hal G. Rainey, Alumni Foundation Distinguished
Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy,
University of Georgia
- Robert M. Tobias, Director, Institute
for the Study of Public Policy, American University
"These individuals' contributions to
the field of public administration are well-known and recognized
on a national level," said Academy Fellow Timothy B.
Clark, Editor and President of Government Executive magazine
and Chair of this year's nominating committee. "The Academy
is proud to welcome these new Fellows and looks forward to
the contributions their knowledge, experience and leadership
will bring to our organization as we seek to make government
more effective."
Fellows joining Clark on this year's committee
were Jonathan Breul, Dall W. Forsythe, Mary R. Hamilton, Edwin
L. Harper, Valerie Lemmie, Bernard H. Martin, James P. Pfiffner,
Susan Schwab and Daniel L. Skoler.
The National Academy of Public Administration
is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan corporation chartered
by Congress. Founded in 1967, it provides trusted advice to
leaders on governance and public management. The Academy works
closely with all three branches of government at the federal,
state and local levels; with nongovernmental organizations;
and with foreign and international institutions that request
advice or assistance. For more information, visit http://www.napawash.org.
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