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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2003
CONTACT: Eric Landau
(202) 204-3624
Howard Messner has
been named president of the National Academy of
Public Administration, effective May 5, 2003. Messner is a
distinguished public servant who previously served as assistant
administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
comptroller
at the U.S. Department of Energy, and executive vice president
and
chief operating officer of the American Consulting Engineers
Council.
Messner replaces Philip M. Burgess, who recently announced
his decision
to leave the Academy, effective April 30. Burgess, who has
served as
the president of the Academy since late 2002, will return
to his
position as president of the Annapolis Institute for Leadership
and
Technology, located in Annapolis, Maryland.
According to Carl Stenberg, chair of the Academy Board, “We
are
grateful to Phil Burgess for the energy, vision, and practical
suggestions he brought to the table - and for his introduction
of new
agendas and approaches that align the Academy with our changing
times.”
Burgess, who has been
a Fellow of the Academy since 1978, said, “I have
greatly enjoyed my time at the helm of the Academy. I look
forward to
working with the leadership in the months and years ahead
to strengthen
the role of the Academy on issues of governance and public
management,
both here and abroad.”
Stenberg said, “As a former senior federal official and
association
executive, Howard Messner brings a wealth of high level practitioner
experience to advance the Academy’s mission of ‘making
government work, and work for all.’ As a Fellow since
1979, former member of the Board of Directors, and Treasurer,
he has a solid grasp on the dynamics of
the Academy and has demonstrated a commitment to our Fellows,
staff,
and clients.” Messner will serve until the Academy completes
a search
for a new President.
The Academy, founded in 1967, was chartered by Congress to
provide
trusted advice on issues of governance and public management
to leaders of governing institutions in the United States
and internationally.
Academy revenues, staff, projects, and advisory services have
tripled
over the past decade. Recent projects include assessments
of the FBI
reorganization and new federal strategies to prevent catastrophic
forest fires.
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