David Ammons
MEMBER SINCE: 2006
David N. Ammons is Albert Coates Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served on the National Performance Management Advisory Commission and currently serves on the International City/County Management Association's Credentialing Advisory Board. His books on local government management include Tools for Decision Making, with Dale J. Roenigk (Routledge, 2022); Performance Measurement for Managing Local Government (Melvin & Leigh, 2020); Municipal Benchmarks (M.E. Sharpe/Routledge, 2012); and Leading Performance Management in Local Government (ICMA, 2008).
History of Employment
Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
Professor Emeritus
School of Government
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2021
Present
Professor of Public Administration and Government
School of Government
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1996
2021
Director
Master of Public Administration Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2001
2006
Senior Associate
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
University of Georgia
1987
1996
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of North Texas
1983
1987
Assistant City Manager
City of Oak Ridge
City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1975
1983
Primary Policy Areas
Government Operations/Innovation
Primary Sector of Expertise
Academic
Primary Functions
Academic Faculty