National Academy of Public Administration

Theresa Pardo serves as Associate Vice President for Research at the University at Albany and as Special Assistant to UAlbany’s President Havidán Rodríguez, directing a university-wide project on differential impacts of COVID-19 in New York.

She is also a full research professor in Public Administration and Policy, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and an affiliate faculty in Information Science at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity.

As a Senior Fellow at the Center for Technology in Government, Pardo works with CTG UAlbany’s multi-sector and multi-disciplinary teams to carry out applied research and problem-solving projects focused on the intersections of policy, management, and technology in the governmental context.

Prior to her role as a Senior Research Fellow, Pardo served as Director of CTG UAlbany from 2009 until 2021. During her 12 years as Director she built a reputation for the Center as a global leader in digital government and public sector information technology, innovation, research and practice. Under her leadership, CTG advanced its model of multi-sector, multi-disciplinary teams from the U.S. and around the world to carry out applied research and problem-solving projects focused on digital transformation, service innovation and value creation in the public sector.

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Senior Fellow	Center for Technology in Government	State University of New York at Albany	2021	Present
Associate Vice President for Research		State University of New York at Albany	2021	Present
Full Research Professor	Public Administration and Policy	State University of New York at Albany	2012	Present
Director	Center for Technology in Government	State University of New York at Albany	2009	Present
Professor	Rockefeller College	State University of New York at Albany	2005	Present
Affiliate Faculty	Information Science, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security & Cybe	State University of New York at Albany	2004	Present
Deputy Director	Center for Technology in Government	State University of New York at Albany	2002	2009
Project Director	Center for Technology in Government	State University of New York at Albany	1998	2002
Project Coordinator	Center for Technology in Government	State University of New York at Albany	1994	1998
Director	Academic Computing Services	Siena College	1990	1994
Assistant Director Academic Computing	Academic Computing Services	Union College	1989	1990
Coordinator of Academic Computing Services	Office of Computing Services	Union College	1985	1989
Technical Information Analyst	Office of Computing Services	Union College	1982	1985

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Center for Technology in Government