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Jim Malatras

MEMBER SINCE: 2017

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More than twenty years of experience in government and higher education as an energetic change agent who has successfully transformed difficult to adapt and complex organizations. A problem solver and team builder with a deep understanding of government, education, crisis and emergency management, and public policy—from healthcare to energy and telecommunications—successfully developing and implementing public policy. Have been part of teams leading complex health and safety emergencies from COVID, Ebola, and Legionnaire’s to major weather events. As a higher education administrator kept the largest comprehensive system in the nation open to in-person instruction during COVID as well as implemented innovations to better meet workforce demand, especially for individuals from underserved communities. Check out my regular policy pieces at https://medium.com/@jimmalatras.

History of Employment

Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
Chancellor
State University of New York
2020
2022
President
Empire State College
2019
2020
President
Rockefeller Institute of Government
2017
2019
Director of State Operations
New York State
2014
2017
Vice Chancellor for Policy and Chief of Staff
SUNY
2013
2014
Deputy Secretary for Policy Management
New York State
2011
2013
Executive Director of Legislative Affairs and State Policy
New York State
2007
2011
Legislative Director
Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky
2001
2007
Professor
Empire State College
2022
Primary Policy Areas

Alternative Energy, Civil Rights and Liberties, Consumer Protection, Economy, Education, Energy, Green Energy, Government Operations/Innovation, Health Care, Higher Education, Housing, Intergovernmental System/Federalism, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Services

Primary Sector of Expertise

State

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty, Academic Administration, Academic Research, Advocacy, Budgeting and Finance, Communications and Marketing, Change Management, Data Analytics, Information Technology, Intergovernmental, Nonprofit / NGO leadership, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, State Government, Strategic Planning