Carl Van Horn

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. Graduate faculty member, Rutgers' departments of planning, education, political science, and management and labor relations. Prior academic positions: Professor of Public Policy and Chair, Department of Public Policy; Associate Professor, Political Science; Associate Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics; Visiting Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Assistant Professor, Political Science and Director, Master of Arts Program in Public Affairs, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Current public service appointments: Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Neutral Trustee, United Mine Workers Health and Benefit Funds. Prior public service positions: Director of Policy, State of New Jersey; Chair, Board of Directors, New Jersey Economic Development Authority; Senior Economist, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress; Chair, New Jersey Property Tax Convention Task Force; Vice Chair, New Jersey Governor-elect Jon S. Corzine's transition; Member, Presidential Emergency Board on railroad labor and management mediation. Appointments to: New Jersey Council of Economic Advisors; New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology; New Jersey Transit Board; Amtrak Reform Commission, U.S. House of Representatives; Special Arbitration Committee on Labor Protection for Amtrak Employees.