Joseph Mitchell

As Senior Advisor for Strategy, Dr. Joe Mitchell provides high-level guidance and strategic counsel to the Academy's President & CEO and Senior Leadership Team.

Prior to his current role, Joe led the Academy’s thought leadership activities. He ran the Grand Challenges in Public Administration campaign and the Agile Government Center, facilitated high impact strategic planning sessions with public agencies, managed the Academy’s externally sponsored events, and oversaw the Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships. Previously, at the General Services Administration, he worked with other leaders in the Office of Government-wide Policy to stand up the Office of Shared Solutions and Performance Improvement and led a team responsible for cross-agency efforts in support of the President’s Management Agenda. Before serving at GSA, he led the Academy’s organizational studies program, managed projects requested by the U.S. Congress and agencies, and served as a senior analyst on reviews of a wide array of federal agencies. He received a Fed 100 Award in 2022 for his contributions to increasing the agility of the federal government and moderated a joint series with the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee that received the Public/Private Partnership Award from the Council of Inspectors General (CIGIE). He served two terms on the National Science Foundation’s Business and Operations Advisory Committee (a Federal Advisory Committee). He holds a Ph.D. from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a Master of International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a BA in History from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He also earned an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.