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Advisory: National Academy of Public Administration To Host 2025 National Conference Nov. 2-4

Post Date: October 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Academy of Public Administration will host its 2025 National Conference November 2-4 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Featured speakers include General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, and special presentations including a Plenary on the State of Public Administration with Founder and Chair of Common Good Philip Howard, author and political scientist Francis Fukuyama and senior fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings, Vanessa Williamson. There are many more guests scheduled to attend and present, for more information, review the schedule below, or at the Academy site.

Sunday, Nov. 2 will feature the presentation of the 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Awards to civil servants of distinction. Exceptional employees with three to 15 years of federal service are nominated by their agencies and selected through a competitive judging process. The awards are presented by the Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission, in partnership with the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration (TSPPPA) and the National Academy of Public Administration.

Additional sessions during the conference will include the induction of the Academy’s 2025 Class of Fellows, the presentation of the 2025 George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy, and the 2025 Louis Brownlow Book Award.

A detailed agenda and registration details can be found here. Media planning to attend should RSVP to Kaitlyn Blume at kblume@napawash.org.

Schedule highlights include:

Sunday, November 2^nd: National Academy of Sciences Building - 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418

• 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – Welcome Reception
• 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. – 76^th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards hosted by Susan Swain, CSPAN
• 7:30 – 8:00 p.m. - Flemming Awards Reception

Monday, November 3^rd: National Academy of Sciences Building

• 9:00 – 9:45 a.m. – Welcome and Public Service Leadership Lecture with General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal
• 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Plenary: The State of Public Administration with Philip Howard, Francis Fukuyama and Vanessa Williamson, led by Academy President and CEO James-Christian Blockwood
• 11:00 a.m. - Brownlow Book Award presented to William Genieys
• 11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Plenary: Bridging the Gap – State and Local Capacity in a Shifting Federal Landscape with David Adkins, Matt Chase, Julia Novak, led by Nisha Botchwey
• 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. - Keynote: Redefining Public Service for a Modern Workforce with Scott Kupor, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
• 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Class of 2025 Fellows Induction

Tuesday, November 4^th: National Academy of Sciences Building

• 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. - Plenary: Reimagining Government with Norman Ornstein, Cecili Wake, Soren Drayton, Loren DeJonge Schulman, and Mindy Romero
• 1:00 p.m. - George Graham Award presented to Robert Shea
• 1:00-1:30 p.m. - Stories of Service: Reflections on Purpose, Progress, and the Path Ahead with Victoria Wassmer, Daniel Werfel, David Lebryk, and Basil Gooden

About the National Academy of Public Administration:

Chartered by Congress to provide nonpartisan expert advice, the Academy is an independent nonprofit organization established in 1967 to assist government leaders in building more effective, efficient, accountable, and transparent organizations. Learn more at www.napawash.org.