Post Date: October 25, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Academy of Public Administration will host its annual Fall Meeting November 1-3 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. Featured speakers include Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, former Director of the National Weather Service, and General William J. Walker, former Sergeant at Arms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Events will include the induction of the Academy’s 2023 Class of Fellows; the presentation of the 2023 George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy to Academy Fellow David S.C. Chu, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Defense Analyses; the presentation of the 2023 Louis Brownlow Book Award to Claire Dunning, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, for her book, “Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State,” and the presentation of the 2023 Herbert Roback Scholarship Award to Ignacio Albe and Jada Fraser from Georgetown University.

A detailed meeting agenda and registration details can be found here. Media planning to attend in-person or virtual sessions should RSVP to bholahan@greatpointstrategies.com for access to registration and session links.

Wednesday, Nov. 1

5:30 pm – Flemming Awards Reception (Grand Foyer)

6:30 pm – Arthur S. Flemming Awards (Independence West)

7:30 pm – Post Award Reception (Independence West)

Thursday, Nov. 2

9:00 am – Elmer B. Staats Lecture - Can Building a “Weather Ready Nation” Prepare Us for Attaining a “Climate Resilient Nation”? (Independence West)

• Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, former Director, National Weather Service; Academy Fellow
• Michael Keegan, Leadership Fellow, IBM Center for The Business of Government (moderator)

10:30 am – Plenary Session - Anticipating Future Shocks: Insights on Building a Resilient Government (Independence West)

• Chris Mihm, Adjunct Professor of Public Administration, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University; Academy Fellow (opening remarks)
• Daniel Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of Government; Academy Fellow (moderator)
• Lauren Stocker, Associate Director, Office of Shared Solutions & Performance Improvement, U.S. General Services Administration
• Eric Leckey, Associate Administrator for Mission Support, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency; Academy Fellow
• Karen Evans, former Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Academy Fellow
• Kimberly Walton, former Executive Assistant Administrator for Enterprise Support, U.S. Transportation Security Administration; Academy Fellow
  
  

12:00 pm – Lunch and Awards

• Opening Remarks
• Cristina Caballé, Vice President, Global Public Sector, IBM Corporation
• 2023 George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy
• David S.C. Chu, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute f or Defense Analyses; Academy Fellow
• 2023 Brownlow Book Award
• Claire Dunning, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park; Author of Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State
• 2023 Herbert Roback Scholarship Award
• Ignacio Albe, Georgetown University

Jada Fraser, Georgetown University

2:00 pm – Concurrent Panel Sessions (Independence West-BCDE)

• Increasing the Agility of Government

Featuring Academy Fellows Dan Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of Government, and Ed DeSeve, Coordinator of the Agile Government Center

• Leveraging Generative AI
• Featuring Academy Fellow Alan Shark, Executive Director, Public Technology Institute
• Reimagining the Intergovernmental System

Featuring Nancy Augustine, Director of the Academy’s Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships

• Building Resilient Communities

Featuring Academy Fellow Eric Leckey, Associate Administrator for Mission Support, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency

3:00 pm – Concurrent Panel Sessions (Independence West-BCDE)

• Fostering Social Equity

Featuring Academy Fellow Dr. RaJade Berry-James, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Addressing the Grand Challenges at a Local Level

Featuring Academy Fellows Stacy Rodgers, Chief Administrative Officer, Baltimore County and Mark Funkhouser, former Mayor, Kansas City

• Building the Public Workforce

Featuring Academy Fellow Kerry Neal, Deputy Asst. Secretary for Acquisition, Grants & Risk Management, U.S. Department of Education

• Preparing for Election 2024

Featuring Academy Fellow Lawrence Cooley, Founder and President Emeritus, Management Systems International

4:30 pm – Induction of New Academy Fellows (Independence West)

Friday, Nov. 3

9:30 am – Concurrent Panel Sessions (Independence West-BCDE)

• Fostering Social Equity: A Plan of Action
• Executive Organization and Management
• AI, Data and Environment Tech Roundtable

11:15 am – Concurrent Panel Sessions (Independence West-BCDE)

• Standing Panel Meeting
• Intergovernmental Systems
• Public Service

1:00 pm – Webb Lecture (Independence West)

• General William J. Walker, former Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives; Academy Fellow
• Courtney Rozen, White House Correspondent, Bloomberg News (moderator)

About the National Academy of Public Administration

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