Post Date: October 01, 2024

National Academy of Public Administration Announces 2024 Class of Academy Fellows

42 new Fellows, leaders in Public Administration, will join the Academy this year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Academy of Public Administration today announced that 42 leaders in the field of public administration have been selected for the 2024 Class of Academy Fellows.

“The 2024 class of Academy Fellows reflects a wide range of professional experience, including dedicated civil servants and accomplished academics,” said Terry Gerton, President and CEO of the Academy. “These 42 leaders will be an enormous asset to the Academy in the years ahead, and we look forward to working with all of them to help create a bright future for our country.”

Induction of the new Fellows will occur during the annual Academy Fall Meeting, which will take place November 13-15 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Selection of the Academy’s new Fellows follows a rigorous review of the individual’s contributions to the field of public administration and policy. A Fellows Nominating Committee makes recommendations to the full Fellowship, which then votes on those individuals nominated. The Committee was co-chaired in 2024 by Academy Fellows Margie Graves and Naim Kapucu.

The 2024 class joins nearly 1,000 current Academy Fellows – including former cabinet officers, members of Congress, governors, mayors and state legislators, as well as prominent scholars, executives, nonprofit leaders, and more.

Below is the list of new Academy Fellows:

GIAN LUIGI ALBANO

Head of Division, Consip, The National Central Purchasing Body, Italy

Adjunct Professor of Economics, LUISS “G. Carli”, Rome, Italy

Research Fellow, University of Utrecht Centre for Public Procurement, The Netherlands

DARREN ASH

Federal Information Technology Executive

ANNE AYLWARD

Director, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

BRETT BAKER

Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

DALE BELL

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Grants, United States Department of Health and Human Services

HARRY BLACK

City Manager, City of Stockton California

WALTER BOBKIEWICZ

City Administrator, City of Issaquah, WA

NISHA BOTCHWEY

Dean, Professor, and Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence in Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

ANDREA BRANDON

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Finance, Grants and Acquisition, United States Department of the Interior

JAMES COOK

CEO, Action for Impact LLC

PAUL DANCZYK

Chief Operating Officer, California Counties Foundation

TYRA DENT

President, African American Federal Executive Association

BRENDA DONALD

Principal, Brenda Donald Consulting

KATE FITZPATRICK

Town Manager, Town of Needham, MA

FRANCIS FUKUYAMA

Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

DANIEL GARCIA-DIAZ

Managing Director, Financial Markets & Community Investment, United States Government Accountability Office

ROGER HARTLEY

Dean and Professor, College of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore

GRACE HOU

Deputy Governor, Office of Governor JB Pritzker

CLAIRE CONNOLLY KNOX

Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida

STEVE KRAUSS

Senior Advisor, Human Resources Quality Services Management Office and Human Resources Line of Business Office, United States Office of Personnel Management

SUZANNE LELAND

Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

STEVEN LENKART

Executive Director, National Federation of Federal Employees

SIMON LIU

Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

MONICA MANNING

Senior Procurement Executive, Chief Acquisition Officer, and Associate Director for Procurement, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

JAMES MAYER

Adjunct Professor and Senior Advisor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

MARTHA PEREGO

Former Managing Director, Member Services and Ethics, ICMA

EDGAR RAMIREZ DE LA CRUZ

Professor, School of Public Policy and Leadership, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

VALERIE RIVERS

Intergovernmental Affairs Officer for the Houston Health Department, City of Houston, TX

CHARLES ROMINE

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs, National Institute of Standards and Technology

PARI SABETY

Sr Grants Advisor, U.S. Digital Response

CHARLES SALLEE

Director, Legislative Finance Committee, State of New Mexico

TROY SCHNEIDER

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Billington CyberSecurity

CARISSA SLOTTERBACK

Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

GLORIA SOMOLEKAE

Senior Research Fellow and CEO, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)

JESSICA SOWA

Professor, Joseph R. Biden Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware

LAURA STANTON

Assistant Commissioner IT Category, General Services Administration

JEREMY TRAVIS

Senior Fellow, Justice Lab, Columbia University

ASHWIN VASAN

Former Commissioner of Health, NYC Department of Health, City of New York

ERIK WALSH

City Manager, City of San Antonio

VICTORIA WASSMER

Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary, Office of Budget and Programs, United States Department of Transportation

MARISA WAXMAN

Executive Director, Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority

WALTER WEST

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Autry Museum of the American West

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.