Post Date: September 21, 2022

35 Leaders in Public Administration to Join the Academy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Academy of Public Administration today announced that 35 leaders in the field of public administration have been selected for the 2022 Class of Academy Fellows.

“Our distinguished Academy Fellows are nationally recognized and respected for their expertise in the field of public administration and the members of the Fellows Class of 2022 are no exception,” said Terry Gerton, President and CEO of the Academy. “We proudly welcome this outstanding new class of Fellows that will help advance the Academy vision - a just, fair, and inclusive government that strengthens communities and protects democracy.”

Induction of the new Fellows will occur during the annual Academy Fall Meeting, which will take place virtually and in-person November 2-4 at three host sites (Academy headquarters in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, and University of Connecticut in Hartford, CT), with a focus on “Strengthening Social and Economic Development Through Meaningful Work.”

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, selected by the Academy’s Board Chair, makes its recommendations to the full Fellowship, which then votes on those individuals nominated to be a Fellow. The Committee was co-chaired by Academy Fellows Norton Bonaparte and Kendra Stewart.

The 2022 class joins more than 950 Academy Fellows – including former cabinet officers, members of Congress, governors, mayors and state legislators, as well as prominent scholars, business executives, nonprofit leaders, and public administrators. Below is the list of new Academy Fellows:

DAVID ADKINS

Executive Director and CEO, The Council of State Governments

TONY ALLEN, PH.D.

President, Delaware State University

STEPHANIE BARNA

Principal, SABarna, LLC

EVAN BERMAN

Professor Titular, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) - EAESP, São Paulo, Brazil

BETH BLAUER

Associate Provost for Public Sector Innovation, Johns Hopkins University

CLINTON T. BRASS

Specialist in Government Organization and Management, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress Washington, DC; previously U.S. Office of Management and Budget and U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service

SAMUEL L. BROWN, PH.D.

Professor and Chair, School of Public Service, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University

TOM CARROLL

City Manager, City of Cambridge, Maryland

ARISTIDE J. COLLINS, JR.

Vice President, Chief of Staff, and Secretary, The George Washington University

JENNIFER EVANS-COWLEY

President, The University of Texas at Arlington

LOREN DEJONGE SCHULMAN

Vice President, Research, Evaluation, and Modernizing Government, Partnership for Public Service

SHANNON FLANAGAN-WATSON

Deputy County Manager, County of Arlington, Virginia

DR. WAYNE A.I. FREDERICK, MD, MBA

Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery and President, Howard University

JESÚS GARZA

Retired President and CEO, Ascension/Seton

DR. WENDY GINSBERG

Staff Director, Subcommittee on Government Operations, Committee on Oversight and Reform, U.S. House of Representatives

DANA P. GOLDMAN

Dean and C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Chair, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California; Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics, University of Southern California; Co-Director, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California

THOMAS HICKS

Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance Commission

SHAYNE C. KAVANAGH

Senior Manager of Research, Government Finance Officers Association

ERIC M. LECKEY

Associate Administrator for Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency

PEGGY MERRISS

Executive Director, Georgia City-County Management Association

ZINA DACHÉ MERRITT

Chief Diversity Management Officer, U.S. Government Accountability Office

SARA MOGULESCU

President, Volcker Alliance

SUSAN SHIRASAWA MURANISHI

County Administrator, County of Alameda, California

KIMBERLY L. NELSON

Professor, School of Government, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

JANINE O’FLYNN

Professor of Public Management, The University of Melbourne and The Australia and New Zealand School of Government

STACY L. RODGERS

County Administrative Officer, Baltimore County Government, Maryland

IAN H. SOLOMON

Dean and Professor of Leadership and Public Policy, Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy, The University of Virginia

BOBBIE STEMPFLEY

Vice President, Cybersecurity, Dell Technologies

TIM STOREY

Chief Executive Officer, National Conference of State Legislatures

GWENDOLYN SYKES

Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Secret Service

ALENE TCHOURUMOFF

Senior Vice President, Community Development and Engagement, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

WAYNE TURNAGE

Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services and Director of Department of Health Care Finance, District of Columbia

WILLIAM J. WALKER

Major General (Ret.), U.S. Army

BRIAN N. WILLIAMS

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy, The University of Virginia

DR. JEREMY S. WU

Founder and Co-organizer, APA Justice Task Force

About the National Academy of Public Administration:

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