President

Patria de Lancer Julnes

Rosenthal Endowed Professor of Public Administration and Director of the School of Public Administration
University of New Mexico
Two-year term expires in Spring 2025; not able to run for re-election

Patria de Lancer Julnes is an internationally recognized scholar and consultant in performance measurement, government capacity building and citizen-driven governance. She brings more than 25 years of experience in public administration, having consulted with government agencies and nonprofits in the United States and abroad to develop effective performance management systems that improve outcomes and serve the public interest. She also has authored or co-authored several books, along with award-winning articles in major journals, including “Promoting the Utilization of Performance Measures in Public Organizations: An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting Adoption and Implementation,” selected as one of the most influential articles in the 75-year history of Public Administration Review. She has contributed to ASPA as a life member who has served on the ASPA National Council and in numerous leadership roles, including co-chairing the Center for Accountability and Performance and, most recently, chairing its Ethics and Standards Implementation Committee and Audit Committee.

De Lancer Julnes has worked with governments and universities in Latin America and Europe to improve education in and practice of public administration, building partnerships to improve government capacity, support democratic governance and address the needs of traditionally underserved populations, including helping low-income high school Hispanic students through partnerships with universities, schools, governments, businesses and nonprofit organizations. She has been recognized with awards including Maryland’s 2013 Top 100 Women by The Daily Record; the Officer’s Cross from the government of Spain; Drum Major for Justice Award for civic engagement, IMC, Harrisburg; the Donald C. Stone Service to ASPA Award; the Julia J. Henderson International Service Award from ASPA's Section for Women in Public Administration; and is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (2019).

President-Elect

John Bartle

Dean, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, and Professor of Public Administration
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Two-year term expires in Spring 2025; will serve as ASPA president Spring 2025 - Spring 2027

John Bartle is dean of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service, and a professor of public administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and serves as treasurer. He received two major awards from ASPA Sections: the Aaron Wildavsky Award for lifetime achievement in budgeting and financial management, and the Truitt-Felbinger Award for significant contributions to the field of transportation policy and administration. He has co-authored or edited four books: Innovative Infrastructure Finance: A Guide for State and Local Governments, Management Policies in Local Government Finance, Sustainable Development for Public Administration<, and Evolving Theories of Public Budgeting. He has published 70 articles and book chapters in both academic and practitioner outlets. He has worked with the Nebraska legislature to provide policy advice for more than 10 years. His bachelor’s degree is from Swarthmore College, his MPA is from the University of Texas, his Ph.D. is from The Ohio State University and he has an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the State University of New York in 2016. He worked in city and state government in Minnesota and for state and national nonprofit research organizations on tax policy issues.

Executive Director

William P. Shields, Jr.

Executive Director
American Society for Public Administration

Bill Shields became Executive Director of the American Society for Public Administration, the largest and most prominent professional association for public administration, in January 2014. During his tenure, he has significantly broadened the Society’s professional development programming, strengthened its 60 local chapters and 30 subject matter sections, revitalized its operations and enhanced the quality of its communications. He has recommitted the Society to its core mission of advancing excellence in public service and made considerable inroads in partnering with like-minded organizations on a wide range of activities.

Shields brings to his position more than 15 years of executive and management experience in the nonprofit sector, most recently as Vice President of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the nation's leading public policy organization dedicated to ensuring that people with the lowest incomes have affordable and decent homes. In this role, he was responsible for the organization’s operational, financial, membership and outreach functions.

For more than a decade, Shields held senior management and research positions at the National Academy of Public Administration, a congressionally chartered organization established to assist government leaders in building more effective, efficient and accountable organizations. As Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Communications, he worked extensively with the Academy’s elected Fellows, the nation’s top leaders in the practice and study of public administration. He served on research teams studying organization and management issues at the U.S. Departments of Defense, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation. He edited more than 50 Academy panel reports on issues ranging from federal compensation issues to FBI reorganization.

Shields served as Director at the Chief Executives Organization, a nonprofit organization of 2,000 chief executives around the world, and in the Executive Office of the Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. He earned his MA in government and BA in journalism from American University, where he has been an Adjunct Professor since 2000. In 2015, he received the School of Public Affairs’ Award for Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Position. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the governing board of NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement. He lives with his wife and daughter in Washington, DC.

District Representatives

District I

Electoral District I includes: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont
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Michael J. Ahn

Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Public Affairs
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Three-year term expires in Spring 2026; term limited.

Michael Ahn is associate professor of public policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is a District I Representative and, since joining ASPA in 2001, has served as president of ASPA's Massachusetts Chapter (now the New England Chapter), the Northeast Conference on Public Administration and ASPA's Section on Science and Technology in Government. He helped organize the 2012 NECoPA Conference in Boston and co-chaired an SSTIG symposium on technological innovations in government in 2013 and 2014. As president of the New England Chapter, he worked to improve the quality of the Chapter's programs and activities. He organized many programs with leading public administration scholars and practitioners and co-founded the first Best Capstone Competition and Award to encourage public administration students in Massachusetts and recruit them into ASPA membership.

Ahn’s research explores various technological innovations in government such as e-government, smart cities and artificial intelligence, and focuses on identifying organizational and institutional factors that facilitate impactful digital transformations in government. His articles have appeared in journals including Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, Public Organization Review and Government Information Quarterly. Ahn holds an MPA and Ph.D. in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizens and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.

Hillary Knepper

Professor and Associate Provost
Pace University
Three-year term expires in Spring 2027; eligible to run for re-election

Hillary Knepper spent 20 years working for nonprofits and local governments, where she worked primarily in access to services for vulnerable populations, facilitating collaborations, program evaluation and board governance. She teaches health care management, policy and public administration courses at Pace University where she is professor and the associate provost for student success. She is a founding board member for the Northeast Conference on Public Administration and an active member and past chair for ASPA's Section for Women in Public Administration. She has been co-president for Academic Women in Public Administration (2021-2023) and served as the program co-chair for ASPA’s 2024 Annual Conference.

Knepper’s research focuses on system-level change, how public policies influence outcomes and the implications of how relationships across sectors affect services. She is editor-in-chief for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration and a founding editorial board member for the Journal of Gender in Public Finance and Administration. Her recent scholarship appears in Public Administration Quarterly, Teaching Public Administration and Public Administration Review.

Malcolm Oliver

Dean
John S. Watson School of Public Service, Thomas Edison State University
Three-year term expires in Spring 2025; eligible to run for re-election

Malcolm K. Oliver serves as dean for the John S. Watson School of Public Service at Thomas Edison State University. The Watson School serves more than 400 adult learners in masters, bachelors and associate degree programs delivered online and designed to support practitioners in the public and nonprofit sectors. He served as associate dean for Excelsior College’s School of Graduate Studies, which enrolls more than 2,000 nontraditional learners in seven online master’s degree programs. He also has served as director for Master of Public Policy and Administration programs at California Lutheran University, National Louis University and The College of New Rochelle. Prior to higher education, Oliver served public agencies in California and Texas as a city planner, where the importance of educating the community about governmental operations and regulations became a passion that led to his career in higher education. As an adult educator, he uses andragogical techniques to provide public and nonprofit sector professionals with an academic experience that has immediate application to the job. He completed his doctorate in public and urban administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, his MPA from California State Polytechnic University Pomona and, most recently, a Master of Science in Instructional Technology from the New York Institute of Technology.

District II

Electoral District II includes: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and West Virginia.
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Marlon Brown

Chief Administrative Officer
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Three-year term expires in Spring 2026; eligible to run for re-election

Marlon Brown is director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). In this role, he leads the state agency responsible for licensing and regulating nearly 2 million individuals and entities covering health professionals and facilities, skilled-trades and other professional occupations, corporations and securities, construction services, cannabis businesses and fire services. LARA also supports the work of Michigan’s Public Service Commission, Liquor Control Commission, Indigent Defense Commission, Unarmed Combat Commission, Tax Tribunal and Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules.

Prior to his appointment as director, Brown served as the department’s acting director, chief administrative officer and director of policy and legislative affairs. In addition, he has held positions at the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Department of Transportation and the State Budget Office. He also is a former city councilmember and mayor pro tem for the City of Mason, Michigan. He continues to support communities throughout the state as a member of the board of directors for the Michigan Municipal League Foundation. Brown earned a bachelor's degree in political science from American University, a master's degree in public administration from the University of Delaware and a doctorate in public administration from Valdosta State University.

Phillip Carlisle

Director of Development
Washington English Center
Three-year term expires in Spring 2027; eligible to run for re-election

Phillip Carlisle joined the Washington English Center (WEC) in 2022 and serves as its director of development. He views his role as an intersection between fostering community among WEC’s long-time supporters and building bridges to new partners. He is responsible for nearly $600,000 in annual revenue split between grants, corporate sponsorships and individual contributions.

Previously, Carlisle worked at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), the nation’s largest association for public administrators. He served in multiple membership capacities and was ASPA’s first director of strategic development and advancement. In that role, he oversaw the organization’s Founders’ Fellows program, supported its executive director on board governance and endowment-related work and significantly grew its institutional membership program to recruit more students and practitioners to ASPA membership. He received his BA from Albion College and his MA from Brandeis University.

Thomas Stanton

Fellow
Johns Hopkins University
Three-year term expires in Spring 2025; eligible to run for re-election

Thomas H. Stanton is an attorney who has dedicated his career to strengthening government programs, policies and organizations, including agencies in the Departments of Agriculture, Education and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Small Business Administration, OMB, GAO and CBO. He is a former federal senior executive and former president of the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM), dedicated to improving government risk management. At AFERM, he partnered with ASPA to host a Washington, DC-based forum on public sector enterprise risk management. In 2018, AFERM awarded him its Hall of Fame Award. He is an ASPA Life Member. Stanton is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), served on its board of directors and, for many years, as chair of the NAPA Panel on Executive Organization and Management. He serves on the steering committee of NAPA’s Panel on Social Equity in Governance. In 2017, NAPA awarded him its George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy.

Stanton served as lead staff member on governance and risk management for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. He teaches on the adjunct faculty at the Center for Advanced Governmental Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He also teaches a course at the Yale Alumni College based on his newest book, American Race Relations and the Legacy of British Colonialism. His published books on finance include Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail: Governance and Management Lessons from the Crisis; and A State of Risk: Will Government-Sponsored Enterprises Be the Next Financial Crisis?, which helped lead to the creation of a financial regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He has written extensively for Public Administration Review and other journals. Earlier in his career NACo awarded him its Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the intergovernmental partnership.

District III

Electoral District III includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
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Shaoming Cheng

Associate Professor and Chair
Florida International University
Three-year term expires in Spring 2027; eligible to run for re-election

Shaoming Cheng is associate professor and Chair of the Florida International University Department of Public Policy and Administration. His research interests center on entrepreneurship and small business development policy, spatial econometric modeling, firm location decisions responding to various policy incentives and locational conditions, and regional economic health, performance, and development. He has been engaged in various funded research projects with support from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Kauffman Foundation and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. He has published a monograph book and dozens of peer-reviewed articles.

Cheng is an active member of ASPA, NASPAA and RSAI, and a strong collaborator and sponsor of many ASPA South Florida events. One of the hallmarks of his leadership is his dedication to mentorship and professional development. He invests significant time and effort in supporting faculty members and student organizations, guiding research pursuits and encouraging professional growth via ASPA and local partnerships. As a result, the department has produced many accomplished scholars and practitioners who have gone on to contribute significantly to the field and ASPA chapters. He received his Ph.D. in public policy from George Mason University.

Terry Murphy

Procurement and Contracting Oversight
Miami-Dade County
Three-year term expires in Spring 2025; eligible to run for re-election

Terry Murphy is serving on the board of his local ASPA Chapter as the membership chair. He has been active with his Chapter for the past 20 years and is a past president. He works in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for Miami-Dade County, overseeing procurement and contracting across all departments of the county government. He has been certified as an inspector/evaluator by the Association of Inspectors General. He considers his current employment as a capstone position, following 25 years of service as a political and policy advisor to several elected county officials.

An enthusiastic advocate for the public sector, he always encourages talented students to pursue a purposeful life of public service. He is an adjunct professor in the political science department at the University of Miami.

Ronald Sanders

President and CEO
Publica Virtu
Three-year term expires in Spring 2026; eligible to run for re-election

A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and decorated, 20+-year member of the U.S. federal government’s Senior Executive Service (SES), Ron Sanders is president and CEO of Publica Virtù, a small consulting business dedicated to helping public servants develop smart strategies for their agencies and themselves. Until October 2020, he served as the presidentially appointed chair of the Federal Salary Council. In addition, he served as a career federal civil servant for almost 40 years, most recently as the U.S. intelligence community’s first associate director of national intelligence for human capital (2005-2010) where, among other honors, he earned one of Harvard University’s Innovations in American Government awards and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. As a career-reserved member of the SES, he also served as the first associate director for strategic HR policy with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (2002 to 2005); the Internal Revenue Service’s first chief human resources officer (1998 to 2002); the Defense Department’s director of civilian personnel and founding director of the Defense Civilian Personnel Service (1991 to 1998); and deputy director of civilian personnel for the Department of the Air Force (1989 to 1991). He has co-authored or edited five books, including two published by the Brookings Institution and one by NAPA, as well as numerous articles and monographs in both academic and professional outlets. Sanders earned his DPA from George Washington University.

District IV

Electoral District IV includes: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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Thomas Becker

Instructor, Paralegal & Business Programs
Des Moines Area Community College
Term expires in Spring 2025; eligible to run for re-election.

Thomas Becker has had three public service careers and has remained active in public service since his retirement in 2019. In 2020, he became president of ASPA's Iowa Chapter. He became a member of ASPA’s National Council representing District 4 in 2023. He is a recipient of ASPA’s National Public Service Award in 2019. He was commissioned as an Air Force officer in 1974, as a distinguished graduate of Air Force ROTC, and designated a judge advocate in 1977 after graduation from the Washburn University School of Law and admission to the Kansas bar. He served 22 years in the Air Force and retired in the grade of colonel in 1999 to accept then-Governor Tom Vilsack’s appointment as state public defender for the State of Iowa, supervising 20 public defender offices and contracting with more than 800 private attorneys to provide indigent defense services. After Vilsack left office, Becker took on new duties as an administrative law judge for the state until returning to the Air Force in a civilian capacity as academic director of the Air Force JAG School. He was responsible for all curriculum oversight, continued approval of the JAG School’s paralegal courses by the American Bar Association, attorney faculty training and development and coordination of the JAG School’s outside teaching responsibilities. He also taught classes in constitutional law, administrative law, legal ethics and government ethics to Air Force attorneys and senior leaders. After retiring from the civil service, he returned to Iowa and began teaching in the paralegal and business programs at Des Moines Area Community College. Becker has served as adjunct faculty at five law schools, regular instructor in trial advocacy programs put on by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and guest speaker in many legal training programs. He conducts online training webinars for criminal defense attorneys through the state public defender’s office and is a volunteer attorney for the Iowa Legal Aid Volunteer Lawyer Project. In 1996, Becker received an advanced degree in constitutional and criminal law from the George Washington University School of Law. He is an active member in good standing of the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

Merlene-Patrice Bourdeau-Quispe

President's Postdoctoral Fellow
Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Three-year term expires in Spring 2026; eligible to run for re-election

Merlene-Patrice Bourdeau-Quispe is a president’s postdoctoral fellow in the leadership and management area at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Her research interests include examining truth and integrity in budgets, especially at the state, county and municipal levels; examining the performance of local governments in execution of their budgets; and furthering the research in performance budgeting by examining if adherence to best practices as recommended by budgetary institutions does, in fact, lead to desired outcomes expressed by citizens. Her work experience includes serving in multiple fiscal positions at the municipal level. She also has worked internationally as a microfinance expert for USAID and the United Nations in multiple countries including the United States, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Peru, Burkina Faso, Morocco and Kenya. Quispe earned her Ph.D. in public affairs from Florida International University. She holds a master’s degree from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from York College.

Alex Trembley

Manager
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Three-year term expires in Spring 2027; eligible to run for re-election

Alex Trembley is a public administration practitioner in Minnesota; he currently serves as a manager for the Hennepin County, Minnesota government and volunteers as Co-Chair of the Alumni Council at the Whitburn Center for Governance and Policy Research. In his spare time, he works as a paramedic in the Twin Cities, which has taught him to build trust and rapport with people from all walks of life.

Trembley is a member of the executive committee for ASPA's Section for Public Administration Research, and a member of its Section on Emergency and Crisis Management and Minnesota Chapter. His interests include advancing research among early graduate students and new practitioners. He is excited for the opportunity to lead and serve the members of ASPA. Trembley holds an MPA from UW-Oshkosh and is completing a Doctor of Public Administration at Valdosta State University.

District V

Electoral District V includes: Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah
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Galia Cohen

Assistant Professor and Director, Division of Public Administration School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Strategic Studies
Tarleton State University
Three-year term expires in Spring 2025; term-limited.

Galia Cohen is director of the Division of Public Administration and Assistant Professor at Tarleton State University. Previously, she was associate director of the justice administration and Leadership master’s program, housed in the Department of Criminology at the University of Texas—Dallas. She specializes in human resource management and organizational behavior and has more than 10 years of experience in teaching and consulting in the public sector. She teaches human resource management, leadership in public and nonprofit management and negotiation and conflict resolution at the graduate level for executives and professionals in law enforcement agencies across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

Cohen received her BA and MA from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and holds a Ph.D. in public affairs from the University of Texas—Dallas. She has published academic articles and book chapters; her research interests include strategic human resource management, organizational theory and behavior, conflict management and public safety administration. Cohen is an advisory board member for the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration.

Juliet Lee

Director, Administration and External Relations
University of Southern California, Sol Price School
Three-year term expires in Spring 2026; eligible to run for re-election

Juliet Lee has spent the past decade working in academia, managing a master's degree program and creating pathways for underrepresented groups into higher education. Prior to her current position, she was director of administration and external relations for the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy in Sacramento, California. Her main role was managing the Master of Public Administration degree program at the Sacramento campus. She worked for the university in many capacities, including program coordinator for executive education programs, policy outreach manager, alumni and advisory board liaison and student services advisor. She has made her career in higher education, guiding students to lead service.

Lee is a part-time adjunct professor teaching organizational behavior and collaborative governance. She sits on the board of directors for Her Health First and has been an active member of ASPA's Sacramento Chapter for the past decade. Lee holds a doctorate in educational leadership, an MPA from University of Southern California and a BA from UCLA.

Edgar Ramirez de la Cruz

Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Three-year term expires in Spring 2027; eligible to run for re-election

Edgar Ramirez de la Cruz is professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He served as director of the Public Administration Division at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City until 2002. Before working at CIDE, he was assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. He earned his Ph.D. in public administration and policy from the Askew School at Florida State University.

Ramirez’s primary interest as a researcher is urban governance. His research has been published in some of the most prestigious journals in the field and he has participated in and edited various notable journals. During his professional career, he has worked as a consultant for public, non-profit and public universities in Mexico and the United States. In his service to ASPA, he organized and hosted the 4th and 6th International Young Scholars Workshop in Mexico City and Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. He has served on the SIAM and SICA Executive Committees and participates in several committees of ASPA. ASPA awarded him the 2019 International Public Administration Award.

International Director


Pan Suk Kim

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration
College of Government and Business, Yonsei University
Three-year term expires in Spring 2026; not eligible to run for re-election

Pan Suk Kim was dean of the College of Government and Business and is professor emeritus of public administration in the College of Government and Business at Yonsei University, South Korea. He served as Minister of Personnel Management (MPM) of the Republic of Korea (2017-2018) and a Secretary to the President for Personnel Policy in the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea (2003-2005). He served for ASPA in various capacities including: National Council member; Chair of the Section on Professional and Organizational Development and board member of the Section on International and Comparative Administration. He has (co)authored several books and published more than 200 refereed articles in Korea and overseas. He was a deputy editor of the International Review of Administrative Sciences; the Editor in Chief of the Asian Review of Public Administration; and the Editor in Chief of the International Review of Public Administration and the Korean Policy Studies Review. He currently serves on the editorial boards of major international journals and has received several ASPA awards including the International Public Administration Award, the Donald C. Stone Service to ASPA Award and the Fred Riggs Award. He received his doctoral degree from American University in Washington, DC and was on the faculties of Austin Peay State University in Tennessee and Old Dominion University in Virginia. He has been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University; a Visiting Scholar in Residence at American University; and a Visiting Scholar at the George Washington University. He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and a member of the International Civil Service Commission of the United Nations (ICSC).

Student Representative


Kathleen Ann Vincent

Doctoral Candidate
Walden University
One-year term expires in Spring 2025

Kathleen Ann Vincent is a dedicated Ph.D. candidate in public policy and administration, committed to conducting rigorous research and shaping evidence-based policies. She is writing her dissertation on street level bureaucrats and the modern application of policy entrepreneurship with unaccompanied minors in the United States. With a solid foundation in academia and a drive to bridge the gap between research and practice, she strives to contribute to the development of effective and equitable public policies.

Vincent’s experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including government agencies, nonprofits and community organizations, has strengthened her ability to navigate the complexities of the policy landscape. She is skilled at facilitating constructive dialogue and fostering partnerships that drive collaborative policy-making processes. She also is committed to promoting inclusivity and social justice and incorporating an equity lens into research and policy analysis. She works to understand and address the disproportionate impacts of policies on marginalized communities, ensuring that policies are designed to uplift and empower the most vulnerable.

COMPA Representative

Donovan Segura

Associate Vice Chancellor
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
One-year appointment expires in Spring 2025

Donovan Segura is associate vice chancellor for equity, diversity, inclusion and Title IX at the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center. In this role, he focuses on all issues of discrimination pertaining to the personnel of the Southern University Ag Center and the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences. He also provides support services to the Southern University System’s General Counsel and Human Resources Offices on an as-needed basis. Segura is Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Presidential Fellows Program coordinator and dual enrollment university liaison for Southern University Baton Rouge. He also is adjunct professor of political science at SUBR and with Southern University Shreveport’s SUSLA Connect Program housed on the Baton Rouge campus. Outside the University, Segura is the lead consultant and CEO of DLS Consulting, which provides institutional accreditation, strategic planning, communications planning, policy development, diversity, equity, inclusion and opportunity for non-profit organizations, institutions of higher learning, foundations, and elected officials.

Segura has served in several positions at Southern University which included the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges coordinator and evaluator, Quality Enhancement Plan director, assistant director of institutional effectiveness and assessment, and assessment director /Title III activity director and assessment/testing coordinator, within the Institutionalizing and Sustaining Strategic Assessment Management Program (ISSAM). Segura also served as the director of diversity and inclusion and partner relations of Take Care Baton Rouge.

In addition to his administrative duties at the university, Segura remains active in the community through the Beta Iota Lambda chapter of his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha and as a Board Member for the non-profit organization, Serve Louisiana. He is a member of the Southern University Alumni Association and was selected as a member of the association’s Inaugural Cohort Top 40 Under 40 Alumni. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science, a master of arts in social science, and a doctor of philosophy in public policy administration, all from Southern University.

Executive Advisors

Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Principals
Barrett & Greene, Inc.
Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene have long done much-praised analysis, research and writing about state and local governments. They produce a widely acclaimed website “dedicated to state and local government,” at greenebarrett.com. Their latest book, The Little Guide to Writing for Impact, written in collaboration with Don Kettl, was published recently. They are currently engaged as: executive advisors to the American Society for Public Administration; senior advisers, columnists and chairs of the advisory board for Route Fifty; special project consultants at the Volcker Alliance; senior advisors at the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois in Chicago; fellows at the National Academy of Public Administration; visiting fellows at the IBM Center for the Business of Government; columnists and advisers for the Government Finance Officers Association; advisers to the National Association of State Personnel Executives; and editors of the commentary section for the International Journal of Public Administration. Though they work on virtually all projects as a team, the one exception is that Greene serves as chair of ASPA’s Center for Accountability and Performance.