EIG Speakers
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Tim Clark
Tim Clark became Government Executive’s Editor at Large in January 2010, after serving as editor in chief, publisher and president of the magazine in the years since it was acquired by National Journal Group in 1987.
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He and his colleagues have built the publication into a key communications medium for people at senior levels in the federal government. With ... -
The Hon. Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan serves as Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He was sworn in on January 26, 2009.
He has devoted his career to ensuring access to safe, decent, and affordable housing, and has continued that effort in the Obama Administration. Secretary Donovan believes that America's homes are the foundation for family, safe neighborhoods ...
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André Dua
André Dua (B.Ec., LLB, University of Sydney, LLM., Yale University) is a Senior Partner in New York. He is a Co-Leader of McKinsey’s State and Local Government Practice, Co-Leader of the Regulatory and Government Strategy Practice and a member of its Tech-Media Practice. Mr. Dua works intensively on public sector transformation at the state and city levels. In ...
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Carl Fillichio
Carl Fillichio is Senior Advisor for Public Affairs to U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. He is the principle architect and implementer of all Labor Department external and internal messaging, media outreach and communications efforts.
Before joining the Obama administration, he was a Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, and a Vice President at ...
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Peter Harkness
Peter Harkness is Founder and Publisher Emeritus of Governing, a magazine for leaders of state and local governments that now is 23 years old. Before launching Governing, he was editor and deputy publisher of the Congressional Quarterly News Service, a Washington information company known for publishing what is regarded as the unofficial and independent "bible" covering the U.S. Congress ...
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Chris Hoene
Chris Hoene is the Director of the Center for Research and Innovation at the National League of Cities. He oversees NLC’s efforts to identify, research, and share innovative local practices and trends on subjects including public finance, economic development, housing, sustainability, infrastructure, and governance. He is co-author of NLC’s annual report on City Fiscal Conditions, tracking the fiscal ...
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E.J. "Ned" Holland, Jr.
As the Department of Health & Human Services' Assistant Secretary for Administration, E.J. (“Ned”) Holland, Jr., leads an organization of approximately 3800 federal employees and contractors that provides a variety of support services to the Department of Health and Human Services including human resources, information technology, diversity management and EEO, facilities management, and internal business consulting. The division also operates ...
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Elizabeth Keller
Elizabeth Kellar is the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Center for State and Local Government Excellence. The Center promotes excellence in public service so that local and state governments can attract and retain the talent they need. It identifies promising practices and publishes research on pension and retirement plans, health care, demographics, and workforce issues.
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Don Kettl
Donald F. Kettl is the dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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Kettl is the author or editor of more than 20 books, including The Next Government of the United States: Why Our Institutions Fail Us and How to Fix Them (2008), System under ... -
Doug Krug
Doug is co-author of "Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the HEART of Change." In its 31th printing, this book is used in numerous colleges and universities, as well as corporate and government leadership development and change management programs. Doug is also co-author of recently published Leadership Made Simple.
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For the last 15 years Doug has lectured as part of the MBA ... -
Mike McCord
Mike McCord was appointed Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) in January, 2009. After subsequent legislation (Public Law 111-84) required Senate confirmation for this position, he was nominated by the President on March 1, 2010, and confirmed by the Senate on June 22, 2010. Mr. McCord serves as the principal staff assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller ...
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Patricia McGinnis
Patricia McGinnis is Professor of Practice at George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and Advisor to the White House on Presidential Appointee Leadership programs. From 1994 to 2008, she was President and CEO of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Council for Excellence in Government in Washington, DC.
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Before joining the Council in 1994, McGinnis was a ... -
Shelley H. Metzenbaum
Shelley H. Metzenbaum is the Associate Director for Performance and Personnel Management at the White House Office of Management and Budget, reporting to the Nation’s first Chief Performance Officer. She was appointed in September 2009.
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As the Associate Director, Dr. Metzenbaum manages the day-to-day implementation of the Administration’s approach to Federal Government performance management. President Obama’s vision ... -
Catherine Nelson
Catherine Nelson is a Senior Vice President with Booz Allen Hamilton based in the Washington, DC metro area. She is the Firm’s CFO Agenda executive lead, with 30 years of experience in public sector financial management and the Federal CFO Agenda. She is responsible for developing and delivering a broad array of services and capabilities targeted to the strategic ...
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Eva Neumann
Eva Neumann—President
Eva is the founder and President of ENC Strategy™, a full-service marketing communications firm, that was founded in 1992, and specializes in helping industry and government organizations communicate their value to government and commercial audiences. ENC’s blue-chip client list includes The Small Business Administration, The Department of Defense, The National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland ...
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Jeff Page
Jeffrey Page has been the Chief Financial Officer for the Library of Congress since September, 2005. As CFO, Jeff oversees the Library’s central Budget Office, the Strategic Planning Office, the Financial Reports Office, and the Accounting Office. Included among these responsibilities are: directing the formulation of the Library’s annual Congressional Budget Justifications and the execution of the Library ...
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John Palguta
John Palguta is Vice President of the Partnership for Public Service. Prior to joining the Partnership in December 2001, John was a career member of the federal senior executive service as Director of Policy and Evaluation for the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the culmination of a federal career spanning almost 34 years of experience in federal human ...
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Paul L. Posner
Paul L. Posner is the Director of the Graduate Public Administration Program at George Mason University and leads the University’s Center on the Public Service. He is Immediate Past President of the American Society for Public Administration and is a board member of the National Academy of Public Administration. He was formerly with the GAO, leading their federal budget ...
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Ed Pound
Ed Pound is the Director of Communications for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. Before joining the Board in May 2009, Pound worked for more than four decades as an investigative reporter and editor. Pound reported in Washington for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and USA Today, National Journal. At U.S ...
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Dan Roam
Dan Roam is the author of "The Back of the Napkin" and "Blah, Blah, Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work."
Dan Roam thinks we talk too much. In his new book, “Blah, Blah, Blah” Roam argues that our reliance on words alone actually kills our abilities to think, lead, and solve problems. Instead of talking ourselves into ...
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Ray Scheppach
Dr. Ray Scheppach currently serves a joint appointment as a Professor of Practice of Public Policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and as a Senior Fellow for Economic Policy at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He retired as the executive director of the National Governors Association (NGA) in March ...
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Bob Tobias
Robert M. Tobias is currently the Director of Public Sector Executive Education at American University. He teaches and administers the Key Executive Leadership Programs that involve over 320 federal leaders seeking a Masters Degree in Public Administration or a Certificate in Leadership for Public Policy Implementation. He is also the Director of the Institute for the Study of Public Policy ...
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Robert Work
Robert O. Work serves as Under Secretary of the Navy. He was confirmed to this position on May 19, 2009. In this capacity, Work serves as the deputy and principal assistant to the secretary of the Navy and acts with full authority of the secretary in the day-to-day management of the Department of the Navy. Work was a distinguished graduate ...
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