N. Joseph Cayer is a professor of public affairs at Arizona State University. He has published books and articles on various aspects of public administration, with an emphasis on public personnel and human resource management. He taught previously at the University of Maine and has served as director of the Center for Public Service at Texas Tech University and director of the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Massachusetts and a master of public administration degree and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado.
Raymond W. Cox III is chair of the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the University of Akron. He is the author of approximately 30 academic and professional publications, including two books. His recent work has focused on issues of management theory and discretion in decision making and has included publications addressing personnel systems and police ethics. He is a “pracademic” with more than 16 years of government service, including four as chief of staff to the lieutenant governor of New Mexico and five at the National Science Foundation, complementing 14 years as a faculty member. He received his Ph.D. in public administration and policy from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
David Coursey is an associate professor in the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University, where he directs the graduate information technology concentration. His publications in such journals as Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and Public Administration Review are numerous, and he has managed the development of approximately 75 government Web site applications for a broad array of local and state governments. He is also a regular speaker for Government Technology magazine at its annual conferences. He received his doctorate in 1991 from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and his master of public administration degree in 1987 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Mary E. Guy holds the Jerry Collins Eminent Scholar Chair in the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. She is past president of the American Society for Public Administration, a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and editor in chief of the journal, Review of Public Personnel Administration. She has written numerous books and articles on subjects pertaining to the management of public agencies, especially in regard to productivity and human resource issues.
William H. (Bill) Hansell is a native Pennsylvanian who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in government administration from the Fels Institute at the Wharton School. He served in local government management in four Pennsylvania communities, including eight years as administrator of the city of Allentown. He then spent 21 years as an association executive, two with the Pennsylvania League of Cities and nineteen as ICMA’s fifth executive director. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation.
William Earle Klay is a professor in the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. His research often looks at the future of society in order to identify the problems that will challenge and shape government. A certified government financial manager, he has recently sought ways to link performance reporting and financial reporting. His several years of practitioner experience include service as a U.S. Army officer, a financial systems specialist, a policy analyst, and a senior planner. His Ph.D. is from the University of Georgia.
Michael McGuire is an associate professor and director of the master of public administration program in the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas. He is the coauthor of Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments; and he has published numerous articles on collaborative policy making and managing in intergovernmental and interorganizational network settings, the composition and performance of economic development strategies, and capacity building in rural communities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California at Irvine and a Ph.D. in public policy from Indiana University.
Charldean Newell is Regents Professor Emerita of Public Administration, University of North Texas. An honorary member of ICMA, she served on the ICMA University Board of Regents and the Credentialing Advisory Board. She is also an honorary member of the Texas Municipal Clerks Association. She chaired the public utilities commission, civil service commission, and a major charter revision commission for her community. A member of the National Academy of Public Administration, she received the Staats Career Public Service Award from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. Coauthor of four books, she has also authored numerous articles and reports.
Ronald W. Perry is professor of public affairs at Arizona State University. He completed his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Washington, spent a decade at the Battelle Memorial Institute (Seattle), and has taught at Arizona State University for the past 20 years. His research and teaching interests focus on evaluation research, emergency management, personnel, and human resources. He has published 16 books and more than 100 referred articles on various topics in emergency management, human resources, and public management.
James H. Svara is head of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at North Carolina State University. He has been a professor in the department since 1989 and previously taught at University of North Carolina–Greensboro. In his research and teaching, he specializes in local government politics and management and has a special interest in the roles and relationships of elected and administrative officials. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and an honorary member of ICMA.
Martin Vanacour served the cities of Phoenix, Arizona, and Glendale, Arizona, for 37 years and recently retired after 17 years as city manager of Glendale. He is chief executive officer of Dynamic Relations, a management consulting company, and an adjunct professor at Arizona State University. He is a nationally known speaker and facilitator specializing in council-manager relations. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the city management profession. Vanacour received his bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, a master of public administration degree from New York University, and a Ph.D. from Arizona State University.
Craig M. Wheeland is an associate professor of political science at Villanova University, where he is chair of the Department of Political Science and directs Villanova’s master of public administration program. His research interests include leadership by elected officials and professional administrators in city and suburban governments, collaborative problem-solving approaches, and municipal government institutions. His publications have appeared in Public Administration Review, Administration & Society, American Review of Public Administration, Public Productivity & Management Review, State and Local Government Review, Public Integrity, and The Municipal Year Book, among others. He received a master of public administration degree from the University of South Carolina and a Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University.