Public Administration Competencies: Are We Meeting Practitioner Expectations?

Sponsored by the Section on Public Administration Education
Friday, March 17 | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 pm | Atlanta 5

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions

Presenter
Pamela T. Dunning
Chair-Elect, Section on Public Administration Education and Associate Professor, Troy University

1:15 p.m.  – 2:30 p.m.
Perspectives on Necessary Competencies—Public Sector Managers

Moderators
Pamela T. Dunning
Chair-Elect, Section on Public Administration Education and Associate Professor, Troy University

Ines Beecher
OMB Director, City Treasurer, City of Hialeah, FL

Allessandra Jerolleman
VP Community Resilience and Hazard Mitigation, Louisiana Water Works

Glenn Joseph
Program Director, Seaport Training Program, Broward College Workforce Education and Economic Development

Todd Long
Chief Operating Officer, Fulton County, Georgia

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Academic Strategies for Addressing Necessary Competencies (Open Discussion)

Moderators
David M. Baker
Professor, California State University, San Bernardino

Scott Cook
Lieutenant Colonel, USAF and Assistant Professor, USAF Air University

G.M. Cox
Assistant Professor and Director, MPA Program, Tarleton State University

Tammy Esteves
Assistant Professor, Troy University

William Hatcher
Associate Professor, Augusta University

Michael Popejoy
Book Series Editor for Public Administration and Public Health, Nova Science Publishers

Melanie Smith
Assistant Director of MPA and Assistant Professor, Park University

Staci Zavattaro
Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

*Graphic recording of the workshop will be provided by The Sketch Effect, Atlanta, GA