







The Online Journal & Network of ASPA’s
Section for Public Management Practice

American Society for
Public Administration
Section for Public Management Practice

Mission
The Section’s mission is to share insight on contemporary governance challenges and solutions among both advanced systems (e.g., OECD countries) and emerging democracies alike and foster networking within this community to help engage practitioners, researchers and other applied academics, trainers and management consultants through:
• Best practice articles, case studies, commentaries, videos, podcasts, etc.
• Case-
• Ongoing forums on a wide range of topics led by diverse subject matter experts
• Individual and small group professional networking and mentoring around the globe
• Collaboration on events – e.g., conferences, seminars, webinars, forums, etc.
In January 2012, the Section launched ASPA’s Good Governance Worldwide site and recently melded its domestic and internal content – previously built around the Certified Program Management (CPM) interests – with the more globally-
The Section is open to all ASPA members, with member dues set at $10/year in addition to ASPA membership. The SPMP Officers & Board Members elected at the 2014 ASPA Conference are:
Section Officers
Ines Beecher – SPMP Chairperson
Ines Beecher is OMB Director for the City of Hialeah FL, the 6th largest city in the State of Florida. She was previously employed with Miami-
Vice Chair –Steve Bobes, Miami-
Secretary – Bill Solomon, Miami-
Treasurer – Debbie Smith, AACPM (debbie.smith@ou.edu)
Media & Publications – Sue Breland (Sue@ImpactYour.Biz)
Webmaster – Lloyd Harrington (Lloyd@ARealWebsite.com)
Immediate Past Chair – Warren Master (wciwmaster@aol.com)
Past Chair – Howard Balanoff, Professor & Director of Texas State University’s William P. Hobby Center for Public Service (hb02@txstate.edu)
Board Members
Terri Callahan, University of Kansas, CPM Consortium (tcallahan@ku.edu)
Robbi Dreifust, University of Wisconsin Madison, CPM Consortium (rdreifuerst@dcs.wisc.edu)
Mary Hamilton, University of Nebraska at Omaha, CPM Consortium (mary.hamilton@cox.net)
Wendy Haynes, Bridgewater State University MA, CPM Consortium (haynes_w@hotmail.com)
Claire Mostel, Public Management Trainer/Consultant, Miami/Dade County FL (cmostel@comcast.net)
Ken Matwiczak, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin (TX), (kmat@mail.utexas.edu)
Steve Rolandi, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, C.U.N.Y. (pgsrr@optimum.net)
Bob Shick, Rutgers University, Newark NJ, CPM Consortium (rshick@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
Larry Totten, AACPM (unit1@fewpb.net)
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