Our Faculty

Donald F. Kettl
Fox Leadership Professor and Director, Fels Institute of Government
Professor of Political Science

John Mulhern
Director of Professional Education, Fels Institute of Government
Adjunct Associate Professor of Classical Studies & Government Administration

Arthur C. Benedict
Principal, Benedict Associates

Nancy Burd
President, The Burd Group

Cary Coglianese
Edward B. Shils Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Joseph Conti
CEO, Pennsylvania State Liquor Control Board
Former State Senator, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Michael Cosack
Managing Director, Public Financial Management

G. Edward DeSeve
Senior Lecturer, Fels Institute of Government
Senior Fellow, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership

John DiIulio
Frederic Fox Leadership Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Director & Co-Chair of the Director's Advisory Group, Robert A. Fox Leadership Program

Paul Drayton
Director, Office of the Senior Vice President, Temple University

David Eisenhower 
Senior Research Administrator & Director of the Institute for Public Service, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Vince Galko
Secretary's Regional Representative, US Department of Education

Steven C. Genyk
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott

E. Michael Golda

Electrical Systems Department, NAVSEA Philadelphia

Gloria Guard
President, People’s Emergency Center

Ira Harkavy
Associate Vice President and founding Director, Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania

Michael E. Harris
Associate Vice President, Office of the Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania

James A. Hartling

Founding Partner, Urban Partners

John Hawkins
Senior Lobbyist, Wojdak and Associates

Mark Alan Hughes
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Fox Leadership Program

John Keene
Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania

James F. Kenney

Councilman at Large, City of Philadelphia

Matthew Kirk
Managing Director, Access Financial Markets

John Kromer
Former Director, Office of Housing & Community Development, City of Philadelphia

Janice F. Madden

Professor of Regional Science, Sociology, Urban Studies, and Real Estate, University of Pennsylvania

Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky
CEO, Women’s Campaign International
Former Member of Congress

Deirdre Martinez

Director, Fels Public Policy Internship Program

Marcia Martinez-Helfman

Senior Director of Human Resources, Comcast Cable

Michael Masch
Secretary of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Stephanie Maurer
Deputy Auditor General for Performance Audits, Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General

Thomas M. McKenna
Director, Certificate Program in Nonprofit Administration, Fels Institute of Government
Former Executive Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Ralph Menzano
National Strategist for Transportation, Oracle Corporation

Stephen P. Mullin
Senior Vice President, Econsult Corporation

Michael Nadol
Managing Director, Public Financial Management

Jack H. Nagel
Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Eric Costello Neiderman
Manager, Cargo Security Research & Development, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security

Rob Nixon
Lobbyist and Public Affairs Advisor, Princeton Public Affairs Group

Folasade Olanipekun-Lewis

Former Chief Financial Officer, School District of Philadelphia

Robert Pearson

Senior Fellow, Fels Institute of Government

Gerald Perrins
Regional Economist, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Samuel H. Preston
Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, University of Pennsylvania

Hon. Edward G. Rendell

Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Harvey Rubin
Director, Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis & Response
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, & Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania

Trudy Rubin
Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ramin Sedehi
Vice Dean of Finance and Administration, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

Wayne A. Smith
President and CEO, Delaware Healthcare Association; former House Majority Leader, Delaware General Assembly

John Spagnola
Managing Director, Public Financial Management

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas
Director, University of Pennsylvania’s Washington Semester Program
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution  

Joseph P. Tierney

Executive Director, Robert A. Fox Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania

Jack Thomas Tomarchio
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Homeland Security for Information Analysis

Eric J. Weinberg
Managing Director, Kroll Security Group

Nicole K. Westerman
Chief of Staff, Secretary of Budget and Administration, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


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