Educating Local Government Managers for the Twenty-First Century: A Preface to the Symposium

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Raymond Cox

Raymond Cox is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the University of Akron. He received his PhD in Public Administration and Policy from Virginia Tech. He is the author of more than 60 academic publications. He served as Chair of ASPA’s Sections on Ethics and Public Administration Education and in 2010 became Chair of the Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management (SIAM). He is the Chair of the Local Government Management Education Committee of NASPAA.

Gerald T. Gabris

Dr. Gerald T. Gabris is currently Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Public Administration at Northern Illinois University. He has over 25 years of experience working directly with local government as both a researcher and a consultant. He has consulted with over 60 separate local governments and has been responsible for implementing over 100 strategic planning systems in 6 U. S. states. He is the former Director of the Division of Public Administration; he has published over 60 articles and book chapters; and he is the past managing editor of Public Administration Review, his field’s leading academic journal. He has received many awards for his teaching, and is very proud of his Master Angler award for trophy brook trout, awarded by In-Fisherman magazine.

Mark M. Levin

Mark M. Levin is the City Administrator of Maryland Heights, Missouri, a position he has held since 1985. Mark is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and has taught courses in local government administration and public budgeting for 17 years at four universities in the St. Louis region. Since 2001 he has served as Chair of ICMA’s Advisory Board on Graduate Education, and he has received the ICMA’s Award for Career Development. Mark received a BS Ed from Miami University and his MPA from Kent State University.