Local Government Management Education COMMITTEE

Craig Maher

CO-CHAIR
Term Ends
October 2024
Director of MPA Program
School of Public Administration
University of Nebraska at Omaha
csmaher@unomaha.edu

Kimberly Nelson

CO-CHAIR
Term Ends
October 2026
School of Government
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
knelson@sog.unc.edu

Kurt Thurmaier

CO-CHAIR
Term Ends
October 2024
Professor and Chair
Department of Public Administration
Northern Illinois University
kthur@niu.edu

Trenton Davis

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025
Director
Department of Public and Nonprofit Studies
Georgia Southern University
tjdavis@georgiasouthern.edu

John Duffy

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025
3211 Providence Dr
University of Alaska Anchorage
jduffy@alaska.edu

Komla Dzigbede

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025
Chair, Department of Public Administration
PO Box 6000
Binghamton University
dzigbede@binghamton.edu

Todd Ely

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025
Program Director
School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado Denver
todd.ely@ucdenver.edu

Richard Jelier

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025
Director and Professor
236C Devos Center, 401 W. Fulton St.
Grand Valley State University
jelierr@gvsu.edu

Scott Lazenby

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025

Patricia Mitchell

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025
MPA Program Director
Department of Government & Justice Studies
Appalachian State University
mitchelljp@appstate.edu

David Swindell

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025
Arizona State University
dswinde1@asu.edu

Clifton Wilkinson

MEMBER
Term Ends
October 2025
Assistant Professor
Department of Government and Sociology
Georgia College & State University
wc.wilkinson@gcsu.edu