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1 August, 2016 Rebecca M. Hendrick, Professor Public Administration (M/C 278) College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL / (office) 312/ (home) EDUCATION Ph.D., Political Science, Michigan State University, 1986 Major: Public Administration Minor: Methodology and Public Choice Dissertation: Towards a Theory of the Politics of Budgeting: An Explanation and Empirical Test of the Elements of Strategic Thinking M.A., Political Science, Michigan State University, 1980 B.S., Social Sciences Multidisciplinary, Michigan State University, magna cum laude 1977 Major Areas: Public Administration, Organization Theory, Research Methods. Minor Areas: Computer Science, Statistics, Philosophy of Science CURRENT FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Public Administration and Management: budgeting and financial management, organizational theory, and management methods (policy analysis, program evaluation, performance monitoring, and strategic planning) Urban and Local Government Methodology and Research Methods ACADEMIC POSITIONS Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012-present Director of Ph.D. Graduate Studies, Department of Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010-present. Associate Professor, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, , joint appointment. Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998-present Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Director, Master of Public Administration Program, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee,

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, AWARDS Faculty Scholar, AY , Great Cities Institute, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago: Fiscal Strategy Making in Chicago Suburbs: How Suburban Municipalities Balance Their Budget and Manage Fiscal Stress Herbert Kaufman Award, 1995, Best paper in public administration presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, The Impact of Federal Grants and NonGeneral Fund Expenditures on General Fund Appropriations: A Detailed Analysis of One City. BOOKS Rebecca Hendrick Managing the Fiscal Metropolis: The Financial Polices, Practices and Health of Municipalities, (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press). PUBLICATIONS AND ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTS : REFEREED JOURNALS Rebecca Hendrick and Yu Shi Regional Determinants of Collective Action at the Local Level: How Metropolitan Regions in the US Compare, Urban Affairs Review, 51(3): Rebecca Hendrick and Jared Crawford Revenue Volatility and Municipal Government Finances Public Budgeting and Finance, 34(3): Rebecca Hendrick and Andrew Crosby Does Bankruptcy Really Matter? The Solvency of Municipal Governments in the Chicago Metropolitan Region, Public Finance and Management, 14(1) Rebecca Hendrick, Benedict Jimenez and Kamna Lal, 2011b. Does Local Government Fragmentation Increase Local Spending?, Urban Affairs Review, 47(4): Rebecca Hendrick, Martin Luby, and Jill Mason Terzakis. 2011a. The City of Chicago, Symposium on The Great Recession's Impact on Big City Budgets in the United States, Municipal Finance Journal, 32(1): Yonghong Wu and Rebecca Hendrick Vertical and Horizontal Tax Competition Among Florida Local Governments, Public Finance Review, 37(3): Rachel Weber, Rebecca Hendrick, and Jeremy Thompson The Effect of Tax Incremental Financing on School District Revenues, State and Local Government Review, 40(1): Rebecca Hendrick, Yonghong Wu, and Benoy Jacob Tax Competition Among Municipal Governments: Exit Vs. Voice. Urban Affairs Review, 43(2):

3 Rebecca Hendrick, Role of Slack in Managing Local Government Fiscal Conditions Public Budgeting and Finance, 26(1): Rebecca Hendrick, Assessing and Measuring the Fiscal Health of Local Governments: Focus on Chicago Suburban Municipalities Urban Affairs Review, 40(1): Rebecca Hendrick, Strategic Planning Environment, Process and Performance in Public Agencies: A Comparative Study of Departments in Milwaukee, WI, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 13(4): Rebecca Hendrick, Revenue Diversification: Fiscal Illusion of Flexible Financial Management, Public Budgeting and Finance, 22(4): Rebecca Hendrick Comprehensive Management and Budgeting Reform in Local Government: The Case of Milwaukee, Public Productivity and Management Review, 23(3), Rebecca Hendrick The Impact of Federal Grants and Other Funds on General Fund Expenditure Decisions: A Detailed Analysis of One City, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 8(3): Brett W. Hawkins and Rebecca Hendrick, "Do Metropolitan Special Districts Reinforce Sociospatial Inequalities? A Study of Sewerage and Technical Education in Milwaukee County, Publius, 27(1), 1997, Rebecca Hendrick. 1994b. "A Heuristic Approach to Policy Analysis and the Use of Sensitivity Analysis," Public Productivity and Management Review, 18(1), 1994, Rebecca Hendrick. 1994a. "An Information Infrastructure For Innovative Management of Government," Public Administration Review, 54(6): Brett W. Hawkins and Rebecca Hendrick "Do County Governments Reinforce City- Suburban Inequalities?: A Study of City and Suburban Service Allocations," Social Science Quarterly, 75(4), 1994: Rebecca Hendrick and David Nachmias "Policy Sciences: The Challenge of Complexity," Policy Studies Review, Vol. 11 (3/4 & Autumn/Winter): Rebecca Hendrick. 1992b. "Budgetary Tradeoffs Under Top-Down and Bottom-up Budgeting," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, 4(2), pp Rebecca Hendrick. 1992a. "Budget Reform in the 1980's: The Compatibility of Design and Practice," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, 4(3), pp James Garand and Rebecca Hendrick, "Expenditure Tradeoffs in the American States: A Longitudinal Analysis," Western Political Quarterly, 44(4): Rebecca Hendrick and James Garand "Variation in State Economic Growth: Decomposing State, Regional and National Effects," Journal of Politics, 53(4): Rebecca Hendrick and James Garand "Expenditure Tradeoffs in the American States: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis," Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1(3): Rebecca Hendrick "Top-Down Budgeting, Fiscal Stress and Budgeting Theory, American Review of Public Administration, 19(1):

4 Beth E. Pack, Rebecca Hendrick, Richard Murdock and Lavaughn Palma "Factors Affecting Criteria Met By Hospital-Based Patient Education Programs: A Michigan Experience." Patient Education and Counseling, 5(2): PUBLICATIONS AND ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTS : BOOK CHAPTERS Wang, Shu and Rebecca Hendrick. Forthcoming Financing Urban Infrastructure (and Services) Under the New Normal: A Look at Special Assessments. In E. McKenzie, A. Alexander, and D. Judd (eds), The Transformation of the American Local State: Developmental Politics and the Eclipse of Democratic Governance, (University of Minnesota Press) Rebecca Hendrick, 2014, Collaboration and Competition within the Chicago Metropolitan Region. In Pagano (eds.), Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil, University of Illinois Press: Rebecca Hendrick Non-Tax Revenue, 2013 In J. Bartle, W.B. Hildreth, and J. Marlowe (eds.), Management Policies in Local Government Finance, 6 th edition (ICMA): Benoy Jacob, and Rebecca Hendrick, Assessing the Financial Condition of Local Government: What is Financial Condition and How is it Measured? In J. Justice, H. Levine, and E. Scarsone, Handbook of Local Government Fiscal Health, (Jones and Bartlett): John P. Forrester and Rebecca Hendrick Transition to Outcome-Based Budgeting: The Case of the Missouri Department of Revenue and the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In A. Khan and B. Hildreth (eds.), Case Studies in Public Budgeting and Financial Management, (New York: Marcel Dekker,): Rebecca Hendrick and John P. Forrester Budgeting Implementation. In Roy Meyers (ed.), Handbook of Governmental Budgeting, (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass): RESEARCH REPORTS, ESSAYS, AND TECHNICAL PAPERS: NON-REFEREED Rebecca Hendrick. Forthcoming. Use of Special Assessments by Municipal Governments in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: The Taming of Leviathan?, Illinois Municipal Policy Review. Benedict S. Jimenez and Rebecca Hendrick Is Government Consolidation the Answer? State and Local Government Review 42(3): Rebecca Hendrick What is Wrong with Advice on Strategic Planning? Public Administration Review, essay for The Future of Public Administration in 2020, 70 (supplement): Rebecca Hendrick, Martin Luby, and Jill Mason Terzakis The Great Recession s Impact on the City of Chicago, GCI Working Paper Series: Rebecca Hendrick and Karen Mossberger Uneven Capacity and the Delivery of Human Services in the Chicago Suburbs: The Role of Townships and Municipalities, report 4

5 submitted to Chicago Community Trust. Mossberger_CCT_report_ pdf Rebecca Hendrick, How Have Previous Fiscal Stress Periods Aggravated or Abated Urban Problems?. In Miller and Svara (eds.) Navigating the Fiscal Crisis: Tested Strategies for Local Leaders, ICMA White Paper ( Rebecca Hendrick Does Professional Governance Matter?: Fiscal Practices and Outcomes in Chicago Suburbs, GCI Working Paper Series: Rebecca Hendrick Municipal Fiscal Stress and Dependence on State Shared Revenue: Evidence From Chicago s Suburbs, Policy Forum, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, 16 (3) Rebecca Hendrick Revenue Diversification in Chicago Metropolitan Suburbs, Illinois Government Finance Officers Association Newsletter, Fall. RESEARCH/WORK IN PROGRESS Rebecca Hendrick. The Effects of Fiscal Policy Space and Multiple Recessions on Revenue Diversification of Municipal Governments in the US. Benedict Jimenez, Rebecca Hendrick, and Yu Shi. Towards A Comprehensive Framework for Studying Interlocal Collaborative Action: General Propositions, Empirical Evidence and A Research Agenda, Rebecca Hendrick and Shu Wang. Use of Special Assessments by Municipal Governments in the US and Chicago Metropolitan Area: The Taming of Leviathan? under review at Public Budgeting and Finance. BOOK REVIEWS "Advances in Policy Studies Since 1950" (edited by William Dunn and Rita Mae Kelly), American Review of Public Administration, 24(1), 1994, pp GRANTS/SPONSORED RESEARCH, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND ANALYSIS Rebecca Hendrick and Michael Pagano. Truth and Integrity in State Budgeting, The Volcker Alliance; $103,500; August, 2016 May, Rebecca Hendrick. Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Educational Resources for the Web, Public Financial Publications, $15,000, January May, Rebecca Hendrick and Karen Mossberger, The Role of Local Governments in Delivering Human Services in the Chicago Metropolitan Region, Chicago Community Trust, $50,000, January August,

6 Rachel Weber, Rebecca Hendrick, and Jeremy Thompson; The Effect of Tax Incremental Financing on School District Revenue, Illinois Department of Revenue, $26,400, Sept, 2005 February, Rebecca Hendrick, Accountability for Elected Officials, Institute for Local Leaders, Public Policy Forum, Milwaukee, WI, $3000, June, January, 1997 Rebecca Hendrick and Masoud Yasai, 1996 Strategic Plan, Milwaukee County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, $50,000, June, May, Rebecca Hendrick, Budgeting For Elected Officials, Institute For Local Leaders, Public Policy Forum, Milwaukee, WI, $4500, September, May, Rebecca Hendrick and Diane Schleicher, Costs and Benefits of Advanced Life Support Systems and Their Delivery in the Racine Area, Town of Caledonia, WI, $15,000, April, July, Rebecca Hendrick and Masoud Yasai. Strategic Planning in Urban Government, Urban Research Initiative Grant, Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, $17,000, July, 1993-June, Graduate School Research Committee Grant, Does Program Budgeting Improve Budgeting Decisions? $8,282., July, June, 1989 RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Rebecca Hendrick. The Effects of Fiscal Policy Space and Multiple Recessions on Revenue Diversification of Municipal Governments in the US. annual conference of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October 3-5, 2016 Shu Wang Rebecca Hendrick. annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Seattle, WA, March, Rebecca Hendrick and Shu Wang. Should Special Assessments be Used More? Evidence from Municipal Governments in the Chicago Metropolitan Area and Beyond annual conference of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Miami, FL, November 12-14, 2015 Rebecca Hendrick, Ayman Bari, Shu Wang, and Dody Hutabarat. Use of Special Taxing Districts by Municipal Governments in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: Is Leviathan Dead or Merely Sleeping? annual conference of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October 3-5, 2015 Rebecca Hendrick, Shu Wang, and Ayman Bari, Special Assessments by Municipal Governments in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, Urban Infrastructure Conference, May, 2015, UIC Rebecca Hendrick, Ayman Bari, and Dody Hutabarat. Special Assessments by Municipal Governments in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, annual conference of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October 3-5, 2014 Budget Stabilization in Municipalities: Evidence from Chicago Suburbs , annual conference of the National Tax Association, Tampa, FL, November 20-22,

7 Does Bankruptcy Really Matter? The Solvency of Municipal Governments in the Chicago Metropolitan Region, invited speaker at special conference on The Return of Urban Fiscal Crisis: Alternatives to Bankruptcy, Brown University, Providence Rhode Island, November 1, 2013 Rebecca Hendrick and Andrew Crosby, Bankruptcy Triggers and their Relation to Fiscal Solvency: An Examination of Local Governments in Illinois, annual conference of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October 3-5, 2013 Budget Stabilization in Municipalities: Evidence from Chicago Suburbs , annual conference of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October 3-5, 2013 Managing the Fiscal Metropolis: The Financial Policies, Practices, and Health of Suburban Chicago Municipalities, annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, April 3 6, 2013 Rebecca Hendrick and Yu Shi, Exploration of the Impacts of Fiscal Federalism on Municipal Debt, annual conference of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, New York City, October 11-13, 2012 Fiscal Capacity and Surplus Resources panel chair and discussant, Midwest Political Science Association conference, April 12 14, 2012 Rebecca Hendrick and Jared Crawford, Revenue Volatility and Municipal Government Finances, annual conference of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October 13-15, Alternative Funding Solutions, panel chair and discussant, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October 13-15, Rebecca Hendrick and Nisa Yazici, The Strategic Use of Performance Measures, 7 th Annual Transatlantic Dialogue on Strategic Management of Public Organizations, Newark, June 23-25, Determinants of Fiscal Health, panel chair, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, October 7-9, Politics of State and Local Government, panel chair and discussant, Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, IL, March 31- April 3, Rebecca Hendrick, Martin Luby, and Jill Mason Terzakis. The City of Chicago, The Great Recession's Impact on Big City Budgets in the United States, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, October 7-9, Rebecca Hendrick and Benedict Jimenez, Are All Interlocal Government Agreements (ILGAs) Created Equal?, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, October 7-9, Fiscal Issues in Local Government, panel chair and discussant, Midwest Political Science Association conference, April 22-25, 2010 Methods for Estimating Fiscal Condition, panel chair and discussant, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, September 24-25,

8 Mossberger, Karen, Rebecca Hendrick, and Jennifer Benoit Bryan, Is All Collaboration the Same? Metropolitan Contracting and Coordination for Social Services, American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009 Methodological Analysis of Local Bureaucratic Politics and Policy, discussant, Midwest Political Science Association conference, April 2-4, Roots and Progress of the Perfect Fiscal Storm: Assessing the Implications for Sate and Local Public Finance, roundtable participant, American Society for Public Administration, March 21, 2009 Rebecca Hendrick, Benedict, Jimenez, Kamna Lal, Does Local Government Fragmentation Cost Less?, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, October 23-25, 2008 Taxing and Spending Constraints: Impacts on Government Performance, panel chair and discussant, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Chicago, IL, October 23-25, 2008 Contested Ideas and Conflicts in Tax Policy, panel chair and discussant, Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, Budget Rules and Fiscal Limits, panel discussant, Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2008 Rebecca Hendrick, Does Form of Fiscal Governance Affect the Financial Condition of Municipal Government?, American Society for Public Administration, Dallas, TX, March, 7-11, Rebecca Hendrick, Does Professional Governance Matter?: Fiscal Practices and Outcomes in Chicago Suburbs, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, October, Teaching Budgeting and Finance with Case Studies: Simulations and Exercises, roundtable member, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 20-23, Rebecca Hendrick, Yonghong Wu, and Benoy Jacob. Tax Competition Among Municipal Governments: Exit Vs. Voice, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, October, Local Debt and Fiscal Stress, panel chair and discussant, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, October 7-9, Rebecca Hendrick, Municipal Fiscal Stress: Trends and Patterns within the Chicago Metropolitan Area Conference on Chicago Research and Public Policy, Chicago, IL: May 13-14, 2004 Rebecca Hendrick, The Role of Slack in Managing Local Government Fiscal Conditions. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL: April 15-18, 2004 Rebecca Hendrick, Professional Management and Variations in Fiscal Practices Among Fiscally Threatened Suburban Municipalities, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC: September 18-20, and National Public Management Research Conference, Washington, DC: October 9 11,

9 Rebecca Hendrick, Going Into Debt: Options, Limitations, and Professional Fiscal Management, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC: September 18-20, Stability and Change in Public Financial Management Systems, panel chair and discussant, Midwest Political Science Association, April 3-6, 2003 Rebecca Hendrick. The Link Between Environment, Stress, and Strategy in the Financial Management of Local Government, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Kansas City, MO: October 10-12, Rebecca Hendrick and Mike Pagano, Municipal Tax Competition Under Conditions of Multiple Opportunities, American Political Science Association, Boston, MA: August 29-31, Rebecca Hendrick, Fiscal Stress in Suburban Governments. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL: April 25-28, Rebecca Hendrick and Bonnie Lindstrom. Stress, Structure, and Strategy: Fiscal Management in Chicago Suburbs, American Society of Public Administration, Phoenix, AZ, March 23-26, 2002 Rebecca Hendrick, Fiscal Stress in Suburban Governments. Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC: January, 17 19, 2002 Rebecca Hendrick and Bonnie Lindstrom. Strategic Decisions: Environment, Opportunity, and Constraint in Suburban Financial Management. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL: April 18-22, Chair and Moderator: Student Research Papers Panel, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC: October 7-9, Performance Budgeting: Models, Approaches, and Pitfalls from Federal, State, and Local Experience, presenter on the City of Milwaukee, American Society of Public Administration 60 th National Conference, Orlando, FL, April 10-14, Rebecca Hendrick. Contextual Factors Affecting Strategic Planning in Public Agencies: A Comparative Study of Agencies in Milwaukee, WI, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC: October 7-9, Panel Chair and Presenter: Comprehensive Management and Budgeting Reform in Local Government: The Case of Milwaukee, New Ways To Get Things Done in Midwestern Municipalities, American Society of Public Administration 60 th National Conference, Orlando, FL, April 10-14, John Forrester and Rebecca Hendrick. Transition to Outcome-Based Budgeting: The Case of the Missouri Department of Revenue and the City of Milwaukee, WI, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, November, Budgets, Bureaus, and Strategic Behavior, panel chair and discussant, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September, Sparking and Sustaining Innovation, panel chair, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Pittsburgh, PA, October,

10 Rebecca Hendrick, Fulfilling the Promise of Performance Measurement in Local Government: Caveats and Complications, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October, Assessing New Educational Policy Tools, panel discussant and chair, American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September, Rebecca Hendrick, Impact of Federal Grants and other Non-General Fund Expenditures on General Fund Appropriations: A Detailed Analysis of One City, American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September, 1995 Rebecca Hendrick, "The Necessity and Design of Information Infrastructures For (Total Quality) Entrepreneurial Government," American Society of Public Administration, San Francisco, July,1993. Rebecca Hendrick, "An Information Infrastructure For Innovative Management of Government," American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September, Rebecca Hendrick, "The Development of an Expert system for Evaluating Budgetary Transfer Requests: An Application to the City of Milwaukee," American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September, Rebecca Hendrick and James Garand, "Expenditure Tradeoffs in the American States: A Pooled Cross-sectional Analysis," American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September, Rebecca Hendrick and James Garand, "Variation in State Economic Growth: Decomposing State, Regional and National Effects," American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September, "Heuristic Problem Solving in Policy Analysis," Workshop on Public Administration and Decision Aiding Software, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April, "Volunteers, Managers and Interorganizational Networks in the Public Sector," panel discussant, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September, James Garand and Rebecca Hendrick, "Expenditure Tradeoffs in American States: A Longitudinal Test ," American Political Science Association, Washington, DC Rebecca Hendrick, "Crisis and Transition in Budgeting Theory: Where Do We Go From Here?" American Political Science Association, Chicago, September, "Oversight of the EPA: President Versus Congress," panel discussant, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April, "Pooled Cross-sectional Time Series Analysis." Seminar in Quantitative Methods Series, College of Arts and Letters and the Social Science Research Facility, April, Rebecca Hendrick, "Top-Down Budgeting, Fiscal Stress and Incremental Budgeting Theory", Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, November, Rebecca Hendrick, "Environmental Impacts on Budgeting Strategies", Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, March,

11 INVITED RESENTATIONS: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROFESSIONALS Fiscal Stewardship and Accountability, College of DuPage. July 27 & August 3, Does Bankruptcy Really Matter? Insolvency of Municipal Governments in Illinois, Illinois CPA Society s 2014 Government Conference, April 28 and 29 (Oakbrook and Springfield, IL) The Costs & Benefits to Alternative Service Delivery Methods, Illinois Financial Forecast Forum, NIU Center for Governmental Studies,, January 31, 2014 Budgeting for Local Government and NGOs during Economic Recession/ Fiscal Stress, NIU Division of Public Administration 50 th Anniversary, September 13, 2013, Hoffman Estates, IL. Commentary on Making Government Efficient: How Can Cities Collaborate While Competing in the New Economy? UIC Forum, 2012 (Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil), December 6, Balancing the City of Chicago s Budget: Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness of Services, Great Cities Institute s Civic Leadership Training Program, March 31, 2012 Managing the Fiscal Metropolis: The Financial Policies, Practices, and Health of Suburban Municipalities, Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, February 3 & 22, Qualitative Data Analysis for Government Research, Governmental Research Association conference, Chicago, IL, July 27, 2011 Collaborative Governance and Service Delivery, Leadership Symposium, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Urbana, IL, June 18, 2009 Economic Condition Reporting: Fiscal Sustainability, roundtable participant, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Chicago, IL, March 5, 2009 A Constitutional Convention Forum on State and Local Governmental Financial Issues, The Civic Federation and Union League Club, Chicago IL, April 10, Does Local Government Fragmentation Affect Local Spending, GFOA Budget Analyst Training Academy, Chicago, IL, September 27, 2007 The Effect of TIF on School District Revenues in Illinois, Illinois Tax Incremental Financing Association Conference, September 27, (with Rachel Weber) Overlapping Governments in Illinois and the US: What Do We Know?, testimony before the Local Government Consolidation Committee, Illinois State Legislature, September 27, 2006 Levels of Government in Illinois, New Leadership Illinois, Conference of Women Legislators, May 31, Healthy Governments and Policies: The Fiscal Health of the Cities, Great Cities Institute Winter Forum, December, Types and Levels of Debt in Chicago Suburbs, Lifelong Learning Day, CUPPA Alumni Association, November 5, Local Fiscal Capacity and the Role of the State: Beyond Revenue Sharing, Annual meeting of the Illinois Government Advisory Board, November 12, 2004, Chicago, IL. 11

12 Local Governing (Fiscal) Capacity and the Role of the State: Focus on Chicago Suburbs, Annual conference of the Illinois Municipal League, September 16-19, 2004, Chicago, IL. Gauging Fiscal Stress, The Public Investors Symposium, Illinois State Treasurers Office, Springfield, April 14, 2004 Professional Management and Variations in Fiscal Practices Among Fiscally Threatened Suburban Municipalities, Chicago Chapter of American Society of Public Administration. December 9, 2003 Municipal Fiscal Stress and Dependence on State Shared Revenue: Evidence From Chicago s Suburbs, Association of Government Accountants, October 6, 2003 The Impact of This Year s State Budget on Units of Local Government, panelist, sponsored by the Illinois Municipal League and the Union League Club of Chicago, April 23, Municipal Fiscal Stress and Dependence on State Shared Revenue: Evidence From Chicago s Suburbs, Illinois Association of Municipal Manager Assistants, February 12, Revenue Diversification in Chicago Metropolitan Suburbs, Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, September 5, Review of the Statewide Information Infrastructure, State of Iowa Executive Academy, August 16, Facilitator: Strategic Plan, Department of Central Management Services, State of Illinois, July 18 & 19, 2000 Connecting the Strategic Plan to Performance Measurement, presentation to upper and midlevel managers in State of Illinois government, May 19, 2000 Performance Management, Strategic Management Training Seminar, Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, May 17, Performance Measurement Workshop, trainer and panelist, Public Administration and the Chicago chapter of the American Society of Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, March 16, Strategic Planning and Budgeting, Pre-conference Seminar: The Future of Public Budgeting: National Guidelines for Best Practices, Government Finance Officers Association, June, Budgeting for Elected Officials, Institute For Local Leaders, Public Policy Forum, Milwaukee, WI., May, Technology and Financial Management: An Information Infrastructure for Innovative Management of Government, Advanced Government Finance Institute, Government Finance Officer s Association, Madison, WI, August Performance Monitoring and Impact Assessment, Seminar for Waukesha County managers, Waukesha, WI, May, 1995 "Impact Assessment: Causation, Design, Analysis, and Inference," Seminar for the Budget and Management Division, City of Milwaukee, December 6 & 14,

13 INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES Graduate Courses Methods of Decision Making in Public Administration Quantitative Analysis for Public Administration Financial Management Management Methods in Public Administration Strategic Management Budgeting Public Program Evaluation (MPA & PhD) Advanced Seminar in Financial Management (PhD) Advanced Data Analysis I (PhD) Research Design for Public Administration (PhD) Undergraduate Courses Political Science Data Analysis Introduction to Public Administration Approaches to Political Science Research Public Policy Analysis Methods of Political Research- 1 & 2 Introduction to Computer Science- 1 & 2 Budgeting Dissertation Director Benedict Jimenez, Yu Shi, Jared Crawford, 2013 present Dissertation Committee Member for students in Nursing, Education, Engineering, Sociology, Urban Affairs, Political Science, Economics, Urban Planning. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Academic Chair, ASPA Chicago Chapter, 2015 and Host Committee Chair for ASPA national conference, March, 2015 Chair, Public Administration section of the 2012 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois Vice Chair (2006), Chair-Elect (2007), and Chair (2008), Association for Budgeting and Financial Management. Conference Chair, 2007 & 2001, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Conference, Washington, DC Executive Board: Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, , Co-chair. Public Administration section of the 2003 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois Editorial Boards: Public Budgeting and Finance, 2015-present State and Local Government Review, ; 13

14 American Review of Public Administration, present Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 2008-present Committee Member, Award for best article in American Review of Public Administration, ; Chair, Workgroup Member: Curriculum standards for Financial Management and Budgeting, NASPAA Committee Member, Burchfield Award for best book review essay in Public Administration Review, December, Committee Member, Michael Curro Award for best student paper in public budgeting and financial management, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, 1998, Chair, Committee Member, Herbert Kaufman Award for best paper in public administration at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association, 1996 Practitioner Illinois Local Government Advisory Board, Illinois Office of the Comptroller, State of Illinois, Coordinator: National Education for Women s Leadership which is sponsored by the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (University of Illinois) and the Council of Women Legislators (Illinois General Assembly), 2008 & 2009 Board Member, Academy for Municipal Governance, Illinois Municipal League and Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Judge, Urban Innovation in Illinois, Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, April, Illinois Strategic Planning Advisory Council: Office of Strategic Planning, Office of the Governor, State of Illinois Consultant: to various state agencies in Illinois on strategic planning and performance measurement Association Memberships American Society for Public Administration Midwest Political Science Association Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Government Finance Officers Association Illinois Government Finance Officers Association Manuscript Reviews Western Political Quarterly American Journal of Political Science American Review of Public Administration Journal of Politics Policy Studies Journal Public Administration Review American Politics Quarterly National Science Foundation Political Research Quarterly 14

15 Urban Affairs Review National Tax Journal Publius State and Local Government Review Public Finance and Management International Journal of Public Administration Public Budgeting and Finance Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Public Finance and Management Public Finance Review American Politics Research 15