Christopher Ballister

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Chris Ballister is an Associate Partner for IBM in the Cybersecurity & Privacy Service Area. His work focuses on the relationship of information security, IT governance, privacy, and risk management supporting the C-Suite throughout the public sector. Chris has served in government at the senior executive level as both a deputy and Chief Information Officer at the US House, White House, and Office of Inspector General at Health and Human Services.

Effrosyni Bakirtzi

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Effrosyni Bakirtzi is working as scientific researcher at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt in Germany at the Department of Labour Law. She was scientific researcher at the K.U. Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven) in Belgium working for the European section of the Institute of Social Law, organized as the Research Unit on European Social Security (RUESS), and the European Institute of Social Security (EISS). Mrs.

James A. Bailey

Submitted by on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 15:43

Dr. James A. Bailey is a Professor of Accounting at Utah Valley University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and Certified Internal Auditor. He teaches, researches, and consults in the areas of enterprise risk management, financial oversight, auditing, accounting, and fraud prevention. Dr. Bailey led the business school at Truman State University and the department of accounting at Central Washington University. He also led the development of a new business school at the University of Southern Nevada.

Dr. Jennifer Bachner

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Dr. Jennifer Bachner is the Program Coordinator and Lecturer in Governmental Studies for the M.A. in Government in the Johns Hopkins University Center for Advanced Governmental Studies. Her current work examines the implications of data and analytics on governance, the use of emerging technologies in online education, and partisanship metrics in Congress. Her dissertation work, which she has presented at national conferences and research universities, analyzes youth political engagement. In the Johns Hopkins M.A. in Government program, Dr.

Juile Atkins

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Julie Atkins, M.A is a research associate at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. She brings 15 years of experience in research, evaluation, and the provision of technical assistance on issues affecting children, youth, and families. Ms Atkins has worked closely with executive leadership in state and tribal child welfare agencies, helping to enhance management, training, and data systems. Building organizational capacity through effective implementation and the use of data to improve outcomes is one of her focus areas.

Dr. Sandra O. Archibald

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Dr. Sandra O. Archibald is Professor and Dean of the Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington; she holds a doctorate in agricultural economics from the University of California, Davis, and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.

Christopher Ansell

Submitted by on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 15:23

Christopher Ansell received his BA in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia in 1979 and worked at the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment from 1979 through 1984. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1993. He is currently Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches courses in public administration, organization theory, public policy, and regulation. Ansell’s current research focuses on how public agencies manage societal risks and govern unruly public problems.

Julie M. Anderson

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Julie M. Anderson leads the health care wellness initiative within IBM’s Public Sector Global Business Services practice in Washington, DC. Previously, Ms. Anderson worked as an IBM consultant to state and federal government agencies to improve their business processes. Prior to her private sector experience, Ms. Anderson worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator J. Robert Kerrey. She also worked as a policy analyst in the Offi ce of the U.S.

Tom Stanton and Doug Webster

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Thomas H. Stanton teaches at Johns Hopkins University. He is President of the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM) and a former member of the federal Senior Executive Service. He is a Fellow and former board member of the National Academy of Public Administration and formerly chaired the Academy’s Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management. With a career that spans the practical and the academic, Mr Stanton’s work has led to the creation of new federal offices and approaches to delivering public services more effectively. Mr.

Professors Jack Gansler and Bill Lucyshyn

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The Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, was a professor and held the Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland; he was also the Director of the Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise. As the third-ranking civilian at the Pentagon from 1997–2001, Dr. Gansler was responsible for all research and development, acquisition reform, logistics, advanced technology, environmental security, defense industry, and numerous other security programs.

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