The National Academy of Public Administration
and
The Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University
present
Prioritizing Governance for
Resilient Critical Infrastructure
October 30, 2017 Arlington, Virginia
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Message from the National Academy of Public Administration
Our last election exposed a population dramatically divided across many categories—geography, income, education, race, and gender, to name a few—with very different perspectives on the nation’s best path to the future. I believe the National Academy of Public Administration is uniquely positioned as a non-partisan, non-profit, Congressionally-chartered organization to facilitate conversations with the best and the brightest government practitioners at every level to explore solutions that work despite these divides, and begin to restore public trust in government. The four-part Governing Across the Divide series seeks to draw out the governance challenges facing leaders at the federal, state, and local levels and propose a national agenda for improving the government’s effectiveness in delivering services to its citizens. During this fourth and final regional Governing Across the Divide event initiated by the Academy, government officials, academics and thought leaders from across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors will discuss some of the major infrastructure challenges facing local, state, and national government and consider strategies to ensure our national ability to govern our infrastructure networks for the future. We will also examine how to solve the pressing capacity and equity problems that will face public administrators in the future. The forum will focus on identifying both best practices and the gaps and obstacles that hinder effective governance of resilient critical infrastructure. I am grateful to Dean Mark J. Rozell and the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government for hosting today’s event and to Dr. Tonya T. Neaves for her support over the past several months. I am so glad you joined us.
Teresa Gerton President and CEO National Academy of Public Administration
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Message from George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government
On behalf of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to all attendees of the Symposium on Prioritizing Governance for Resilient Critical Infrastructure. We are honored to host this year’s program. The Schar School is a leader in the Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C., region in academic and professional research and education. Our work is being recognized not only regionally, but also nationally and internationally, as evidenced by numerous rankings of programs and prestigious faculty awards. We harness the power of many perspectives. Schar is the intellectual home of more than 80 fulltime faculty members, nearly 2,000 students, and 13 degree programs at the doctoral, masters, and undergraduate levels. Our diversity stimulates creativity and sparks innovation. Our faculty members are highly accomplished both in academic research and as policy practitioners. We push the frontiers of conventional wisdom, apply rigorous analysis to complex issues, and make a positive contribution to understanding policy and government at home and abroad. Through teaching, community engagement, and executive education, our academic and professional programs and research have a real-world impact. Our proximity to Washington, D.C.,—the School’s headquarters is just five Metro stops away from the White House and the International Monetary Fund—opens many gateways of access for our faculty and students. We have had much to celebrate, and I am proud to highlight some of those stories here. Have a great symposium and enjoy your time in the National Capitol!
Mark J. Rozell Dean and Hazel Professor of Public Policy Schar School of Policy and Government George Mason University
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Message from the Centers on the Public Service at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government
On behalf of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government at its Centers on the Public Service, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to all attendees of the Symposium on Prioritizing Governance for Resilient Critical Infrastructure. We are honored to host this session as part of the National Academy of Public Administration’s Governing Across the Divide series, which explore government’s role in the successful and sustainable functioning of lifeline systems. The capacity and equity of these systems— power, water, communication, and transportation—are pressing problems for public administrators today. Prioritizing their physical and operational condition promotes a sense of resiliency. The Centers has long been premised on a healthy synergy of theory and application. The fields of public administration and political science were founded by “pracademics” such as Woodrow Wilson who aspired to achieve the integration of teaching and research with the communities of practice in our field. Established in 2011 by the late Dr. Paul L. Posner, the Centers mission is to conduct impact-driven research, provide training and education, and offer thought leadership in addressing emerging challenges that are unprecedented in both scope and complexity. I am grateful to Teresa Gerton and her staff for the opportunity to co-host this prestigious event and the long-term relationship so many of our faculty have with the Academy. I would also like to thank Dean Mark J. Rozell for his support in this worthy endeavor as well as the Graduates Research Assistants for their efforts in organizing and managing the event.
Tonya T. Neaves Director Centers on the Public Service Schar School of Policy and Government George Mason University
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Program Schedule October 30, 2017 | 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration: Art Gallery Continental Breakfast: Art Gallery / Multipurpose Room
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome Remarks: Auditorium Dr. Robert L. Dudley, Associate Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University Teresa Gerton, President and CEO, National Academy of Public Administration Dr. Tonya T. Neaves, Director, Centers on the Public Service, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Plenary Panel I: Auditorium Resolving Governance Challenges for Resilient Transportation Infrastructure Moderator: William P. Shields, Jr., Executive Director, American Society of Public Administration Panelists: Mortimer Downey, Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation Andrew D. Williams, COO, The Berkley Group, LLC Dr. Terry L. Clower, Professor and Director, Center for Regional Analysis, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University Thomas Downs, Board Member, Network Rail Consulting; Former President, Amtrak
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10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Plenary Panel II: Auditorium Resolving Governance Challenges for Resilient Energy Infrastructure Moderator: Dr. Stefanie Haeffele, Senior Fellow, F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center, George Mason University Panelists: James F. Bennett, Chief, Office of Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior Jeffrey Baumgartner, Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration, Department of Energy Rear Admiral (ret.) David J. Nash, Senior Vice President, MELE Associates, Inc. Jessie Hill Roberson, Vice Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Break: Art Gallery
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch: Multipurpose Room
1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Keynote Introduction: Multipurpose Room Dr. Mark J. Rozell, Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
1:05 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Multipurpose Room Ambassador (ret.) Richard D. Kauzlarich, Co-Director, Center for Energy Science and Policy, George Mason University
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1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Break: Art Gallery
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Plenary Panel III: Auditorium Resolving Governance Challenges for Resilient Water Infrastructure Moderator / Panelist: Dr. Daniel J. Fiorino, Director, Center for Environmental Policy, School of Public Affairs, American University Panelists: Stanley J. Czerwinski, Former COO, National Governors Association Christopher Kloss, Chief, Municipal Branch, Water Permits Division, Environmental Protection Agency Adam Krantz, CEO, National Association of Clean Water Agencies
3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Plenary Panel IV: Auditorium Resolving Governance Challenges for a Resilient Communications Network Moderator / Panelist: Dr. Jeffrey D. Stern, State Coordinator, Department of Emergency Management, Virginia Panelists: Robert L. Deitz, Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University; Former Special Councilor to the Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Former General Counsel, National Security Agency Jason Karp, Chief Counsel, First Responder Network Authority Randolph J. May, President, The Free State Foundation
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4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closing Keynote: Auditorium Dr. Mark Troutman, Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs, The Eisenhower School, Nation Defense University
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Reception and Networking: Spirits of ‘76
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About the Presenters
Teresa Gerton was named President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration in January 2017. The Academy is an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan organization, chartered by Congress to assist government leaders in building more effective, efficient, accountable, and transparent organizations.
Ms. Gerton served from June 2013 to January 2017 as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy for the U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service where her work helped drive the national veteran unemployment rate to its lowest in eight years. While at Labor, she also led the Department’s Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Prior to joining DOL, Terry spent 2 years as a Vice President at The Cohen Group, a Washington, DC consulting company. From 2003-2011, she served as a member of the Senior Executive Service in the Department of Defense, where she was the Executive Deputy to the Commanding General of Army Materiel Command, responsible for the daily operations of over 70,000 civilian and 1,500 military employees around the world. She was also Professor of Economics at the United States Military Academy, and Company Commander of a 300-person direct support maintenance company in Germany. Ms. Gerton graduated from the United States Military Academy and earned an MBA from Duke University. She earned the Distinguished Presidential Rank award in 2011 and the Meritorious Presidential Rank award in 2008. She also received the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 2011.
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Dr. Robert L. Dudley received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University. His interests are generally in American government and politics. Professor Dudley has published work on American elections and judicial decision-making. His articles have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, PS, and American Political Quarterly. He has also authored or co-authored 5 books; one, a textbook, on American Government is in the 11thedition.
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Dr. Tonya T. Neaves is the Director for the Centers on the Public Service with George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. In this role, Dr. Neaves maintains oversight of its day-to-day administrative operations as well as secures new research and development contracts and established a series of executive education programs. Other
major activities include serving as a faculty member in the Masters of Public Administration program and Coordinator for its Emergency Management and Homeland Security certificate. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Virginia Certified Public Manager® Program. Prior to joining Mason, Dr. Neaves was the Director for the Mississippi Public Safety Data Laboratory at the Social Science Research Center of Mississippi State University, where she is still a Research Fellow. As a scholar, Dr. Neaves’ research portfolio has included securing contracts from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, National Highway Safety Transportation Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Transportation Security Administration, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. Dr. Neaves has also published her efforts in the Review of Policy Research, Journal of Emergency Management, Review of Public Personnel Management, and the American Journal of Public Health. She has also co-authored book chapters in The Future of Disaster Management in the U.S.: Rethinking Legislation, Policy, and Finance, New Voices in the Old South: How Women and Minorities Influence Southern Politics. She was also an editor for the National Academy of Public Administration and American Society for Public Administration’s Memos to National Leaders. As an active member of the American Society for Public Administration, Dr. Neaves recently served as District Representative to National Council, 2014-2017 and was the Conference Coordinator for the Northeast Conference on Public Administration, 2015. She is also the Treasurer for the Section on Emergency and Crisis Management and Program Co-Chair for the 2018 annual conference.
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William P. Shields, Jr., became Executive Director of the American Society for Public Administration, the largest and most prominent professional association for public administration, in January 2014. He brings to the position more than 15 years of executive and management experience in the non-profit sector, most recently as Vice President of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the nation's leading public policy organization dedicated to ensuring that people with the lowest incomes have affordable and decent
homes. In this role, he was responsible for the organization’s operational, financial, membership, outreach and fund development functions. For more than a decade, Shields held senior management and research positions at the National Academy of Public Administration, a congressionally chartered organization established to assist government leaders in building more effective, efficient, accountable and transparent organizations. As Vice President and Director of Communications, he worked extensively with the Academy’s 500 elected Fellows, the nation’s top leaders in the study and practice of public administration. He served on research teams studying organization and management issues at the Departments of Defense, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation. He edited more than 50 Academy panel reports on issues ranging from federal compensation issues to FBI reorganization. Shields also served as Director at the Chief Executives Organization, a non-profit organization of 2,000 chief executives around the world, and in the Executive Office of the Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. He received his M.A. in Government and B.A. in Journalism from American University, where he has been an Adjunct Professor since 2000.
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Mortimer Downey was the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 2001, making him the longest-serving person to ever hold the post. Downey was originally appointed to the position at the beginning of the Clinton administration, and additionally served as Acting Secretary of Transportation for the first four days of the Bush administration, from January 21, 2001 to January 24, 2001.
Prior to his service as Deputy Secretary of Transportation, he was Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). During the Carter Administration, from 1977 to 1981, Downey served in the Department of Transportation as Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs. Prior to that appointment, Downey was the first transportation program analyst for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget. He also held various positions at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He was on the Obama transition team, and the subject of speculation as a possible Secretary of Transportation in the Obama Administration. Downey serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and served as Board Chair from January 2015–January 2016. An alumnus of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, Downey graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1958, and received a master's of public administration from New York University in 1966. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. Following completion of his service as Deputy Secretary of Transportation in 2001, Downey became a transportation consultant.
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Andrew D. Williams began his professional career in local government in 2000. A graduate of Virginia Tech, he has served as Transportation Planner for the Town of Blacksburg and the City of Harrisonburg and then served as Assistant Public Works Director for several years. While in Harrisonburg, Drew assisted with
the Urban Construction Initiative and helped craft VDOT's Certification Program that is open to localities that wish to manage their own transportation programs. Some of Drew’s other areas of expertise include Enhancement Grants, Hazard EliminatSafety Grants and Revenue Sharing projects.
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Dr. Terry L. Clower is the Northern Virginia Chair and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is also director of GMU’s Center for Regional Analysis. The Center provides economic and public policy research services to sponsors in the private, non-profit and public sectors. Prior to joining GMU, he was director for the Center for Economic
Development and Research at the University of North Texas. Dr. Clower also spent 10 years employed in private industry in logistics and transportation management positions. Dr. Clower has authored or co-authored over 150 articles, book chapters, and research reports reflecting experience in economic and community development, economic and fiscal impact analysis, transportation, land use planning, housing, and economic forecasting. His scholarly articles have appeared in Economic Development Quarterly; Urban Studies; Economic Development Review; Regional Studies, Regional Science; the Australasian Journal of Regional Studies; Regional Studies Regional Science, Sustaining Regions; and Applied Research in Economic Development. He recently completed a term as regional (Americas) editor for the journal Regional Science Policy and Practice. Dr. Clower received a B.S. in Marine Transportation from Texas A&M University in 1982, a M.S. in Applied Economics from the University of North Texas in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Information Sciences from the University of North Texas in 1997 specializing in information policy issues and the use of information resources.
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Thomas Downs is one of North America’s most experienced rail figures having worked in the industry for more than 38 years. After beginning his career as a White House Fellow serving as an Executive Assistant to the US Secretary of Transportation, Tom served as the Associate Administrator for the Federal Highway Administration and as the Executive Director of the Federal Transit
Administration. Tom was then appointed the Director of the Washington DC, Department of Transportation (DoT), where he served for six years as the City Administrator. On leaving the Washington DC DoT, Tom was appointed as President of the Tri Borough Bridge & Tunnel Authority of New York and selected by the Governor of New Jersey to be the State Commissioner of Transportation. In that role Tom also served as the Chairman of the Board of New Jersey Transit. In 1993, Tom was appointed as Chairman and President of Amtrak, the National Passenger Railroad and served in that role until 1998. Tom then served as President of the Eno Transportation Foundation, the foremost transportation foundation in the United States. In his most recent role Tom became a member of the Board of the Washington Metro system from 2011 to 2015; the last two of which were as Chairman. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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Dr. Stefanie Haeffele is Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director of Academic and Student Programs and a senior fellow for the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She is an alumna of the Mercatus Center MA Fellowship program. Stefanie earned her PhD in economics at George Mason University in 2016.
After receiving an MA in economics at George Mason University in 2010, she completed a Presidential Management Fellowship where she worked in emergency and disaster management at both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and then the US Forest Service. She earned a BBA in economics and finance from the University of North Alabama in 2007. Her research interests include Austrian economics, political economy, entrepreneurship, and development. Her work has examined post-disaster community recovery as well as the political economy of nonprofit organizations, specifically focusing on organizations that attempt to provide affordable housing to the poor.
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James F. Bennett is the Chief of the Office of Renewable Energy Programs in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), US Department of the Interior. Jim has over 35 years of experience in the environmental and energy arenas serving in a variety of capacities in the Department and other Federal agencies. Prior to becoming the program manager for renewables, Jim led the Division of Environmental Assessment, overseeing
BOEM’s compliance with the NEPA and other environmental laws focusing on Federal OCS programs, including oil and gas, sand and gravel, and renewable energy. He is a graduate of the Department's Manager Development Program and has earned two Master’s degrees -- one in Environmental Planning and the other in Computer Systems Management. His experience encompasses events such as the Exxon Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon oil spills, the Cape Wind energy project, and offshore renewable energy activities particularly in the Atlantic
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Rear Admiral (ret.) David J. Nash has more than 45 years of expertise including 33 years as a commissioned civil engineer for the U.S. Navy. His experience includes management, program management, facility design, construction, logistics, and facility maintenance. As a registered professional engineer in two states, Mr. Nash has received awards throughout his career including the Civil
Engineering Research Foundation's Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research. Appointed by the U.S. Government to the Senior Executive Service from 2003 to 2004, Mr. Nash served as Director of the Iraq Program Management Office which managed the $18.4 billion provided by Congress to support reconstruction in Iraq. His innovative program management approach to managing large projects under difficult environments enabled him to effectively manage all construction, non-construction and logistics activities in Iraq as part of a joint effort between the Army and the U.S. State Department. Mr. Nash also served as the Commander and Chief of Civil Engineers for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), and while in this role, he led a 20,000-person organization for the design, construction, facilities maintenance support, and procurement for the entire U.S. Navy Shore Establishment. Mr. Nash has a M.S. in Financial Management from the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.
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Jessie Hill Roberson has almost 30 years of experience in the nuclear field in the public and private sectors. She has managed field operations at several Department of Energy Nuclear Plants and has served as Assistant Secretary of Energy for the Environmental Management Program in Washington, DC, where she had leadership responsibilities including operations, safety, financial, and policy across the Department of Energy’s
Defense Nuclear Complex. She has also served in management roles at several commercial nuclear facilities with responsibilities including plant engineering, regulatory/licensing and compliance, nuclear operations, public interface and emergency management.
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Jeffrey Baumgartner has more than 15 years of Federal, state, and private experience in energy emergency preparedness and response. As a Senior Advisor for Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Jeff has led vital National security efforts to safeguard
the American way of life. Jeff is a nationally recognized expert in energy infrastructure emergency response and preparedness. He has worked effectively with other U.S. government agencies, state and local partners, and industry to improve the security and resilience of critical energy infrastructure, and led teams to facilitate the restoration of damaged energy systems for more than 100 national incidents. Jeff’s career has been focused on developing and implementing policies that strengthen national security by addressing all hazards that effect energy sector security. His knowledge of energy emergency response authorities and doctrine has served the Nation’s interests during the most severe national disasters. By working to combine Federal authorities with the interests of energy sector owners and operators Jeff has developed a network of partners and allies across the Nation.
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Dr. Mark J. Rozell is the Founding Dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He also holds the Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Chair in Public Policy. He joined the Mason faculty in 2004 as professor of public policy and director of the Masters of Public Policy program. Previously he was Ordinary Professor and chair of the
department of politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Dr. Rozell is the author of nine books and editor of twenty-five books on various topics in U.S. government and politics including the presidency, religion and politics, media and politics, and interest groups in elections. Presently he is co-writing a book on the unitary executive theory and another on comparative federalism. His most recent books are: Catholics and U.S. Politics after the 2016 Elections: Making Sense of the “Swing’ Vote. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan Press, 2018 (edited volume with Blandine Chelini-Pont and Marie Gayte). The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics (revised and updated sixth edition). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018 (edited volume with Charles S. Bullock III). God at the Grass Roots, 2016: The Christian Right in American Elections. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018 (edited volume with Clyde Wilcox). Dr. Rozell writes frequent op-ed columns in various outlets such as The Hill, Politico, New York Daily News, among others. He is a frequently quoted commentator on US and Virginia state politics. He has testified before Congress on several occasions on executive privilege issues and has lectured extensively in the U.S. and abroad. In recent years he has lectured in Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam.
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Ambassador (ret.) Richard D. Kauzlarich is Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Since 2014, Ambassador Kauzlarich has been Co-Director of the Center for Energy Science and Policy (CESP). He served as Deputy Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) at
George Mason from 2011-2013. Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich teaches courses on the geopolitics of energy security and policy communication for executive leadership at the Schar School of Policy and Government. Ambassador Kauzlarich was National Intelligence Officer for Europe on the National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) from September 2003 to April 2011. Before that position, he was Director of the Special Initiative on the Muslim World at the United States Institute of Peace. Ambassador Kauzlarich joined the Institute in spring 2002 after a 32-year career in the Foreign Service. He served as United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1997-99 and to Azerbaijan in 1994-97. He was Senior Deputy to the Secretary of State’s and the President’s Special Representative to the Newly Independent States (NIS) in 1993-94. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European Affairs in 1991-93, responsible for relations with the former Soviet Union and economic ties with the European Union. He is a member of the National Council of the College of Arts and Sciences, and of the Cyber Operations/IT Advisory Council at Valparaiso University. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Clean Trade, and the Advisory Council of the Eurasia Foundation. He is also a member of the Advisory Council for the National Center for Sustainable Development. He was chair and served on the Board of Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area.
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Daniel J. Fiorino is the Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Distinguished Executive in Residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University. As faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and Policy, he teaches courses on environmental policy, energy and climate change, environmental sustainability, and
public management. Dan is the author or co-author of seven books and some fifty articles and book chapters. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited some 4,000 times in the professional literature. His most recent books are A Good Life on a Finite Earth: The Political Economy of Green Growth (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Conceptual Innovation in Environmental Policy (with James Meadowcroft, MIT Press, 2017). MIT Press also published the second edition of Environmental Governance Reconsidered (with Robert F. Durant and Rosemary O’Leary) in 2017. His book, The New Environmental Regulation, won the Brownlow Award of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) for “excellence in public administration literature” in 2007. Dan joined American University in 2009 after a career at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Among his positions at EPA were the Associate Director of the Office of Policy Analysis, Director of the Waste and Chemicals Policy Division, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Administrator for Policy, and the Director of the National Environmental Performance Track. The Performance Track program was selected as one of the top 50 innovations in American government 2006 and recognized by Administrator Christine Todd Whitman with an EPA Silver Medal in 2002. In 1993, he received EPA’s Lee M. Thomas Award for Management Excellence. In 2013, he created the William K. Reilly Fund for Environmental Governance and Leadership within the Center for Environmental Policy, working with associates of Mr. Reilly and several corporate and other sponsors. Dan is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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Stanley J. Czerwinski is the former Chief Operating Officer at the National Governors Association. Additionally, Mr. Czerwinski served as the Panel chair for the Academy’s recent report titled, Developing a New Framework of Community Affordability for Clean Water Services.
Mr. Czerwinski served for over 30 years in various positions at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. These positions include Director of Intergovernmental Relations; Controller; Director of Housing, Community Development, and Telecommunications; Associate Director of Environmental Protection; Assistant Director of the Superfund Program; and Project Director on the Hurricane Andrew Task Force.
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Christopher Kloss serves as the Chief of the Municipal Branch in the Water Permits Division at the Environmental Protection Agency. The branch oversees the wet-weather permitting programs (stormwater, combined sewer systems, and sanitary sewer systems) and the green infrastructure program. Chris has nearly 20 years of experience in the clean water field including time in the private and nonprofit sectors prior to joining EPA. Prior to joining EPA, Mr. Kloss worked at the non-profit Low Impact Development where he was responsible for policy analysis and green infrastructure activities. He has a Master’s degree in Environmental Policy from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a B.S. in Biological Resources Engineering from the University of Maryland.
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Adam Krantz became Chief Executive Officer of National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) on July 20, 2015. Before that Mr. Krantz was Managing Director of Government & Public Affairs at the NACWA, where he has worked since May 2001. Mr. Krantz manages an unparalleled team in Washington, DC, that advocates on behalf
of the nation’s public clean water agencies on an array of regulatory, legislative, and legal issues geared toward ensuring sustainable clean water agencies and a move toward the Utility of the Future. Prior to NACWA, Mr. Krantz was an associate editor/reporter at Inside Washington Publishers where his work focused on covering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s and Congress’s national water quality initiatives. Before entering the environmental arena, Mr. Krantz worked as an attorney in the Washington, D.C. law firm, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky on litigation matters. Mr. Krantz served three years as the President of the Federal Water Quality Association and also served as the first Vice President of the Clean Water America Alliance (now the U.S. Water Alliance). Mr. Krantz is currently a Board Member of the U.S. Water Alliance. Mr. Krantz has degrees from Columbia University in New York City, the American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., and the University of Chicago. He is a member of both the District of Columbia and Maryland bar.
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Dr. Jeffrey D. Stern leads the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, the Commonwealth’s disaster preparedness and response agency, where he has led a comprehensive strategic transformation of the organization to meet the current risk environment. In his role, he chairs the state’s 911 Board and is the state administrative agent for all homeland security grant programs in Virginia. His career has spanned operational, policymaking, and advisory
roles from the local firehouse to the White House, including presidential appointments as a White House Fellow in 2006 and as Executive Director of the Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2007-2009. Jeff helped lead response teams to Hurricanes Charley in Florida (2004) and Katrina in New Orleans (2005), and supported medical efforts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic after the 2010 earthquake. During this 2017 disaster season, he has deployed Virginia’s responders to Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and California. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and has written and lectured on disaster management, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, homeland security, defense support to civil authorities and humanitarian assistance, disaster ethics, decision making, and emergency management theory. Dr. Stern serves on several advisory and policy boards, including FEMA’s National Advisory Council, FirstNet’s Public Safety Advisory Committee, the National Capital Region Homeland Security Executive Committee, and the National Emergency Management Association’s Board of Directors. He has a PhD in public administration/public affairs from the Virginia Tech Center for Public Administration and Policy, an MPA from the American University School of Public Affairs, and a BA in government from the College of William and Mary.
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Jason Karp started his career in private practice in commercial litigation and has held senior roles with the Federal Communications Commission, Net2000 Communications, MCI, Kelley Drye & Warren, and E-centives, Inc. Prior to joining FirstNet, Mr. Karp held executive positions, including most recently with Accenture, where he served as Director of Legal Services, responsible for overseeing
Accenture’s global ethics program in more than 200 cities in 56 countries, and managing a portfolio of commercial transactions in the Communications, High Tech and Media industries. Mr. Karp joined FirstNet as the Deputy Chief Counsel in April 2014, and was named Chief Counsel in December 2015. Mr. Karp received a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Duke University, and a JD from New York University. He is a member of the DC, VA and MD Bars.
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Randolph J. May is Founder and President of The Free State Foundation. The Free State Foundation is an independent, non-profit free market-oriented think tank founded in 2006. From October 1999-May 2006, May was a Senior Fellow and Director of Communications Policy Studies at The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a Washington, DC-based think tank. From 1978 to 1981, May served as Assistant
General Counsel and Associate General Counsel at the Federal Communication Commission. May has held numerous leadership positions in bar associations. He is a past Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Mr. May also has served as a Public Member of the Administrative Conference of the United States and currently is a Senior Fellow at ACUS. Mr. May has published more than two hundred articles and essays on communications, administrative and constitutional law topics. He is author of A Call for a Radical New Communications Policy: Proposals for Free Market Reform, published in 2011, and co-author of The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property. Mr. May is editor of two books, Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age: The Next Five Years, published in 2012, and New Directions in Communications Policy, published in 2009. In addition, he is the co-editor of two other books, Net Neutrality or Net Neutering: Should Broadband Internet Services Be Regulated? and Communications Deregulation and FCC Reform. In the past, Mr. May has written regular columns on legal and regulatory affairs for Legal Times and the National Law Journal, leading national legal periodicals. He received his A.B. from Duke University and his J.D. from Duke Law School, where he serves as a member of the Board of Visitors.
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Robert L. Deitz was Senior Councillor to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006 until February 2009. From September 1998 to September 2006 he was the General Counsel at the National Security Agency where he represented the NSA in all legal matters. He has also held positions as Acting General Counsel at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and as Acting Deputy General Counsel, Intelligence, at the Department of Defense.
Professor Deitz began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Justices Douglas, Stewart, and White of the United States Supreme Court. He has also been in private practice and was Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joseph Califano during the Carter Administration. Professor Deitz received his J.D. (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School, where he was the Supreme Court Note and Note Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received an M.P.A from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he studied international politics and economics. He majored in English literature at Middlebury College where he received a B.A. (cum laude) and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has written a book: Congratulations – You Just Got Hired: Don’t Screw It Up, which is intended to assist newly hired professionals excel in the workplace.
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Dr. Mark Troutman joined the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy following service at George Mason University as Director of the Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS), George Mason University School of Business. As Director of CIP/HS, Mark oversaw development, operations and strategic planning for the Center. He joined the GMU Faculty in October 2011 following his retirement from the United States Army at
the rank of Colonel after a 28 year career in the areas of operations, strategic plans and policy. Dr. Troutman’s final military assignment was Deputy Chair of the Economics Department, Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University. He led seminars focused on study of the defense and financial services industry and directed research including macroeconomic topics of long term fiscal policy, monetary policy and financial systems, international trade and finance. An Armor (Operations) officer, COL (ret) Troutman’s Army career included over twenty years’ command, operations and plans assignments in the United States, Europe, South Korea and the Middle East. Deployments included service at the theater headquarters level in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senior postings included strategic plans and Director of Army, Marine Corps and Missile Defense export programs at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Mark is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the United States Military Academy. He holds masters’ degrees from the School of Advanced Military Studies (US Army Command and General Staff College) and the Army War College (National Security Policy Program). He holds a Masters’ of Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and PhD (Economics) from George Mason University.
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