Professional Associations and Committees

• Member, Board of Management International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, Brussels, Belgium. Co-Chair Task Force on Standards of Excellence in Public Administration Education and Training.
  
• Member, Editorial Board Public Administration, Lithuanian Public Administration Training Association
  
• Member, Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management
  
• Institutional Representative International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration.
  
• International Advisor, Bureau of Public Management Development, Technikon South Africa, Florida, South Africa, 1994-95.
  
• Co-Principal Investigator and proposal developer, "Training and Internship Program for Egyptian Peace Fellow" funded by the Educational and Cultural Bureau, of the Arab Republic of Egypt. ($12,000).
  
• Principal Investigator and proposal developer, "South Africa/Virginia Regional Administration Training and Internship Program, $493,025 (not funded).
  
• Co-Principal Investigator and co-proposal developer, "South Africa/Virginia Election Administration Training Program," $250,000 (not funded).
  
• Expert Member of the Selection Board for appointment of Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1991- 96.
  
• Associate member, Standing Panel on Social Equity and Governance. National Academy of Public Administration. January 2002-present.
  
• Associate Member Social Equity Positioning Committee. National Academy of Public Administration, March-April, 2004.
  
• Associate member, Committee on Africa Initiatives, National Academy of Public Administration. February 2003-present.
  
• Member, Executive Council, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. 2002-present.
  
• Chair, Conference Program Committee, 30th Annual Conference National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, October, 2000.
  
• Member, Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, 1998-2001.
  
• Chair, NASPAA Site Visit Team for the Albany State University, GA: Spring, 2004.
  
• Chair, NASPAA Site Visit Team for the Arkansas State University, Spring, 2003.
  
• Chair, NASPAA Site Visit Team for the University of Illinois at Springfield, Spring, 2002.
  
• Member of Site Visit Team for Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA: National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, March, 1996.
  
• Member, Nominating Committee, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Summer 2000.
  
• Chair, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Faculty Award Committee, 1997.
  
• Member, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Committee on Faculty Recognition, 1991-92.
  
• Member, Board of Directors, National Consumers League, 1992-97.
  
• Member, American Society for Public Administration, Member, National Executive Council, ASPA, 1985-86; 1993-96. Member, Executive Committee, 1995-96. Member, ASPA Policy Issues Committee, Chair, 1994-96; Member, Task Force on Conferences, 1994-;Co-chair, ASPA's Subcommittee on Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, 1981-1986, 1988-89; Member, Sections on Budgeting & Financial Management, Management Science and Policy Analysis; Public Administration Education, Women in Public Administration; International and Comparative Administration; Personnel and Labor Relations; Member, Executive Committee, Section for Public Administration Education, 1993-. Member, Executive Committee, Section for Women in Public Administration 1988-91; Member, Conference of Minority Public Administrators, National Chair, 1985-1986. Member, Program Planning Committee, Region IV Conference, 1993. Candidate for national ASPA Vice-President, 1996 & 1997.
  
• Member, PA Theory Network.
  
• Member, Government Finance Officers Association.
  
• Member, Academy of Human Resource Development.
  
• Member, Proposal Review Committee, "Innovative Projects in Productivity Improvement," Division of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1976.
  
• Member, National Advisory Committee HUD-funded "National Conferences on Local Government Finances," 1979-1980.
  
• Consultant, Division of Evaluation, National Endowment for the Arts. 1979-80.
  
• Member, American Academy of Management
  
• Member of the Executive Committee, International Productivity Network
  
• Membership on editorial boards: founding Board of Editors, Journal of Public Administration Education (1994-97); Public Productivity and Management Review (1990-); Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, 1998- Municipal Management, 1983-1985.
  
• Member, National Advisory Panel, Financial Management Resource Center for State and Local Government, Government Finance Research Center, Municipal Finance Officers Association, 1979-1980.
  
• Principal Investigator, HUD-funded Alternative Service Delivery Assistance for Connecticut Local Officials Project, 1983-84.
  
• Member of Evaluation Team to Assess Master of Arts Program in Administrative
  
• Management at Bowie State College, Maryland; State Board for Higher Education, Maryland.
  
• Member, Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, Hartford Regional Campus, University of Connecticut, 1984-1987.
  
• Member, Task Force on Family Friendly Work Policies of the Joint Legislative Commission to Study the Commonwealth's Workforce, 1993-95.
  
• Member, Steering Committee, "Commissioner's Forum on Consumer Issues," Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Commonwealth of Virginia. Winter, 1992
  
• Member, Board of Directors, Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, 1992-1994.
  
• Advisor, First Precinct Advisory Board, Department of Police, Richmond, Virginia.
  
• Vice President, Faculty Senate of Virginia, 1993-94, Member at Large, Executive Committee, 1992-93.
  
• President, Faculty Senate, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1991-92. Vice-President, 1990-91, Member 1989-93, 1995-98. Member, Executive Committee, 1999-2001. Honorary Senator, 1993-94. Member, Council of Past Senate Presidents; Member, University Council 1990-92, 1996-97, Co-Chair, University Planning and Budget Committee, 1990-91, Chair, Sub-committee on Institutional Priorities, 1990-91; Faculty Advisor, University Contingency Planning Process, 1990-91; Member, VCU Executive Budget Committee, 1991-92; Member, Commission of the Future of the University, 1992. Chair, Committee on Fulltime Faculty, 1999
  
• Member, Virginia Commonwealth University, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Liaison Committee. 2001-present.
  
• President, Black Educational Association, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1995-96, 2002-present. First Vice President, 1988-89,1989-90, 1990-91, Treasurer, 1997-2002.
  
• Member of the Search Committee for the position of Assistant Vice Provost, Institutional Research and Evaluation. Spring, 2003.
  
• Member, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, 1999-2002.
  
• Member, University Appeal Board, Virginia Commonwealth University 1993-94.
  
• Member, University Hearing Board, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1991-92.
  
• Member, Special Awards Committee of the Board of Visitors, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1993, 1998.
  
• Chair, Principals' Assessment and Development Center Review Task Force, Virginia Commonwealth University. Summer 1990.
  
• Member, College of Humanities and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee. 2002-Present.
                         Chair, 2003-2004 Academic Year.                   
• Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Community and Public Affairs, VCU, 1992-1994.
  
• Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Education VCU, 1993.
  
• Member, Search Committees, Educational Leadership, School of Education. 1999-2002.
  
• Member, Advisory Committee, Office of International Education Programs, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2001-2002.
  
• Member, Africa Task Force, Center for International Programs, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1992-94.
  
• Director and Principal Investigator Project FAME 1993-94; Co-Director and Co-Principal Investigator Project FAME, 1992-1993, Virginia Commonwealth University.
  
• Member, Selection Committee, VCU World Study Scholarship Award.
  
• Member, Legislative Relations Steering Committee of the Faculty Senate, VCU, 1993.
  
• Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Psychology, Fall, 1999.
  
• Member, Technology Committee, College of Humanities and Science
  
• College Review and Planning Committee for the Department of Political Science and Public Administration
  
• Member, Department of Political Science and Public Administration Committees: Constitutional Committee MPA Graduate Program Committee Personnel and Compensation Committee MPA Review Committee Library Representative Advisory Committee on Faculty Evaluation Faculty Recruitment Committee Self-Study Team, 2000-2001. College of Humanities and Sciences Technology Committee Admission Committee, Graduate Programs in Public Administration.