Management Project Manager

Location:

Columbus, OH

Posted:

October 09, 2012

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Trevor L. Brown

January ***2

ADDRESS

John Glenn School of Public Affairs

The Ohio State University

350C Page Hall, 1810 College Road

Columbus, OH 43210

Phone: 614-***-****

Fax: 614-***-****

Email: *****.****@***.***

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Public Policy and Political Science, Indiana University, 1999

B.A. Public Policy, Stanford University, 1993

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Pasqual Maragall Chair Visiting Professor, University of Barcelona, Department of

Economic

Policy, 2011-2012

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, 2007-

present

Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, School of Public Policy and Management,

2001-2007

Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University, School of Public & Environmental

Affairs,

1999-2001

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Associate Director of Academic Affairs and Research, The Ohio State University, John

Glenn

School of Public Affairs, 2008-present

Associate Project Executive, Parliamentary Development Project, The Ohio State

University/Indiana University/U.S. Agency for International Development, 2003-

present.

U.S. Project Manager, Parliamentary Development Project, Indiana University/U.S. Agency

for International Development, 1997-2001.

PUBLICATIONS

Trevor Brown, Matt Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2008. Changing Modes of Service

Delivery: How Past Choices Structure Future Choices. Environment and Planning C:

Government and Policy 26(1): 127-143.

Trevor Brown, Matt Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2007. Trust and C ontract

Completeness in the Public Sector. Local Government Studies 33(4): 607-623.

Trevor Brown. 2007. Coercion versus Choice: Citizen Evaluations of Public Service

Quality across Methods of Consumption. Public Administration Review 67(3): 559-572.

Trevor Brown, Matt Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2006. Managing Public Service

Contracts: Aligning Values, Institutions, and Markets. Public Administration Review 66

Other Publications

Trevor Brown, Matthew Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2008. Simple and Complex

Contracting, PA Times 31(7): 5.

Trevor Brown, Matt Potoski, and David Van Slyke. July/August 2008. Managing Complex

Contracts, Administration Focus 76(4): 50-51.

Charles Adams, Michael Bell and Trevor Brown. 2003. Strengthening Civil Society in

South Africa: The Community Partnership Grant Program. Proceedings of the 95 Annual

Conference on Taxation (Washington, DC: National Tax Association).

Trevor Brown and Matthew Potoski. 2003. Managing Local Government Service Delivery:

Harnessing the Upside of Contracting, Policy Currents 12 (2): 4-8.

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS

Trevor Brown, Matthew Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2010. Improving Government

Procurement: Lessons from the Coast Guard s Deepwater Program. Acquisition Research

Sponsored

Report Series (Monterey, CA: Naval Postgraduate School).

Trevor Brown, Matthew Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2010. Contracted Versus Internal

Assembly for Complex Products: From Deepwater to the Acquisition Directorate in the U.S.

Coast Guard

(Washington DC: IBM Center for the Business of Government).

Trevor Brown, Sergio Fernandez, and Alex Heckman. 2010. Report States Buying Smarter:

Lessons in Purchasing and Contracting from Minnesota and Virginia (Washington DC: Pew

Center

on the States).

Trevor Brown, Sergio Fernandez, and Alex Heckman. 2010. Issue Brief States Buying

Smarter: Lessons Learned from Minnesota and Virginia (Washington DC: Pew Center on the

States)

Trevor Brown, Matthew Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2008. The Challenge of Contracting

for

Large Complex Projects: A Case Study of the Coast Guard s Deepwater Program (Washington

DC:

IBM Center for the Business of Government).

Charles Wise and Trevor Brown. 2007. Strategic Assessment of the Present State of Public

Administration Education and Training in Ukraine and Prospects for Launching a Capacity

Building

Institution for Public Officials. Assessment report prepared for the Eurasia Foundation

and the

U.S. Agency for International Development.

Contributor. 2006. Support for DCHA/DG Technical Leadership Agenda in Legislative

Strengthening: Parliamentary Immunity. Research report prepared for the U.S. Agency for

International Development based on analysis of legislative immunity practices in a

variety of

transitioning nations.

Trevor Brown and Chris Detwiler. 2006. Evaluation of the Ohio Leadership Forum.

Evaluation

report prepared for West Wind Education Policy, Inc. based on analysis of leadership

training program for district superintendents and Ohio Department of Education staffers.

Trevor Brown and Jennifer Evans-Cowley. 2003. Citizen Satisfaction with Public Services

in the

Columbus Metropolitan Area. Technical report prepared for Ohio municipal governments

based on research funded by The Ohio State University Center for Urban and Regional

Analysis.

Trevor Brown, Lewis Horner, Edward Malecki and Luksamee Jeawetchasil. 2002. Report to

the City of Columbus: 2002 Citizen Satisfaction Survey. Technical report prepared for the

City of

Columbus on behalf of the Center for Survey Research, The Ohio State University.

Trevor Brown, Vladimir Pigenko, and Edward Rakhimkulov. 1999. Comparative Survey Results

th th

of the 13 and 14 Convocation of the Verkhovna Rada. Technical report prepared for the

U.S.

Agency for International Development, Ukraine mission.

Trevor Brown and Michael McGuire. 1997. The Development of Local Self-Government in

Ukraine.

Technical Report prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development, Ukraine

mission.

Michael McGuire and Trevor Brown. 1997. Training and Capacity Assessment of Local Self-

Government Councils in Ukraine. Technical Report prepared for the U.S. Agency for

International Development, Ukraine mission.

TRAINING MANUALS

Trevor Brown and Robert Agranoff (eds.). 1999. Strategic Decision-Making for Economic

Development. Training manual prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development,

Ukraine mission.

Trevor Brown, Robert Agranoff, and Anatoliy Tkachuk (eds.). 1998. Organizing and Managing

Democratic Local Councils. Training manual prepared for the U.S. Agency for International

Development, Ukraine mission.

Robert Agranoff, Anatoliy Tkachuk, and Trevor Brown. 1998. Handbook on Local Self-

Government (Kyiv, Ukraine: Parliamentary Development Project). Handbook prepared for the

U.S. Agency for International Development, Ukraine mission.

BOOK REVIEWS

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Moderator, Will the Middle East Democratize? John Glenn School of Public Affairs

Washington Policy Forum, April 2011, Washington, DC

Keynote Address, Central Ohio Organization of Public Purchasers Reverse Trade Fair,

October 2009, Columbus, OH

The Challenge of Contracting for Large Complex Projects, (with David Van Slyke) IBM

Center for the Business of Government breakfast briefing, March 2009, Washington, DC,

and John Glenn School of Public Affairs Washington Academic Internship Program

seminar, July 2009, Washington, DC.

Testimony before the House Small Business Committee on the Small Business

Administration s Contracting Programs, September 19, 2007, Washington, DC

Partnership Opportunities with Civilian Universities for Reconstruction and

Stabilization

Knowledge and Training, Integrated Training and Education Workshop, U.S . Army Peace

Keeping and Stability Operations Institute, September 2007, Carlisle Barracks,

Pennsylvania

Strategic Assessment of the Present State of Public Administration Education and

Training

in Ukraine and Prospects for Launching a Capacity Building Institution for Public

Officials

(with Charles Wise), Eurasia Foundation and U.S. Agency for International Development,

February 2007, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Measuring Democratic Governance in Somaliland (with Ahmed Diriye), Somaliland Policy

and Reconstruction Institute Convention, September 2006, Crystal City, Virginia.

Managing Contract Service Delivery, Ohio City/County Management Association Winter

Conference, January 2006, Worthington, Ohio.

Citizen Satisfaction with Refuse Collection in the Columbus Metropolitan Area (with

Nathaniel Vogt), American Public Works Association, June 2003, Dublin, Ohio

Does Customer Service Matter in the Public Sector? Department of City and Regional

Planning, The Ohio State University, February 2003 and Center for Survey Research, The

Ohio State University, May 2003.

Local Autonomy and Local Government Financing in Ukraine, Parliamentary

Development Project Intergovernmental Relations Legislative Agenda Setting Conference,

Kiev, Ukraine, November 2002.

Report to the City of Columbus: 2002 Citizen Satisfaction Survey, Mayor, Cabinet and

Press, City of Columbus, October 2002.

Distribution of Responsibilities across Levels of Government in Ukraine, Parliamentary

Development Project Intergovernmental Relations Legislative Agenda Setting Conference,

Kiev, Ukraine, November 2000.

Intergovernmental Oversight and Control in the United States, Parliamentary

Development Project Conference on Legislative Oversight of the Executive for Ukrainian

Parliamentarians, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1996.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

Public Private Partnerships, Workshop on Public Private Partnerships, Department of

Economic Policy, University of Barcelona, Spain, May 2011

Managing the Risks of Contracting for Complex Products (with Matt Potoski and David

Van Slyke), Public Management Research Association meetings, October 2009, The Ohio

State University, Columbus, Ohio, and Association of Public Policy Analysis and

Management conference, November 2009, Washington, DC.

Contracting for Complex Products (with Matt Potoski and David Van Slyke), State of

Agents Workshop, University of Wisconsin Madison, July 2008, Department of

Economic Policy, University of Barcelona, Spain, September 2008, and Department of

Public Administration, Florida International University, Miami, March 2009.

Contracting Requirements and Costs (with Ben Boettcher), Department of Economic

Policy, University of Barcelona, Spain, September 2008.

Accountability Challenges in Public Sector Contracting for Co mplex Products (with Matt

Potoski and David Van Slyke), Symposium on Public Accountability, Kettering Foundation,

Dayton, Ohio, May 2008.

Chair/discussant, New Transitions in Belarus and Ukraine, Midwest Slavic Conference,

The Ohio State University, April 2008, Columbus, Ohio.

Designing and Managing Complex Contracts, Faculty Colloquium, Evans School of

Public Affairs, University of Washington, February 2008, Seattle, Washington.

Complex Contracting: Lessons in Contract Management from the Depar tment of

Homeland Security s Secure Border Initiative (with Matt Potoski and David Van Slyke),

Public Management Research Association meetings, October 2007, University of Arizona,

Tucson, Arizona, and Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management conference,

November 2007, Washington, DC.

Learning from Experience and Managing the Transaction Costs of Internal and Contract

Service Delivery (with Matt Potoski and David Van Slyke), Association of Policy Analysis

and Management, November 2006, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

Trust and Contract Completeness in the Public Sector (with Matt Potoski and David Van

Slyke), International Workshop on Local Government Reform: Privatization and Public-

Private Collaboration, June 2006, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Changing Modes of Service Delivery: Costs and Constraints (with Matt Potoski and

David Van Slyke), International Workshop on Local Government Reform: Privatization and

Public-Private Collaboration, June 2006, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Transaction Costs and the Changing Patterns of Local Service Delivery (with Matt

Potoski

and David Van Slyke), Association of Policy Analysis and Management, November 2005,

Washington, DC.

Chair, Role/Financing of Nonprofits in Service Delivery, Association of Policy Analysis

and Management, November 2005, Washington, DC.

Managing the Tools of Government: Contracting and Contract Management in the New

Millennium, (with Matt Potoski and David Van Slyke), National Public Management

Research Conference, October 2005, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,

California.

Contracting for Management: Assessing the Management Capacity under Alternative

Service Delivery Arrangements (with Matt Potoski), Doctoral Colloquium, School of Pu

blic

and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, January 2005, Bloomington, Indiana and

Association of Policy Analysis and Management, October 2004, Atlanta, Georgia.

The Impact of Service Experience and Service Type on Citizen Satisfaction with Publ ic

Services, Association of Policy Analysis and Management, October 2004, Atlanta, Georgia.

Assessing the Management Costs of Delivering Services under Alternative Institutional

Arrangements, (with Matt Potoski), International Public Procurement meetin gs, October

2004, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Explaining Citizen Satisfaction with Public Services (with Jennifer Evans -Cowley),

Center

for Urban and Regional Analysis, The Ohio State University, November 2003, Columbus,

Ohio

Management in the Public Service Market Place (with Matt Potoski), 7 National Public

Management Research Conference, October 2003, Washington, DC & Association of Public

Policy Analysis and Management Meetings, November 2003, Washington, DC

The Influence of Transaction Costs on Government Service Production Decisions, (with

Matt Potoski), 6 National Public Management Research Conference, Indiana University,

October 2001.

Managing Contract Performance: A Transaction Costs Approach, Annual Meetings of the

Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November 2001.

Measurement versus Management: How GPRA Crowds Out Management in USAID,

Annual Meeting of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Seattle, WA,

November 2000.

Measuring Parliamentary Development: The Case of Ukraine s National Parliament, (with

Vladimir Pigenko), Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,

April 1999.

Contracting Out by Local Governments in Transitioning Nations, Annual Meeting of the

Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November 1999.

When Governments Disagree: A Comparative Analysis of Conflict Resolution Mechanisms

in Intergovernmental Relations in Three Nations, (with Charles Wise), NIRA-NAPA

International Conference on the Challenge of New Governance in the 21 Century:

Achieving Effective Central-Local Relations, Tokyo, Japan, July 1998.

Constitutional Courts and Legislative-Executive Relations, Annual Meeting of the

Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1998.

Democratization and the Separation of Powers in Ukraine, (with Charles Wise), Annual

Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1997.

Laying the Foundation for the Institutionalization of Democratic Parliaments in the

Newly

Independent States, (with Charles Wise), Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science

Association, Chicago, IL, April 1996.

HONORS AND AWARDS

John Glenn School of Public Affairs Outstanding Teacher of the Year, The Ohio State

University, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010

School of Public and Environmental Affairs Teaching Excellence Recognition Award,

Indiana University, 2000

Honorable Mention, Best Manuscript Competition, International Public Procurement

Conference, October 2004 ($500).

FUNDING, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Co-Principal Investigator (with Charles Wise), USAID, Parliamentary Development Project

II, 2003-2013 ($11, 625,326)

Principal Investigator, Pew Center on the States, The Pew Center on the States Government

Performance Project, July 2009 ($44,870).

Co-Principal Investigator (with Matt Potoski and David Van Slyke), IBM Business of

Government Research Award, February 2009 ($20,000).

Co-Principal Investigator (with Matt Potoski and David Van Slyke), Department of the

Navy Research Grant, January 2009 ($109,881)

Co-Principal Investigator (with Matt Potoski and David Van Slyke), IBM Business of

Government Research Award, February 2008 ($20,000).

Co-Principal Investigator (with Debra Jasper, Betsy Hubbard & Rajiv Ramnath), Battelle

Endowment for Technology & Human Affairs, March 2008 ($56,285).

Principal Investigator, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis Research Grant, Ohio State

University, May 2002 ($28,854).

Principal Investigator, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Seed Grant, Ohio State

University, December 2001 ($20,814).

Presidential Management Intern Finalist Status, 1999

Ford Foundation Pre-Dissertation Research Grant, 1997 ($2500).

TEACHING

Doctoral

Democratic Transitions

Doctoral Colloquium

Organizational Theory

Public Management

Masters

Applied Strategic Management

Democracy Building in Ukraine Study Tour

Intergovernmental Systems Management

Managing Public Sector Organizations

Public Organizations and Management

Public Policy and Management Capstone II

Rebuilding Failed and Weak States

Strategy for Public Sector Organizations

Undergraduate

Democracy Building in Ukraine Study Tour

Introduction to Public Affairs

Rebuilding Failed and Weak States

Urban Problems and Solutions

REVIEWER

Editorial Board

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005-2006

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2007-present

Academic Journals Manuscripts

American Political Science Review

Environment and Planning C

Governance

International Public Management Journal

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Local Government Studies

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Policy Studies Journal

Public Administration

Public Administration Review

Public Budgeting and Finance

Public Performance Management Review

Regulation & Governance

State and Local Government Review

Urban Affairs Review

Academic Books

Cambridge University Press

Georgetown University Press

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE

American Society of Public Administration

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Public and Nonprofit Management Program Committee, 2007 Conference

Vernon Prize Committee for Best Article in JPAM, 2008

American Political Science Association

National Institute of Governmental Purchasing

Public Management Research Association

Program Committee, 2007 Conference

Program Committee co-chair, 2009 Conference

Conference Site Coordinator, 2009 Conference

Site Selection Committee, 2011 Conference

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