CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Data Driven Evidence and
Decisionmaking in a Post-Truth World
MONDAY, MARCH 20
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Capitol South
MODERATOR:
Marc Holzer
Marc Holzer is university professor
and founding dean emeritus of the
School of Public Affairs and
Administration at Rutgers
University—Newark. He is an
ASPA past president (2000-2001)
and currently serves as chair of the
ASPA Endowment. He is a leader
in the field of public sector
performance and since 1975 has served as editor in chief
of the Public Performance and Management Review.
PANELISTS:
Maria P. Aristigueta
Maria P. Aristigueta is the Charles
P. Messick professor of public
administration and associate
director of the University of
Delaware’s (UD) School of Public
Policy and Administration. Her
teaching and research interests are
primarily in the areas of
performance management and
organizational behavior. She is a senior fellow with UD’s
Institute for Public Administration, which addresses
policy, planning and management through the integration
of applied research, professional development and
education. Aristigueta was a Fulbright specialist to the
University of Salerno in Italy in 2013. Prior to joining
UD, she was on the faculty at the University of Central
Florida. Her doctorate is from the University of Southern
California. She served as ASPA president in 2015-2016.
PRESIDENTIAL PANELS
Angela Evans
Angela Evans joined the faculty of
the Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)
School of Public Affairs in 2009 as
a clinical professor in the practice
of public policy. In January 2016,
she assumed the position of dean.
Prior to joining the LBJ School,
Evans worked for the U.S Congress
for nearly 40 years, the last fifteen
as deputy director of the Congressional Research Service,
a legislative branch agency that provides nonpartisan
research and public policy analysis to Congress. Evans is a
fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Benoy Jacob
Benoy Jacob is an associate
professor at the School of Public
Policy and Leadership in the
Greenspun College of Urban
Affairs. Jacob’s research focuses on
the growth and governance of
cities, particularly issues of public
finance, state and local
relationships and social diversity
and equity. He is working on a project exploring the role
of social cohesion in city growth and governance. Jacob
also serves on the editorial board for the Urban Affairs
Review and the State and Local Government Review.
John Kamensky
John Kamensky is a senior fellow
with the IBM Center for The
Business of Government. During
24 years of public service, he had a
significant role in helping pioneer
the federal government’s
performance and results
orientation. Prior to 2001, he
served for eight years as deputy
director of Vice President Gore’s National Partnership for
Reinventing Government. Before that, he worked at the
Government Accountability Office for 16 years. He is
involved with the IBM Center’s work delivering insights
and support as a part of the 2017 presidential transition.
Kamensky is a fellow of the National Academy of Public
Administration and received a Masters in Public Affairs
from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at
the University of Texas—Austin.
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