Matthew Bishop
University of Georgia, MPA; Presbyterian College, BA, political science. Associate Director, University of Georgia 's Initiative on Poverty and the Economy, and faculty member of UGA's Fanning Institute for Leadership. Served as Associate Director of the Georgia Rural Development Council. Research interests include poverty, community economic development, local government visioning, strategic planning, and group facilitation processes. Contact

Madinah F. Hamidullah
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, MPA; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, BA, dance and political science.  Research interests include public management, public personnel, organizational behavior and public sector leadership. Contact

Christine Ledvinka
University of Georgia, MPA; Emory University, JD; University of Georgia, BA. Published in Review of Public Personnel Administration and American Review of Public Administration. Revised the Handbook for Georgia County Commissioners, published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Research Interests include the legal environment of public management, policy implementation, and organizational behavior. Contact

Beth-Anne Leech
Schulich School of Business, York University, MBA, Finance and Strategic Management; McMaster University, B. Eng, Mechanical Engineering.  Previously worked as Manager of Engineering Services at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and at General Motors of Canada as a Project Engineer and Financial Analyst.  Research interests include: public budgeting and finance, the intersection of governments and capital markets, policy implementation, and comparative public administration.

Hui Li
Fudan University, MA, management; Soochow University, Bachelor in law, public administration Originally from China. Experience teaching political science and municipal administration in China. Research interests are public budgeting and finance, government performance, and family planning policy. Contact

John Ronquillo
Arizona State University, MPA; BA, journalism and mass communication. Previously worked as a Policy and Research Analyst and lobbyist for the Arizona Association of Counties. Also part of a research team that carried out a comprehensive social impact assessment for a major copper-mining company. Research interests include public and non-profit management, cross-sector collaboration, technology policy, environmental policy, and social and cultural implications of decision making.