Governmental
Advisory Associates
599
Riverside Ave. Suite 1, Westport, CT 06880
Phone:
203.226.3238 Fax: 203.226.3239 E-Mail: info@governmentaladvisory.com
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About
The President |
Governmental
Advisory Associates
599
Riverside Ave. Suite 1, Westport, CT 06880
Phone:
203.226.3238 Fax: 203.226.3239 E-Mail: info@governmentaladvisory.com
|
|
About
The President |
Experience
Summary:
Consultant
to municipalities, states, and federal agencies. Specialties include local public
financial management, market studies in the environmental area and strategic
planning for both private industry and government. Author and publisher of major
reference books on recycling, landfill gas recovery, and municipal combustion
facilities. Conducts evaluation and research of environmental policies. Expertise
on the privatization of government services. Formerly a professor of public
policy and a Senior Research Associate at the Columbia University Graduate School
of Business. Staff, Mayor of the City of New York.
Has published books and articles in academic and trade journals and spoken at numerous conferences and seminars on environmental, market, and governmental service delivery issues.
Specific
Experience:
GOVERNMENTAL
ADVISORY ASSOCIATES, INC.
Principal. New York, New York. 1981 to present. Nationally recognized consulting
and research firm in solid waste and municipal management issues.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
Senior Research Associate. 1974-1982. Project Manager of national study of solid
waste collection practices.
CITY OF NEW YORK, OFFICE
OF THE COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Management Analyst, 1974. Responsible for studies in the areas of public health
and sanitation.
CITY OF NEW YORK, NEIGHBORHOOD
DECENTRALIZATION PROJECT.
1972-1974. Directed studies of service decentralization of sanitation, parks
and recreation, health.
CITY OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR FOR ADMINISTRATION.
1969-72. Research Analyst. Conducted studies in issues of administration and
management of city agencies.
Academic Appointments:
EARTH INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY, FU SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
2000 to Present. Research Associate.
NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL
RESEARCH, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND THE URBAN PROFESSIONS, NEW YORK,
NY.
1987-1994. Assistant Professor of Public Policy.
BARUCH COLLEGE, SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK,
NY.
1982-1987. Assistant Professor of Public Management.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK, NY.
Instructor 1981-1982.Taught senior seminars in American Politics and Administration.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY,
MAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SYRACUSE, NY.
1977-1978. Assistant Professor of Public Management. Responsible for graduate
courses in budgeting, public management and administration.
Current Presentations:
Waste to Energy-Past
History and Future Trends, June 21-22, 2004, Air and Waste Management Association,
Indianapolis, IN.
Trends in Single Stream Recycling in the United States, May 4-7, 2003,
New York State Solid Waste Associations, Bolton Landing, NY.
Single Stream and MRF Recycling in the United States, November 2002,
NOrtheast Recycling Coalition Fall Conference, Hartford, CT.
The Status of the Municipal Waste Combustion Industry, The Present and the Future,
May 7, 2002, North American Waste Technology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Issues and Trends in Municipal Waste Combustion, June 8, 2001, 1st Annual
Mid-Atlantic Hazardous and Municipal Waste Conference, Manhattan College, New
York, New York.
Recycling in the U.S.-Developments in the Southeast, Synergy 2000 Environmental
Conference, Frankfurt, Kentucky, August 8, 2000.
Trends in MRF Recycling in the United States, June 15, 2000, Waste
News Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Turf Valley Resort, Ellicott City,
Maryland.
MRFs in a Volatile Climate, September 10, 1999. 21st Annual Conference
and Trade Show, Association of Oregon Recyclers, Seaside, Oregon.
State of MRFs:2005,
Resource Recycling, August 2005, p. 16-21.
Single-Stream Ahead, Resource Recycling, August 2002, p. 31-33.
MRF Technology: 2001 and Beyond. Resource Recycling, June 2001,
p. 18-27.
The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Capital Costs of Municipal Waste
Combustion Facilities: 1960-1998, Renewable Energy 2000: Issues and Trends,
Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, February 2001,
41-72.
The State of MRFs 2001, Resource Recycling, January 2001.
The State of MRF-Based
Recycling in the United States: Year 2000, Wastes Management Journal,
December 2000.
with Marc Rogoff, The Status of Waste to Energy in the United States,
MSW Management, May 1999.
Whither MRF-Based Recycling?, Resource Recycling, April 1999, pp. 12-17.
Materials Recovery Facilities: A 1997 Update, BioCycle, September 1997, pp. 50-53.
The Status of Municipal Waste Combustion in the United States, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 1996, vol. 47, nos 1-3, pp. 1-17.
Trends in Waste Equipment and Processing, BioCycle, August 1995, p.58-59.
Getting Gold From Garbage, Recycling Today, August 1995, p.38-46.
MRFs are 'Busting Out All Over': An Overview of Materials Recovery Facilities in the United States", Resource Recycling, April 1995, p.28-36.
Landfill Methane Doesn't Always Make Money, Letter to the Editor, New York Times, February 19, 1994.
Protecting a Market in Trash at Taxpayers' Expense, Opinion, The Sacramento Bee, August 20, 1994.
Allocation of Local Public Resources: An Issue of Service Equity and Performance in Casebook in Local Financial Management, Government Finance Officers Association, 1993.
With Barbara J. Stevens,
"Does Privatization Work? A Study of the Delivery of Eight Local Services",
in State and Local Government Review, Winter 1988.
Education:
Ph.D. in Political Science, with distinction, Columbia
University, 1981
M.A. in Political Science, Columbia University, 1969
B.A. Mt. Holyoke College, with Honors 1967
Columbia University, Ph.D. with distinction, 1981.
Columbia University, M.A., 1969.
Mount Holyoke College, B.A., with distinction, 1967.