PAF 9170 & 9172 Research Analysis I & II, Year 1

PAF 9170 & 9172 Research Analysis I & II, Year 1

Dahlia Remler is widely published in many areas of health economics, including health savings accounts, cost-sharing, managed care, health insurance and health care markets, and cigarette tax regressivity. Her current research involves incorporating health insurance needs into poverty measurement, as well as higher education policy and teaching. She is co-author (with Gregg Van Ryzin) of Research Methods in Practice: Strategies for Description and Causation, now in its second edition. The book emphasizes the critical interpretation and practical application of research findings throughout, focusing on causation and real-life data and is currently in use by SPA students. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and holds an appointment in economics at CUNY’s Graduate Center.

She holds a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, D.Phil. from Oxford University, and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

E.S. Savas, Ph.D., Presidential Professor
PAF 9160 Public and Non Profit Management, Year 2

Office: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 814

E.S. Savas is the author of fifteen books and over 130 articles; his books have been published in 23 foreign editions. He is an internationally known pioneer in, and authority on, privatization.

He served as First Deputy City Administrator of New York and as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, appointed by President Ronald Reagan. He also served as a councilman in his suburban town. He was a professor of public management at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and taught in Baruch’s Department of Management, where he also served for eight years as chairman.

He has B.A. and B.S. degrees from the University of Chicago, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, and an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Piraeus, Greece.

PAF 9163 Leadership and Strategy, Year 2

Office: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 808B
Phone: 646 660-6765 Fax: 646 660-6701
Email: Martha.Stark@baruch.cuny.edu
Before joining Baruch, Martha Stark served as New York City's first African American female Department of Finance Commissioner from 2002 until 2009. She teaches courses in budget and financial analysis, public non-profit sector management, urban service delivery, leadership and strategy, and program evaluation.

A corporate and tax lawyer with a passion for numbers, tax administration, and management, she is credited with several innovations at the Department of Finance, a 2,300-person agency responsible for collecting $23 billion in revenues. She previously worked for the Manhattan Borough President, served as a White House Fellow at the United States Department of State and for the Finance Department before becoming commissioner.

Martha is also an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

She has a B.A. from New York University in Political Science, and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

Jessica Taylor, Executive Director of Performance Management at the New York City Department of Small Business Services

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Jessica Taylor is the Executive Director of Performance Management at the New York City Department of Small Business Services.  In this role, Jessica oversees the Avenue NYC grant program, which funds local development organizations to implement commercial revitalization strategies citywide. Additionally, Jessica manages recovery initiatives for commercial corridors impacted by Hurricane Sandy, which include façade improvements and the development of economic revitalization strategies.

Previously, Jessica implemented a school health program as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala, and managed a support program for clients at an HIV/AIDS clinic in Philadelphia. While at Columbia, Jessica worked on projects with the NYC Office of Management and Budget and the US Department of State, and founded the graduate program's Students of Color organization.

Jessica received her B.A. from the University of Virginia with majors in Foreign Affairs and Spanish. She also earned her M.P.A. from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Don Waisanen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

PAF 9139 Communication Strategy, Year 1

Office: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 403
Phone: 646 660-6825 Fax: 646 660-6831
Email: Don.Waisanen@baruch.cuny.edu

Don Waisanen is an assistant professor of communication in the Baruch College School of Public Affairs, where he teaches courses and workshops in public communication—including advanced speech training, campaign and advocacy strategies, media analysis, and special topics seminars on leadership and humor. All his research projects seek to understand how communication works to promote or hinder ethical and effective discourse and the force of citizens’ voices in public life. In particular, his recent publications have focused on the features and functions of political language, the increasing role of comedy in public culture, and the factors that can best sustain a deliberative democracy and cosmopolitan practices.

Before entering academia, Don was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs, and worked in broadcast journalism, as a speechwriter, and on political campaigns. He has conducted communication strategy for various domestic and transnational projects, and serves on the board of the Resilience Advocacy Project, a nonprofit helping youth transition out of poverty.

He received his B.A. from Westmont College, and a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Southern California.

Robert Walsh, Faculty Director of the Executive MPA Program and Distinguished Lecturer

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