Speakers

Benjamin M. Brunjes is an Associate Professor at The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington. He is a public management scholar researching how to design and implement complex forms of modern governance, including contracts, grants, and collaborative networks. Ben is currently studying equity, sustainability and collaboration, contract design, and contractor performance.

In the popular media, Dr. Brunjes has been featured on National Public Radio (Marketplace and All Things Considered), USA Today, National Geographic, the Seattle Times, The Conversation, Le Devoir, and CNBC, among others.

His most recent research has been published in Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, Public Administration, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and International Public Management Journal among others.

Dr. Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa is an assistant professor of Public Administration at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Her research interests include public management, policy analysis, government contracting, socio-economic equity, and local government administration. Her research focus is inspired by and draws from 10 years of practitioner experience in local government and serving in the U.S. Army Reserves.

She currently serves as the faculty advisor for the International City/County Management Association Student Chapter at NCCU. She is also the media coordinator, immediate past chair, and a founding member of ASPA’s Section on Procurement and Contract Management. Additionally, she serves as the president-elect of ASPA’s South Florida Chapter.

Matthew Potoski is Professor of Corporate Environmental Management at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara. He teaches courses on corporate environmental management, and his research focuses on management, voluntary environmental programs, and public policy. He co-authored The Voluntary Environmentalists (Cambridge, 2006) and was co-editor of Voluntary Programs (MIT, 2009). Professor Potoski is currently co-editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and the International Public Management Journal. He received the ISU LAS Early and Midcareer Awards for Achievement in Research.