2011. Representative Darryl T.
Owens, Task Force on Merger, Louisville, Kentucky, November
2011. Consultant, Department
of Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine, March
2007. Consultant, Department
of Public Administration and Urban Studies, University of Akron.
2006. Consultant, Department
of Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College, City University of New York
2005. Consultant, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)…analyzed the structure of
government and its relationships to development strategies in Milan…made
extensive recommendations for reform
2002. Consultant, Riverfields
Incorporated…developed responses to the Draft Environmental Impacts Statement
for the Ohio River Bridges Project
1999. Peer Evaluator
Department of Political Science, Baruch College, City University of New York,
October
1997-2000. Local Research
Affiliate, Abt Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts … developed a research
design, supervised a baseline conditions report, and continue to evaluate the
City of Louisville's “Enterprise Community”, designated by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development
1999. Peer Evaluator, for the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, March
1998. Peer Evaluator (MPA
Programs), for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on
Colleges, October
1997.
Consultant, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Israeli-Palestinian
Workshop …advised and led discussion groups on issues related to the governance
of Jerusalem, May
1997-98. Consultant, Forward
Quest, Covington, Kentucky …issued background reports, supervised and conducted
analyses in three counties of growth and development, regional integration and
local disparities …also issued policy recommendations on the future of local
governance to a regional task force
1997-98. Consultant, Jefferson
County Fiscal Court, Louisville Kentucky …conducted research and issued reports
on the structure of local government, the reorganization of city and county
police departments, and general conditions related to the City of Louisville
and Jefferson County
1996. Principal Field
Associate, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany, New York ...
evaluated the City of Louisville's “Enterprise Community”, designated by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
1996. Consultant, Jefferson
County Fiscal Court, Louisville, Kentucky, …conducted research and issued
reports on the structure of local government... investigated and evaluated the
cost and impact of reorganization on local services and economic development...suggested
improvements and policy revisions to a
task force report
1990-92. Consultant, Mayors'
Urban Summit . . . planned mayoral sessions and formulated
policy statements
1987-89. Consultant to David
N. Dinkins, Borough President of Manhattan and Mayor of New York City
. . . furnished reports, provided advice and testified on
subjects relating to budgeting, contract management, land use planning,
administrative decentralization and alternate voting systems (in connection
with the revision of the New York City Charter)
1988 and1990. Consultant,
Olympia and York Companies, advised and issued reports related to land use
planning and tertiary sector development in London, New York and Tokyo
1982 and 1984. Commentator,
the American Broadcasting Company (television and radio)
. . . analyzed state, local and national election returns and
provided selective forecasts
1984. Commentator, Radio
France, compared politics and local development in the United States and France