Place of Birth
Watertown, South Dakota

Home Address
300 Ridgecane
Lexington, Kentucky 40513
Phone: (859) 223-1641

Other Personal Data
Married; Two Children


Academic Appointments

Professor, University of Kentucky, 1981 present, Finance and Public Administration.
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, 1973 1981, Economics and Public Administration.
Visiting Professor, Kansas State University, spring semester, 1972, Economics.
Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming, 1968 1972, Economics

Administrative Experience

Associate Dean, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, February, 2005 to present. Responsibilities include general administration of the Gatton College including research and academic programs, DGS for doctoral program in Business Administration, administrative the Gatton College Management Center, processing academic program changes and other administrative roles as Associate Dean Faculty, Research and Administration.

Senior Policy Advisor to Governor, Governors Office, July 1, 1998 to present. Responsibilities include analysis of emerging policy issues and development of policy options for the Governor and pre-sentations before legislative committees on behalf of the administration. Analysis efforts are focused on state finances, federal/state relations, and gubernatorial initiatives such as postsecondary education reform, tobacco settlements, health finance and utility deregulation among others.

Special Assistant for Policy Management, Governor’s Office for Policy and Management, November 1995 to July 1, 1998. Responsibilities included budget policy, postsecondary education reform policy, and service on KERA Review Task Force among other policy issues assignments.

Special Assistant to the Chancellor, University of Kentucky (Lexington Campus), July, 1991 to January 1995. Responsibilities included academic issue resolution, program development and campus planning support to the Chancellor. Special responsibilities included fiscal management analysis, reorganization and realignment efforts, monitoring and analysis of the state's fiscal climate, managing faculty and staff appeals, and tenure and promotion processing for Chancellors Office and facilitating College reviews and Administrative searches.

State Budget Director, Director of Governor's Office of Policy and Management, November, 1989 to June, 1991. General responsibilities included preparing and administering $18 billion biennial budget and overseeing implementation of financial portion of Kentucky educational reform act (KERA). Special responsibilities include serving on Governor's Cabinet, participating in and assuming responsibility for Governor's policy initiatives, designing fiscal revitalization program, and representing the Governor on various National Governors Association Committees, including chairing NGA Staff Committee on transportation, commerce and communications, and special task forces.

Senior Associate Dean, College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, 1988 - 1991. Re-sponsibilities included general internal administrative and supervisory responsibility for research and service centers and academic programs of College with approximately 90 faculty, 3,000 undergraduate and 350 graduate students.

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, l984 - 1988. Responsibilities included administration of College's graduate programs and supervisory responsibilities over the College's Graduate Center, Center for Business and Economic Research and the College's Information Services Center. Other College responsibilities included coordination of interdisciplinary graduate programs with other units on campus, and general College research development activities.

State Budget Director and Deputy Secretary of Finance and Administration Cabinet, Commonwealth of Kentucky and member of Governor's Cabinet, l982-l983. Responsibilities included the preparation and execution of Executive Budget of the Commonwealth of Kentucky ($2.4 billion in FY l983), the investment and management of the state's general and agency fund investment portfolio (averaging $500 to $800 million), and the development and execution of the state's debt management plan including overseeing preparation of and marketing of state bond issues from 28 state bond authorities. Supervisory responsibilities included approximately 30 members of the Office for Policy and Management staff. Other responsibilities included membership on a number of boards, commissions and the like, in role as Deputy Secretary of Finance.

Director, James W. Martin School for Public Administration, The Graduate School, University of Kentucky, l979 - l982. As first Director, responsible for administration of comprehensive public administration education, research and service school. School included faculty of l5 jointly appointed with five academic colleges, approximately 80 MPA graduate students, and 20 staff members in School and the School's Bureaus of Policy Research and Public Service. Contracts and grants administered through the Bureaus included H & W, NSF, NASA, Title IX of the Higher Education Act, IPA, ASA, and Kentucky Department of Energy, and Kentucky Department of Finance among others.

Director, Center for Public Affairs, College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, l973-l979. Responsible for supervision of staff of l5-20 professional and clerical personnel and graduate research assistants. Center programs included economic and policy research and public service activities. Additional responsibilities included being the first Director of MPA program.

Deputy Secretary, South Dakota Department of Transportation, 1973. Responsible for general administration and transportation policy and planning activities of Department.

Director, Economic Analysis, South Dakota State Planning Office, 1972. Responsible for economic analysis, tax policy development and economic development program, design and legislation writing.

Captain, U.S. Army, United States Army Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, 1966-68.


Special Appointments/Assignments

Senior Fellow, Council of State Governments, Lexington, Kentucky

Member, Editorial Board, Municipal Finance Journal

Member, Editorial Board, Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management)

Member, Board of Directors, Public Financial Publications, Inc. (publisher of PB&F journal)

Member, U.S. Gneral Accounting Office (GAO) Intergovernmental Issues Panel

Member, Board of Directors, Spindletop Hall, Inc. Faculty, Staff and Alumni Club


Education

B.S., Economics, South Dakota State University, l963

Ph.D., Economics, Kansas State University, l968


Current Teaching Focus

PA 631: Public Financial Management
PA 632: Public Funds Management
PA 633: Municipal Securities
PA 731: Fiscal and Budgetary Policy



Doctoral Dissertations Chaired

Kyle Mattson, Weber State University
Scott Below, East Carolina University
Dwight Denison, University of Kentucky
Robert Eger, III, Florida State University
Kee Min, Cheju National University
Meagan Jordan, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Gabriela Wolfson, Florida State University
Len O’Connell, University of Kentucky
Michael Moody, University of Kansas
Shawn Gillen, City Administrator, Grand Rapids, Minnesota



Referred Articles, Book Chapters and Proceedings

"Higher Education Finance and Governance in the American States," Proceedings: International Conference on Higher Education Reform, co-author, forthcoming, 2001.

"Reinventing in the American States: Content and Implications," Proceedings: Transatlantic Conference on "Changing Governance in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany", (St. Martins Press), co-author, forthcoming, 2001.

"Estimating Tax Evasion Losses: The Road Fund Case," Public Budgeting and Finance, co-author, Vol. 21, No. 1, March, 2001.

"The Theory of the Public Sector Budget: An Economic Perspective," Perspectives on Budget Theory, (Khan and Hildreth eds.), Praeger Publishing Group, co-author, forthcoming, 2001.

"Cheating Our State Highways: Methods, Estimates and Policy Implications of Fuel Tax Evasion," Transportation Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 2, Spring, 2000, co-author.

“Managing Public Resources: Budget Execution,” Public Budgeting and Financial Management,, Vol. 11, No. 1, Summer, 1999, co-author.

“Motor Fuel Tax Evasion: The Kentucky Case,” 78th Annual Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings, January, 1999, co-author.

“Performance Budgeting and Performance Funding in the States: A Status Assessment,” Public Budgeting and Finance, Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring, 1999, co-author.

“Financing Jails with Revenue Bonds: An Empirical Assessment,” Municipal Finance Journal, Vol. 19, No. 4, Winter, 1999, co-author

“The Changing World of State and Local Debt Finance,” Handbook of Government Budgeting, (Shick and Meyers editors), (Jossey-Bass, 1998), co-author.

"Municipal Bond Sales in Foreign Markets: Experience and Results," Public Budgeting and Finance,Vol. 16, No. 3, Fall 1996, co-author.

"State and Local Debt Policy and Management," in Handbook of Debt Management (Miller, Editor) (Mar-cel Dekker: 1996), co-author.

"State Budget Decision Making: Concepts and Processes," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1994, co-author.

"The Evolution of a State Debt Management Policy and Program: A Case Study," Case Studies in Public Budgeting and Financial Management," (Khan and Hildreth, Editors) (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1994), co-author.

"Budgeting Theory and Practice: A Retrospective," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1993, co-author.

"Debt Management and Debt Capacity" in Handbook of Municipal Bonds and Public Finance, (Lamb, Leigland and Rappaport Editors), (New York Institute of Public Finance, Simon and Schuster: New York, 1993), co-author.

"Public Funds Management: Current Practices and Future Trends" in Handbook of Municipal Bonds and Public Finance, (Lamb, Leigland and Rappaport Editors), (New York Institute of Public Finance, Simon and Schuster: 1993), co-author.

"Public Cash Management: Concepts and Practices," in Handbook of Comparative Public Budgeting and Financial Management, (Lynch and Martin Editors), (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1992), co-author.

"Managing State Debt: Issues and Challenges," in Handbook of Comparative Public Budgeting and Financial Management, (Lynch and Martin Editors) (Marcel Dekker: New York, 1992), co-author.

"Options for Public Funds Managers, “Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 4, No. 3, October 1992, co-author.

"Forecasting Lottery Revenues for Start-up States," Municipal Finance Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring, 1992, co-author.

"Financing the Capital Budget: Change and Transition," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 15, No. 5, April 1992, co-author.

"Medicaid Cost, Growth and Impact: The Kentucky Case," in State Governments: The Effects of Health Care Program Expansion In A Period of Fiscal Stress, (Advisory Council on Social Security: Washington, D.C., December 1991).

"Municipal Debt Issued in Foreign Markets: Managing Currency and Interest Rate Risk," Public Budget-ing and Finance, Vol. II, No. 4, Winter, 1991, co-author.

"Kentucky Budgeting in Transition: Adjustments and Innovations," in Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States, (Clynch and Lauth Editors)(Greenwood Press: New York, 1991).

"State and Corporate Cash Management: A Comparison," Public Budgeting and Finance, Vol. 10, No. 4, Winter, 1990, co-author.

"State Debt Level Management: A Stable Credit Rating Model," Municipal Finance Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring, 1990, co-author.

"State Debt Management Policy: A National Survey, Public Budgeting and Finance, Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 1990, co-author.

"State Approaches to Debt Capacity Assessment: A Further Evaluation", International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 11, No. 2, April, 1988, co-author.

"State and Local Debt Capacity: An Index Measure", Municipal Finance Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter 1988, co-author.

"Impacts of Budget Office Reform: The Budget Office Perspective," State and Local Government Review, Vol. l4, No. 2, 1982, co-author.

"Toward Determining the Appropriate Level of State Surplus Funds" The Journal of Economics, Vol. VII, p. 42, 1981, co-author.

"Modified Regression Base Multiplier Model," Growth and Change, Vol. l2, No. 3, July 1981, co-author.

"Managerial Implications of the Alternative Means Concept," Assistance Management Journal, Vol. 2, No. l, 1980.

"Energy Policies and the Use of Input-OutputModels," Ecology and Coal Resource Development: Volume One (New York: Pergamon Press, 1979), co-author.

"A State Development Bank: An Alternative for Capital Formation, “The Journal of State Government, Vol. 52, No. 2, 1979, co-author.

"State Reserve Requirements: A Reply," Regional Science Perspectives, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1979, co-author.

"Budgeting: Inducements and Impediments to Innovation," The Journal of State Government, Vol. 52, No. 2, 1979, co-author.

"Property Right Taking and Compensation: A Further Analysis," The Annals of Regional Science, Vol. XII, No. 2, June 1978, co-author.

"Economic Diversification Measurement: A Reply," Land Economics, Vol. 54, No. l, February 1978, co-author.

"Assessing State Reserve Requirements: A Cost-Benefit Approach," Regional Science Perspectives, Vol. 8, No. l, 1978, co-author.

"A Strategy for the Investment of State Funds: Negotiating the CD Rate by the Markowitz Criterion," Nebraska Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. l7, No. 2, Spring, 1978, co-author.

"On the Economics of Energy Allocation," The Review of Regional Studies, Vol. 6, No. l, Spring 1976, co-author.

"State Energy Program: An Analysis of Innovation, “Review of Public Data Use, Vol, 4, No. 5, November 1976, co-author.

"State and Local Tax Programs: Reply," Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, April 1976, co-author.

"The State Investment Portfolio: The Case for Certificates of Deposit," The Journal of State Government, Vol. XLVII, No. 4, December l975; reprinted in Richard Vargo, Readings in Governmental and Non-Profit Accounting (Wadsworth Publishing Company, l977), pp. 268-79, co-author.

"On Measuring Economic Diversification," Land Economics, Vol. II, No. 4, November, 1975, co-author.

"On Assessing Well-being Change," The Annals of Regional Science, Vol. IX, No. l, March 1975.

"An Analysis of State and Local Industries' Tax Exemption Programs," Southern Economic Journal, 4l (2), October l974; abstracted in Journal of Economic Literature, 1975, p. 344, co-author.

"Cheyenne Model Cities: Problem Definition in Urban Planning," Growth and Change, Vol. 3, No. l , Jan-uary l974, co-author.

"The Stability of Labor Coefficients: A Comment," The Annals of Regional Science, Vol. IV, No. 2, December l970, co-author.


Monographs

Kentucky's Road Fund Tax Structure, (Lexington, Kentucky: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky, 1999, co-author.

The Motor Fuel Tax Evasion Issue in Kentucky, (Lexington, Kentucky: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky, 1996, co-author.

State Road Fund Tax Evasion: A State Perspective, (Lexington, Kentucky: The Council of State Govern-ments, 1996.), co-author.

The Revenue Base of The States: An Analysis of Recent Growth and Elasticity, (Lexington, Kentucky: The Council of State Governments, 1993)., co-author.

Debt and Duty: Accountability and Efficiency in State Debt Management, (Lexington, Kentucky: The Council of State Governments, September, 1990), co-author.

Information Guide for Economic Development and Job Training in Kentucky, (Lexington, Kentucky: Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Kentucky, 1989), co-author.

Kentucky Area Development District Assessment, (Lexington, Kentucky: Martin School for Public Administration, University of Kentucky, November 1987), co-author.

Education and Economic Development (Lexington, Kentucky: Center for Business and Economic Re-search, University of Kentucky, June l986), co-author.

University of Kentucky Medical Center: Social and Economic Impact (Lexington, Kentucky: Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Kentucky, May l986), co-author.

State Cash Flow Management: The Kentucky System (Lexington, Kentucky: Martin Center for Public Administration, University of Kentucky, October l982), co-author.

Employment Patterns and Projections: Toward an Economic Development Strategy for Appalachian Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky: The Appalachian Center, University of Kentucky, March l98l), co-author.

Evaluation: Process, Impact and Results (Lexington, Kentucky: Center for Public Affairs, University of Kentucky, July l979), co-author.

Innovations in State Budgeting: Process and Impact (Lexington, Kentucky: Center for Public Affairs, University of Kentucky, September l978), co-author.

Innovation in State Government Processes: An Analysis of Selected Programs (Lexington, Kentucky: Center for Public Affairs, University of Kentucky, December l976), co-author.

Program Evaluation and Review: The Kentucky Budgeting System (Lexington, Kentucky: Bureau of Government Services, College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, December l975), co-author.

State Cash Balance Management Policy (Lexington, Kentucky: The Council of State Governments, De-cember l975), co-author.

An Evaluation of Kentucky's Policy of Depositing Inactive State Funds Within the Commonwealth (Lexington, Kentucky: Office of Business Development and Government Services, University of Kentucky, April l974), co-author.

An Analysis of the Social Well-Being Impact of Resource Development Projects (Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming Water Resources Research Institute, June l973), co-author.

Policy Plan for Economic Development: South Dakota (Pierre, South Dakota: State Planning Agency, December l972), co-author.

Selecting Best-Fit Industries: An Application to an Export Sector in Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming: Division of Business and Economics Research, College of Commerce and Industry, University of Wyoming, April l97l).

The Wyoming Economy: Comprehensive Studies to Facilitate Development Through Planning (Laramie, Wyoming: Division of Business and Research, College of Commerce and Industry, University of Wyoming, April l97l), co-author.


Dissertation

"Input-Output Analysis: A Study of Its Application to Regional Impact Studies with Secondary Data," 1968.


Other Publications and Reports

Other publications and reports include numerous articles in the Kentucky Governor's Annual Economic Report (published annually), The Kentucky Economy: Review and Perspective (published quarterly) and various newspaper and TV interviews.


Recent Paper Presentations

"Debt Oversight: Status of the States," SECOPA/Southwestern Conference on Public Administration, Clearwater, Florida, October, 1990.

"Managing State Debt in the 90's" National Association of State Treasurers Conference on Financing the 90's in the States and Localities, Naples, Florida, August, 1990.

"Special Authority Debt: An Emerging State Issue," Annual Conference of Municipal Bond Insurance Association (MBIA), Ponte Vedra, Florida, November 1990.

"Emerging Trade Patterns of the Southern States: The Challenge of EC 92 and the Eastern European Nations," Southern Governors Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, September, 1991.

"Special Debt Authorities: Default and Expansion Patterns," SPPM, American Society for Public Administration, Washington, D.C., October, 1991.

"Public Budgeting Decisions; Factors and Processes," SPPM, American Society for Public Administration, Washington, D.C., October, 1992.

"Budgeting Innovations Revisited," SECOPA (Southeastern Conference on Public Administration), Montgomery, Alabama, October, 1992.

"State Revenue Elasticities: A Review of Estimates and Policy Issues," Southern Regional Science Association, April, 1994.

“State Revenue Structure: Revenue Growth Implication,” Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, June, 1994.

"Changing Investment Strategies Among the States," Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, October, 1995.

"Hedging Foreign Transactions: An Application of "Derivatives" in the Public Sector," Kentucky Economics Association, October, 1995 co-presenter.

“Performance Funding in the States: A Focus on Higher Education”, SECOPA (Southeastern Conference on Higher Education), Miami, Florida, October, 1996.

“Managing for a Structurally Balanced Budget in the 1990’s: Challenges and Processes”, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC, October, 1996, with Jim Ramsey.

"Executive/Legislative Budgeting Roles in Kentucky: The Transition Continues," The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, Charleston, S.C., March, 2000.

"Reinvention in the States: Content and Implications," Transatlantic Conference: Changing Governance in the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany, (invited paper), J.W. Goethe- University, Amerika-Haus, Frankfurt am Main, May, 2000.

"Postsecondary Education Budgeting: The Budget Office View," Accountability and Financial Support of Public Higher Education Conference, sponsored by U. GA., SREB, and SACS, (invited paper), The University of Georgia, May, 2000.

"Higher Education and State Budget Processes," Association for Budgeting & Financial Management, Kansas City, Missouri, October, 2000, co-presenter.

"Public University Governance and Budgeting: Roles and Responsibilities of States and Institutions in the U.S.A," International Conference on Higher Education Management: Student life, University Financial Administration, and Human Resources, (invited paper) Shanghai, China, November, 2000 , co-presenter.


Grants and Contracts

Research
Kentucky’s Energy Sector: Options and Opportunities, (Commerce Cabinet, Commonwealth of Kentucky), $79,000, 2006, co-principal investigator.

Tax and Fee Payment Systems: An Assessment of Transaction Efficiency, Council of State Governments, $39,000, 2006.

Performance Analysis of IFTA/IRP Processes, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $100,000, 2005

Long Term Financing Options and Implications for Enhancing Transportation, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Phase II, $35,000, 2005.

Long Term Financing Options and Implications for Enhancing Transportation, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $35,000, 2004.

Entrepreneurship Policy Research, Kentucky Office of the New Economy, Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet, $50,000, 2003.

Entrepreneurship Policy Research, Kentucky Office of the New Economy, Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet, $25,000, 2002.

Fiscal Capacity and Long-Term Fiscal Assessment, U.S. Dept. of Transportation/Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $46,000, 2002

Policy Management, Funded by Governors Office (GOPM), $24,000, 2002.

Road Fund Tax Policy: An Update, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $25,000, 2001.

Policy Management, Funded by Governors Office (GOPM), $24,000, 2001.



Innovative Transportation Finance, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $25,000, 2000.

Policy Management, Funded by Governors Office (GOPM), $50,000, 2000.

Kentucky Road Fund Revenue Collection, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $41,000, 2000.

Kentucky Road Fund Revenue Collection, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $65,700, 1999.

Policy Management, Funded by Governors Office (GOPM), $80,674, 1999.

Kentucky’s Road Fund Revenue Collection: The Process and Strategies for Improvement, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $70,550, 1998.

Kentucky’s Road Fund Tax Structure, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $24,800, 1998.

Policy Management, Funded by Governors Office (GOPM), $51,597, 1997.

Minimal/Optimal Transportation Resource Requirements, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, $55,000, 1996.

State Policy Analysis, Funded by Governors Office, (GOPM), $54,419, 1996.

Revenue Forecasting, Funded by Kentucky Finance Cabinet, $7,000, 1996.

State Policy Analysis, Funded by Governors Office, (GOPM), $7,200, 1996.

State Tax Analysis and Forecasting, Funded by Kentucky Department of Finance, $16,000, 1995.

Benchmarking and Right Sizing State DOTs, Kentucky Department of Transportation, $52,000, 1995.

Road Fund Tax Evasion, Kentucky Department of Transportation, $34,000, 1995.

Right Sizing State Dots, funded by Kentucky Transportation Center, 1994, $12,000.

Labor Market Area Delineation, funded by Kentucky Workforce Cabinet, 1994, $8,000.

Kentucky Department of Education and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations, funded by Kentucky Department of Education, 1989, $26,468.

Revenue Forecasting Models and Strategies, $6,250, funded by the Kentucky Finance Cabinet, 1989.

Economic Analysis and Strategic Jobs Training, $76,000, funded by Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources, 1988, (with others).

Revenue Forecasting Methodology and Strategy, $6,650, funded by the Kentucky Finance Cabinet, 1988.

Program Evaluation of Kentucky's Area Development Districts, $40,000 (with Phil Roeder) funded by Kentucky Department of Local Government, 1987.

Market Efficiency Conditions for Coal Marketing, $25,000 funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1986.

Assessing the Social and Economic Impact of a University Medical Center, $50,000 (with Furst and Milward), funded by the University of Kentucky Medical Center, 1985.

Education and Economic Development, $76,000 (with Milward and Laumas), funded by the Governor's Office for Policy and Management, 1985.

Small Business Supporting Services Needs Assessment, $40,000 (with Milward), funded by the Small Business Administration, 1985.

State Cash Flow Management Model, $36,000 (with S. Bretschneider), funded by the Office of Investment and Debt Management, Kentucky Department of Finance, 1981.

An Assessment of Employment Patterns and Projections in Eastern Kentucky, $20,000 (with Walls and Stober), funded by Kentucky Department for Human Resources, 1980.

Evaluation: Process, Impact and Results, $l7,000, funded by the Kentucky Department of Energy, 1979.

Innovation in State Budgeting: Process and Impact, $48,000, funded by National Science Foundation., l978.

Innovations in State Budgeting Processes, $30,000, funded by National Science Foundation, 1976.

Design of Kentucky Budgeting/Evaluation System, $22,000, funded by Kentucky Department of Finance, 1975.

Evaluating Kentucky's Investment Policy, $l7,000, funded by Kentucky Department of Finance, 1974.


Other

Public Management Training Program for the Republic of Kazakhstan, $132,000, U.S.I.A., 1997.

Public Management Training Program for the Republic of Kazakhstan, $142,000, U.S.I.A., 1996.

Public Management Training Program for the Republic of Kazakhstan, $200,000, U.S.I.A., 1995.

Financial Management Certificate Program for Central Asian Republics, $406,000, USAID, 1994.

Public Management Training Program for the Republic of Kazakhstan, $204,000, U.S.I.A., 1994.

Principal Investigator for other grants and contracts totaling some $2.0 million from NASA, IPA, Title I and IX of Higher Education Act and State of Kentucky.


Professional Associations

Member, Bluegrass Chapter, Financial Executives Institute.

Member, American Society for Public Administration

Member, Financial Management Association

Member, Lexington Rotary Club.

Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Member, Association Budgeting & Financial Management


Previous Professional and State Service Activities

Member, Kentucky Consensus Revenue Forecasting Group, 1992-2006
Secretariat, Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM), 1998-2006
Member, NASPAA Finance Committee
President, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
President, Kentucky Chapter of American Society of Public Administration
President, Bluegrass Chapter of Financial Executives Institute, 1992-93
President, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, 1981
President, Association of Directors of Doctoral Programs in Business Administration
Member, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and Vice-Chair, Finance Committee, 1997-2001
Member, Distance Learning Advisory Committee, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 1998-2001
Editor, Growth and Change journal
GMAC (Graduate Management Applications Council) Research Advisory Committee
NASPAA (National Association of Schools of Public Policy & Administration) Standards Committee (1982-85)
Member of NASPAA Executive Committee, (1981-83)
Co-Chair, Task Force on Utility Taxation (joint legislative/executive branch study committee) 1999
Member, Task Force on Utility Regulation (joint legislative/executive branch study committee) 1999-2000
Member, KERA Task Force, 1989-1990



Previous University Service Activities

Director of Graduate Studies, Martin School Ph.D. program, 1997-2004Director of Graduate Studies, Martin School Ph.D. program, 1997-2004
Chairman, University of Kentucky KERA Task Force
Chairperson, University of Kentucky (Lexington Campus) Realignment and Restructuring Task Force, 1992
Director of Graduate Studies, DBA and MBA (1984-89)
University of Kentucky Research Committee (1985-90)
University of Kentucky Faculty Senate (1976-79 and 1981-84)
Center for Business and Economic Research Advisory Committee
Vice-Chairman, University of Kentucky Administrative Structures, Self-Study Committee, 1980
University of Kentucky Equine Research Advisory Board
University of Kentucky Teaching and Learning Advisory Board
Chairman, University of Kentucky Transportation Center Faculty Advisory Board
University of Kentucky Human Development Institute Advisory Board
Advisory Committee, University of Kentucky Survey Research Center
University of Kentucky Futures Committee, 1985-87
Vice-President, University of Kentucky Faculty Club, 1985-87



Other Professional Activities

Consultant to: the Council of State Governments, United States Information Agency (Kazakhstan), Office of Management and Budget, Federal Credit Union Administration, National Governor's Association, National Association of State Budget Officers, Kentucky Department of Energy, Kentucky Technology Council, Inc. and various state and local government agencies regarding budgeting, economic forecasting, and economic development programs.

Reviewed papers for: Southern Economic Journal, Growth and Change, Land Economics, Regional Science Perspectives, Annals of Regional Science, Review of Regional Studies, Public Budgeting and Finance, Municipal Finance Journal, Public Administration Review and Economic Development Quarterly.