About the Authors
The handbook’s authors were brought together by these partnerships and a common belief that our local governing bodies are the backbone of American democracy and have grown more so with the partisan political gridlock at the national level of government. The authors have spent their careers building local governance capacity. Their independent work in those careers led them to a common and unsurprising conclusion: improving local government performance is more successful when local governments build from a strong working partnership between the senior management team and their elected officials.
Doug Morgan has taken the lead in organizing the Center for Public Service, serving for more than ten years on governing boards and providing training to elected officials and career administrators. He has been the lead author on five books devoted to improving local government, He is a Professor Emeritus of the Public Administration Department at Portland State University.
Terry Moore, co-founder of ECONorthwest, has spent much of his career helping local jurisdictions improve their planning, evaluation and decision-making in the areas of land use, infrastructure, finance, and economic development.
Mike Gleason has spent more than 50 years in local government as a manager of cities and counties in the Pacific Northwest and as a consultant since retirement.
Margaret Banyan is a Research Professor at Portland State University’s Center for Public Service. She has worked with local boards and senior managers to improve local policy-making in Oregon and Southwest Florida. Dr. Banyan is the communicating author for questions on the content of the handbook.
For information on the content of the handbook, contact: mbanyan@pdx.edu.
For information on the content of the handbook, contact: mbanyan@pdx.edu.
For information on CPS technical assistance and training services contact: fultoner@pdx.edu
For information on CPS technical assistance and training services contact: fultoner@pdx.edu