executive leadership — ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 21:05:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 W. Henry Lambright /faculty-experts/w-henry-lambright/ Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:08:52 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=115442 W. Henry Lambright is a Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs and Political Science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Lambright serves as director of the Science and Technology Policy Program of the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration. He is also  a 

His research interests include federal decision-making on space technology, environmental policy, trans-boundary issues, national security, the integration of science with policy, ecosystem management, biotechnology, technology transfer, and leadership issues. Lambright has written scores of articles and has written or edited eight books, including Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration, Powering Apollo: James E. Webb of NASA and Space Policy in the 21st Century.

Some of Lambright’s recent media features include:

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]]> Sean O’Keefe /faculty-experts/sean-okeefe/ Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:07:44 +0000 http://sunews.leibowitz.co/?post_type=faculty-experts&p=103956 Sean O’Keefe is a University Professor at the Maxwell School of Citizen and Public Affairs and the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair of Strategic Management and Leadership. Concurrently, he is a Distinguished Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a partner institution with the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Maxwell School in Washington, D.C..

Professor O’Keefe is the 17th person in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ history to hold the title of University Professor. A longtime public administrator, national security expert and aerospace industry executive, Professor O’Keefe has served in several top leadership positions in the U.S. government, higher education and industry.

Along with the faculty appointments, Professor O’Keefe will play a leadership role in building Maxwell’s partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), including research collaboration, expanding programming and executive education.

Professor O’Keefe’s expertise ranges over a variety of subjects like public management, national security policy and strategy, public finance and public budgeting, financial management, technology development and innovation management, executive leadership, looking ahead with military spending, threat of foreign affairs and terror, space and aviation, and procurement policies.

He is the former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Airbus Group Inc. Immediately prior to joining Airbus, O’Keefe served as a vice president of the General Electric Company following his service as chancellor of Louisiana State University.  On four separate occasions, O’Keefe served as a presidential appointee. Prior to leading LSU, he was administrator of NASA. Earlier, he was deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget at the White House. He also served as secretary of the Navy, following service as comptroller and CFO of the Defense Department.  He began his career after graduate studies at Maxwell as a member of the inaugural class of Presidential Management Intern program, and later joined the US Senate Appropriations Committee staff.

 

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