Andrew Ballard Author & Editor

Marc Holzer has been a leader in the public productivity and performance field since the early 1970s. He is the founder of the National Center for Public Performance and the editor-in-chief of the international journal Public Performance and Management Review. His more than 600 scholarly publications address a wide range of strategic approaches to the measurement and improvement of public services. Dr. Holzer is distinguished professor at the Institute for Public Service at Suffolk University–Boston, and was the founding dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University. He is a past president of the American Society for Public Administration.

Andrew Ballard is a research fellow and instructor at the Rutgers University–Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration and a contributing fellow at the Suffolk University National Center for Public Performance (NCPP). Andrew’s research focuses on the organizational and psychological barriers to the use of performance information in public organizations. He regularly teaches courses on performance management, applied research design, and public management. Andrew received his doctorate in public administration at the Rutgers University–Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration.