Experience

Elliott School of International Affairs

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Professor of International Affairs

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  As a Research Professor, am currently engaged in grant-funded and other research on the relevance of administrative justice to broader access to justice and anticorruption initiatives, particularly as regards citizens’ labor rights and disputes involving public benefits. Also pursue research on cross-sectoral programming in U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded projects generally, and local government support projects in particular. Currently direct a $1.29m Strengthening Rwandan Administrative Justice program focused on public education on administrative justice via TV and community radio broadcasts (and video dramas), as well as capacity-building of labor inspectors and other relevant front-line public officials from the Ministry of Public Service and Labor. Also help with public outreach regarding the research work being conducted under the umbrella of the Elliott School’s Institute for African Studies. Show less



UMass Boston John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer in International Relations and Senior Fellow, Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2020

  As a Lecturer in International Relations and Comparative Public Administration, and Senior Fellow at the McCormack Graduate School, teach courses on Democratic Governance, Decentralization, and Development as well as Comparative Public Administration. Also conduct research on administrative justice and regulatory reform. Currently PI on a 3-year, $943,000 USAID-funded Administrative Justice program in Rwanda, focused on using data on issues with administrative decisionmaking to inform training for public officials, a public awareness campaign to improve legal aid services and citizen understanding of rights in the administrative process, and legal and procedural reforms. Have undertaken training for USAID officers on administrative law and its relevance to USAID democracy and governance cross-sectoral programming integration efforts. Also have conducted a number of evaluations and assessments for donors such as USAID and the World Bank, including a global rule of law portfolio evaluation for the US State Department, co-authorship of a USAID handbook on democracy and governance cross-sectoral integration for sustainable landscapes programming, a mid-term evaluation of a legal reform project in Myanmar, advisory assistance on a judicial corruption study in the Republic of Georgia, a case study of a hybrid health/local government capacity building project in Uganda, an evaluation of democracy, rights, and governance cross-sectoral programming in Malawi for USAID, and a DRG portfolio review evaluation for USAID in Zimbabwe. Show less



University at Albany, SUNY

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director

  • Jul 2008 - Jan 2015

  Responsible for directing and overseeing the work of an international development assistance center with an average annual budget of $12 million, which carries out overseas technical assistance and research projects under the aegis of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the State University of New York at Albany. The Center’s recent work involved projects focused on legislative development, local government and public management strengthening, and civil society capacity-building; and legal, administrative and regulatory reform in a number of countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Bosnia, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Serbia, Lebanon, Malawi, Cote d’Ivoire, and Rwanda. Was significantly involved in helping oversee implementation and M&E work related to parliamentary and local government strengthening projects in Kenya, Uganda, and Cote d’Ivoire. Personally directed the Center’s involvement in special USAID-and State Department-funded China administrative law reform projects designed to develop provincial and municipal-level administrative procedure regulations, including creation of more open systems for access to government information, rulemaking and policymaking, and administrative decisionmaking. Separately participated in a State Department-funded assessment of rulemaking procedures in several Chinese provincial jurisdictions. Also worked with USAID Democracy, Rights, and Governance personnel on better articulating cross-sectoral integration of Democracy and Governance programming and administrative accountability tools and concepts with other sectoral initiatives and activities. Taught graduate course on administrative law in the Master's of Public Administration Program. Show less



IRIS Center, University of Maryland

• College Park, MD

• Associate Director

  • Oct 2002 - Jun 2008

  Associate Director for 5 1/2 years at a leading research center on economic growth and regulatory reform and provider of consulting services to multilateral and bilateral development assistance agencies, as well as several foundations. Involved in a variety of management and budget responsibilities for the Center and oversaw research and internship activities for several graduate students. Oversaw the work of several long-term field projects in Bosnia, Kazakhstan, and Ecuador, as well as a number of smaller projects in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics. Also authored a number of studies and reports. Key projects included: • Development of governance vulnerability indicators in support of a USAID-funded project charged with analyzing corruption in individual sectors and government agencies in several Eastern European countries; • Led an assessment of the administrative justice system in Macedonia for the World Bank involving considerations of judicial efficiency and access to justice; • Design and implementation of surveys and focus groups on the impact of a four-year assistance project in Bosnia-Herzegovina focused on the streamlining of procedures for small business startup, licensing, and permitting; • Consultancy for USAID/Ecuador on weaknesses of the World Bank’s Doing Business investment environment analytics. • Management of a three-year USAID administrative law reform project in Bosnia on administrative procedure reform and public participation in rulemaking • Co-author of a handbook for USAID on the use of administrative law mechanisms, including public consultation processes, to strengthen democracy and governance programs; • Co-designer and implementer of an assessment and survey of the consequences of public administration and regulatory reforms in Latvia, for the World Bank • Part of an assessment team engaged by USAID/BiH to provide options for future ROL programming,including administrative law and judicial development Show less



Abt Associates

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Jan 1998 - Sep 2002

  Work within the Law and Public Policy Division included research and consulting on a variety of international and domestic legal and public administration projects at one of the largest government research and policy consulting organizations in the United States. Domestic work included large-scale program evaluations (for the National Institute of Justice) of the national Weed and Seed Program and the operation of multijurisdictional drug task forces (both employing mixed methods, including survey and statistical data analysis, as well as key informant interviews and focus groups); lead authorship of a multi-decade study of the development of federal-local law enforcement collaboration in the US; and co-authorship of a study of the operation of private prisons in the US (focusing on a variety of legal and policy questions). International work included technical assistance and evaluation of the quality of police performance in South Africa, using public opinion data, for the South African Police Service; an assessment of legal information dissemination policy options for the World Bank, in connection with a program in Kazakhstan; an assessment of public administration and administrative procedural deficiencies in certain ministries in Georgia; assistance with the design, data collection, and development of indicators for a USAID-funded assessment of commercial law and competition policy reform in Eastern Europe; and an assessment of university-based legal clinics and lawyer-staffed human rights NGOs in Russia for USAID/Russia as part of that Mission’s modification of its human rights strategy. Show less



Chemonics International

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Counsel and Senior Associate

  • Aug 1994 - Dec 1997

  Responsible for overall management and coordination of multi-million dollar global rule of law and commercial law reform contracts with USAID’s Global Bureau, a legal reform and NGO development initiative in Central Asia (including service as Interim Chief of Party in Almaty, Kazakhstan from August 1994-Feb. 1995), an employment discrimination project in South Africa, a legal sector assessment in Indonesia, a competition policy and WTO accession assistance project in Georgia, and preliminary implementation of a judicial training and assistance project in Russia. As corporate counsel, responsible for overseeing legal affairs of a 500-person company, including employment matters and updating of company policies Show less



ABA CEELI

• Washington, DC

• NIS Director

  • 1992 - 1994

  Recruited by the ABA to establish its technical legal assistance program for the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Assistance ranged from development and provision of various commercial law training programs for government officials and practicing lawyers to bar association development initiatives. Directed eight staff members and up to 25 field representatives and legal specialists in providing legal assistance to seven of the former Soviet republics. Responsible for guiding program expansion from $1 million budget in 1992-93 to $4.8 million budget in 1994-95. Show less



Steptoe & Johnson LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Sep 1990 - Aug 1992

  Practiced in the areas of antitrust, trade and investment in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and employment law. For CIS work, assisted with development of several U.S.-Russian joint ventures and advised clients on various subjects, including intellectual property protection, employment law, and Russian arbitration procedure. Practiced in the areas of antitrust, trade and investment in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and employment law. For CIS work, assisted with development of several U.S.-Russian joint ventures and advised clients on various subjects, including intellectual property protection, employment law, and Russian arbitration procedure.



Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• Greater Boston Area

• Assistant Attorney General

  • Sep 1988 - Aug 1990

  Supervised investigations and conducted litigation involving anticompetitive practices under federal and state law. Also advised then-Attorney General James Shannon on antitrust policy in his capacity as Chairman of the Antitrust Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). Supervised investigations and conducted litigation involving anticompetitive practices under federal and state law. Also advised then-Attorney General James Shannon on antitrust policy in his capacity as Chairman of the Antitrust Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG).



Mintz

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Oct 1984 - Aug 1988

  Worked as an associate on a variety of litigation, employment, and public finance matters for a large corporate law firm. Worked as an associate on a variety of litigation, employment, and public finance matters for a large corporate law firm.



U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

• Washington, DC

• Law Clerk to Judge John Pratt

  • Sep 1983 - Sep 1984

  Served as law clerk to Judge John Pratt; wrote opinions on a variety of Federal civil and criminal cases Served as law clerk to Judge John Pratt; wrote opinions on a variety of Federal civil and criminal cases