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20-Apr-2005 08:59 AM
 IREX Q&A Live/Local Govt. Reform & Management Post Reply
LILKA
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STATE ALUMNI (https://alumni.state.gov)





Dear Alumni,



Dr. David Miller, Associate Dean of the Graduate Program in Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Snezana Djordjevic of the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade will simultaneously be live online Thursday, April 28th, 9:30-10:30am Washington, DC time to take alumni questions about reform, management and structure of local government.



David Young Miller, PhD, has served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the City of Pittsburgh from 1996 through 1998.

Dr. Miller also served as Managing Director of the Pennsylvania Economy League, serving the western part of the state. He has developed fiscal recovery plans for the cities of Scranton, Clairton and Duquesne and the boroughs of Wilkinsburg and Braddock. He has also worked as Town Manager for several municipalities and as a private consultant to numerous state and local government entities.



He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Local Government Academy and as the Advisor to the Government Finance Officers Association Budget & Finance Committee. He is also a representative from Allegheny County to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), the region’s metropolitan planning organization. He serves as Co-director of the Graduate Center for Public Policy and Management in Skopja, Macedonia.



Dr. Miller received his PhD in Public Policy Research and Analysis from the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of numerous papers and articles focusing on regional governance, regional financing of urban services, and municipal fiscal distress. Professor Miller is the author of The Regional Governing of Metropolitan America (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002). His current research pursuit is identifying how different political sub-cultures in American society shape the development of regional solutions to local problems.



Please find attached Dr. Snezana Djordjevic’s biography.



Dr. Miller and Dr. Djordjevic co-wrote the article especially for State Alumni, "Local Government Reform and the Nature of Professional Management in Serbia."

I invite you to read the article (also attached) and submit questions/comments that arise from your reading.

Dr. Miller and Dr. Djordjevic will be pleased to answer your questions during the live event.

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