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Biography
William P. Kittredge is Professor of Public Policy and Finance at Chiang Mai University School of Public Policy. He is on of the few true pracademic’s in the field today. He is known for his practical approach in textbooks, teaching simulations, and class projects. His current research focuses on social enterprise in SE Asia.

His public sector career began in 1982, when he was elected to the governing board of a municipal utility following a major regional industry upheaval. Over the next 15 years, he served in local, metropolitan, and regional positions, primarily in situations that took advantage of the finance and budgeting expertise developed over the years.

Leaving practice in 1997, completed a PhD in Public Administration at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in 2002. After graduation, he joined the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs faculty. During his tenure, he authored a local government budgeting textbook that is still used by the Carl Vinson Institute’s executive education programs, and developed and instructed practitioner courses in finance and policy analysis. His traditional MPA program master’s students completed many projects for local governments and nonprofits, gaining valuable experience while completing course requirements.

Leaving the academy, he joined the US Commerce Department in Washington D.C. His tenure in the Federal service included introducing the Balanced Scorecard at Commerce and representing the U.S. at OECD in Paris.

While in the Federal service, he frequently took adjunct opportunities at local universities, including Johns Hopkins, the University of Baltimore, and George Washington University, teaching doctoral and master’s classes in statistics, public finance, and public policy.

In 2010, he returned to the academy joining the Carnegie-Mellon University faculty, where he taught policy analysis and public finance. His students conducted several analyses that are still used by the government departments that commissioned them.

During semester breaks, he began a consulting practice, which grew into a full time occupation. The demands of the practice required relocation to Bangkok, Thailand in 2012, where he was based for almost 5 years. During slack periods, he also served as content developer and instructor for the Asian Institute of Technology’s Yunus Center and directed several field research studies, including two for the Bloomberg at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Books

 * Finance for the Public Administrator, Skyepack Foundation ISBN:  978-0-9981090-5-3
 * Local Government Financial Condition Analysis, 2nd Edition ISBN-13: 978-1497344594
 * Budget Manual for Georgia Local Government ISBN-13: 978-0898542172
 * We Only Pay the Bills: the Ongoing Effort to Disfranchise Virginia’s Voters Virginia Institute for Public Policy

Selected Publications

 * “State Strategic Planning: Suggestions from the Oregon Experience,” Public Administration   Review
 * “Competitive vs. Negotiated Municipal Bond Sales”, Municipal Finance Journal (19:2, Summer   1998: 1-29)
 * “How Debt Managers View Debt Policies”, Vinson Institute Policy Note, April 2001.