Professional:

• Listed in Who's Who Worldwide, Strathmore Directories, Syosset, NY (2008 Edition)

• Honorary Member, Premiere International Who's Who Registry of Outstanding Professionals, Prestige Press, Hauppauge, NY (2007 Edition)

• Listed inWho's Who in America, 57th Edition, Volume 1, Marquis Who's Who 21st Century Editions, The Chronicle of Human Achievement, New Providence, NJ (2003 to Present)

• Listed in Contemporary American Authors,Vol. 154, Gale Research, Detroit, MI (1997 to Present)

• Listed in the Preservation Directory (of the U. S. and Canada), PreservationDirectory.com, Portland, OR (2005 to Present)

• Listed in Who's Who in Local Government Management, International City/County Management Association, Washington, DC

• Listed in The Writers Directory, St. James Press, Farmington Hills, MI (2003 to Present)

• Listed in International Who's Who Registry of Outstanding Professionals, Prestige Press, Hauppauge, NY (Inaugural Edition of 2006/07)

• Listed in Downtown Revitalization Resource Guide, The Maine Downtown Center, Maine Development Foundation, Augusta, ME

• Listed in Downtown Research & Development Center, Alexander Communications Group, Boonton, NJ

• Founder and Lifetime Benefactor, California City Management Foundation

• Personal Coach, Cal-ICMA Coaching Program, International City/County Management Association, Western Division Office, South Lake Tahoe, CA

• Legacy Leader and Mentor, Emerging Leaders Development Program, International City/County Management Association, Washington, DC

• Professional Advisory Committee, MPA Program, Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration, California State University, Long Beach, CA

• Participant/Presenter, 50th Annual Conference of the Australian Institute of Municipal Management, Canberra, Australia, sponsored by AIMM

• Participant, International City/County Management Association City Manager Exchange Program, United States-Australia, cosponsored by ICMA and AIMM

• Participant/Presenter, First International Symposium on Cutback Management, Bonn, Germany, sponsored by ICMA and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

• Participant/Presenter, Conference of the Great Cities of the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, sponsored by the City of San Juan and USAID

• Participant/Presenter, Distinguished Practitioner Lecture Series, Public Administration Institute, Farleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ

• Platinum Donor, Fund for Professional Management, ICMA, Washington, DC

• Past Chapter President and Lifetime Member, American Society for Public Administration, Washington, DC

Academic:

• Outstanding Alumni Award for 2007, School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University

• Honorary Member, Pi Alpha Alpha, National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration, Washington, DC

• Board of Editors, State and Local Government Review, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2003-present)

• Editor, Book Review Section, The Western Governmental Researcher, Western Governmental Research Association, Los Alamitos, CA

• Editorial Board, The Western Governmental Researcher, Western Governmental Research Association, Los Alamitoss, CA

• Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of the Future, Macmillan Publishing, New York, NY

• Editorial Board, World Encyclopedia of Cities, ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, CA

• First Published Doctoral Dissertation, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA (i.e., Coping with Proposition 13, Lexington Books, Lexington, MA, 1980)

• Taught First Graduate Seminar in Strategic Planning and Management at Rutgers University and Farleigh Dickinson University

Associations:

• Fellow, The Academy of Political Science, New York, NY

• Member, Site Visit Accreditation Team, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), Washington, D.C. Have been involved with Site Visits to the following schools: University of Maine, Orono, ME; University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC; University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO; Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Long Island University, Greenvale, NY; Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ; Suffolk University, Boston, MA; and Oakland University, Rochester, MI

• President, Monterey Bay Chapter, American Society for Public Administration

• President-Elect, Orange County Chapter, American Society for Public Administration

• President, Connecticut Chapter, American Society for Public Administration (2 terms)

• President, Connecticut City and Town Management Association (formerly Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Board Member)

• Guest Journal Article Reviewer: State & Local Government Review (CVILG, UG), Western Governmental Researcher (WGRA), Public Libraries (ALA), and Public Works Management & Policy Journal (George Mason University)

• Book Proposal Reviewer, Book Series in Public Administration and Public Policy, ASPA, Washington, DC.

• Editorial Board, Managing Local Government: Cases in Decision Making and Managing Local Government Services: A Practical Guide, ICMA, Washington, DC

• Judge, The Great Connecticut High School Debate, Co-sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of State and the Connecticut Consortium for Law & Citizenship Education, Hartford, CT

Community:

• Guest Member, Editorial Board, Record-Journal Newspaper, The Record-Journal Publishing Company, Meriden, CT

• Grand Marshal, Daffodils on Parade, 27th Annual Daffodil Festival, Meriden, CT

• President, Placentia Rotary Club, Placentia, CA

• President-Elect, Seaside Rotary Club, Seaside, CA

• President, Placentia Boys & Girls Club, Placentia, CA

• Chairman, United Way Charities Drive, Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA

• Member, Executive Committee, Meriden Economic Development Corporation, Meriden, CT

• Honorary Member, Board of Directors, Regional Chamber of Commerce, Meriden, CT

• President, Clifton Rotary Club, Clifton, NJ

• Co-Chairman, United Way Charities Drive, Clifton, NJ