40 years at the Goldman School
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gspp.berkeley.edu Bringing Truth to Power table of contents
AFTER 40 YEARS THE GOLDMAN SCHOOL STILL LEADS THE WAY in “speaking truth departments to power.” is requires both the pursuit of truth and speaking to the powerful. 10 Faculty Notes As for “truth,” our faculty members engage in exciting public policy: inequality, crimi- nal justice, global warming, energy pricing, voting systems, social welfare policy, hous- 4 13 Student Profile: ing, urban policy, evaluations of teacher quality, “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” early childhood Sharyl Rabinovici education, and many other areas. Our research is published in the highest quality peer- 14 Student Profile: reviewed journals; we have the respect and admiration of our colleagues in the academic 40 years at the Disha Zaidi disciplines — an essential factor if we are to retain credibility and esteem within the 14 From Martha Chavez academy and if we are to claim that we really do speak “the truth.” Goldman School As for “speaking to the powerful,” our faculty bring the results of their research 15 Student Profile: straight into the corridors of power. Gene Bardach, supposedly retired, keynoted “Get- John Mikulin ting Agencies to Work Together” at the annual meeting of the National Association of 16 Event Highlights Welfare Research and Statistics, an association of government o cials and academics. 18 From the Alumni Board Jesse Rothstein just returned from a stint at the federal government and is already mak- 8 At the Top of Their Game ing waves with his analysis of the limits of “value-added” statistical methods for evalu- Insights from Dorothy Robyn, Stan Collender 19 Alumni Perspective: ating teacher quality. Dan Kammen was named Chief Technical Specialist for Renew- and Mickey Levy Pamela Davis able Energy and Energy E ciency at the World Bank — a position that we think of as 20 Class Notes “Energy Czar.” Rob MacCoun is a co-author of a new version of the 1993 RAND report 11 Eugene Bardach 24 Donor List on “Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy” — the report that brought “We owe it all to the students” data and information to the emotional debate on gays in the military. Robert Reich’s 25 From Annette Doornbos new book, A ershock: e Next Economy and America’s Future, was reviewed in the New 12 UC PPIA 26 Executive and York Times Book Review and in many other places. Michael Nacht is back from his post International Programs as Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic A airs where he played a major role in the A Promising Future formulation of the Obama Administration’s nuclear posture review, not to mention his 27 Center for Environmental work in thinking about cyber-warfare. Mike O’Hare’s recent blog posting, “A Letter to 22 Heroes of the New Alumni Challenge Public Policy My Students,” hit a nerve as it pithily discussed reductions in public funding for public Classes of 2005–10 Make a Difference for GSPP higher education. It went viral with tens of thousands of Internet hits. But as they say in the late night advertisements: “ at’s Not All!” We continue to have the best MPP program in the country. Core courses are taught by our core faculty. We o er an array of electives, and we retain an extraordinary sense of community so that students and faculty and sta feel a sense of common purpose. Nowhere was this more evident than in our “introductory exercise” at our first year orientation. John McArthur (PhD ’03), a law- yer with 25 years of experience in oil-and-gas cases, spoke on the BP oil spill. Afterwards, Editor’s Note students and faculty discussed possible public policy solutions. e groups then reported IN PREPARING THIS 40TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE of Policy Notes, I had the unique back and discussed solutions ranging from changing liability laws to much greater regula- pleasure of digging through old photos and negatives (remember those?). What tion (perhaps even takeovers) of the oil companies. The discussion could not have been I found elicited gasps and chuckles. “Was that the Living Room? Look at those better, and we walked away with a sense of the School’s commitment to making the world bell bottoms!” But then, despite the di erences in styles and hairdo’s, something better, and to doing it through ratiocination — not empty rhetoric. struck me as familiar. e earnest intensity on the students’ faces in those old Every day, the Goldman School proves the worth of the academy by building the bridges photos as they studied and debated around the table in the GSPP living room is that must be built between the finest possible academic research (“truth”) and public policy the same intensity I see on the faces of GSPP students today. makers (“power”). GSPP continues — splendidly I believe — with its mission of “Speaking ose rst generations of GSPP grads had grand ambitions, which are now being Truth to Power”. But GSPP also goes beyond this mission because we emphasize at every realized in alumni like Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for turn that our students (and even our faculty) can be leaders themselves. Perhaps we should Installations and Environment for the Department of Defense, Federal Budget Bora Reed think of a new motto. How about: “Bringing Truth to Power”? expert Stan Collender, economist Mickey Levy, and many others who are at the Editor height of their careers. Today’s students have grand ambitions as well, including Disha Zaidi’s hopes to improve women’s rights in Muslim nations or John Mikulin’s aim to implement clean energy technology in the Western US. Our problems as a nation and a planet grow ever more urgent and complex. But the passion and dedication to public service that characterize the Goldman School Henry E. Brady remain unchanged. Here’s to staying power. [email protected] Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
2 POLICY NOTES | FALL 2010 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 3 1970–2010
YEARS AT THE GOLDMAN SCHOOL
TURNS OUT, THE GOLDMAN SCHOOL OWES A SURPRISING AMOUNT TO ROBERT MCNAMARA. Five years after he graduated from UC Berkeley, McNamara entered the Army Air Forces and began using analytical approaches to picking bombing tar- gets in World War II. He was teamed with a number of bright young officers who, upon leaving the mili- tary, decided to sell their collective services to the highest bidder. The Ford Motor Company won. At Ford, McNamara and the group that would come to be known as the Whiz Kids pitted their increasingly distinctive brand of quantitative analysis, with a cen- tral emphasis on cost-benefit analysis and efficiency, against the conventional wisdom of the automobile industry’s old hands. The Whiz Kids won, with McNa- mara as their leader. In 1960, just a few months after his 44th birthday, McNamara was named the first president of Ford from outside the Ford family.
Prof. Lee Friedman lectures in By Jonathan Stein MPP/JD Candidate ’13 Room 105 (1975)
4 POLICY NOTES | FALL 2010 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 5 Two Minutes with Dean Brady
Soon thereafter, McNamara was asked kind of thought skills and action skills,” says was unique. Most of the other schools a multitude of fields — law, political sci- When researching this article, I spent fails, try law. No law school worth its by President Kennedy to become Secretary Emeritus Professor Gene Bardach, who was were renovated Public Administration ence, economics, statistics, sociology, psy- some time with Dean Henry Brady, salt begins by telling you how wonder- of Defense. The Whiz Kids came along, a faculty member at the School’s founding. programs, or new programs established chology, and countless others. All of those who mentioned something he believes ful anarchy is.” bringing to the DoD the set of analyti- “And none of the adjacent academic disci- within an existing school. “We could do it fields have evolved in important ways in is one of the fundamental flaws of Instead, he said, we should be asking, cal tools that would eventually define the plines were quite doing the job.” de novo. We could invent ourselves,” says the last four decades. Some have gained public policy: we define ourselves in “What are the positive aspects of gov- art and science of policy analysis. By the And so GSPP was born. Under the Dean Henry Brady. “It gave us a chance to prominence and made new contributions; the negative instead of the positive. ernment?” We concede half the playing Johnson Administration, even though the leadership of Aaron Wildavsky, then the define the field better than anyone else.” others have receded. “I think it’s time for a “We’re still very much focused on field by accepting that public policy war McNamara was tasked with fighting head of UC Berkeley’s political science We were the most pure. And, by the new synthesis,” says the Dean. this notion that public policy is about only addresses problems that markets was going horribly wrong, the revolution department and one of the top political consensus of GSPP’s long-time residents, The second reason is articulated by identifying market failures. Do we want can’t solve themselves. Says the Dean, he was leading within the federal govern- scientists nationwide, GSPP was created we’ve changed the least. In an appendix to GSPP’s students. “I wouldn’t be happy to be a school of market failure?” he “Let’s start from the presumption that ment was going exceedingly well. Soon, with a strong quantitative core, profes- a book he published in 1979, Aaron Wil- being a policy analyst in 10 years,” one asked. “That’s like a law school being there are some really neat things that every agency and department in the fed- sors committed to policy analysis over davsky laid out a blueprint for how to cre- told me recently. The term, he said, “sug- a school of anarchy failure. If anarchy government can do, and must do.” eral government had an office tasked with their original fields, an emphasis on the ate a school of public policy. Wildavsky gests someone who does not really influ- recreating the Whiz Kids’ methodologies. tools of analysis instead of on the subject described the ideal physical space, the ence decisions.” It is opinion expressed by And this is the point in American his- matters being analyzed, and no ability for ideal faculty, the ideal curriculum, and about half of the second-year students I tional offerings in management outside person who is pushing the decision- tory where necessity became the mother of students to specialize in subfields of pol- the ideal culture and community. GSPP surveyed. If GSPP was founded to create GSPP. And perhaps more importantly, making process themselves.” invention. Public Administration schools, icy. It provided students with the famous meets those ideals as well today as it did highly trained analysts who can serve as she may have to overcome a certain In the end, even the best analysts on well-established but not quantitatively analytical tool kit, hands-on practice, and 40 years ago. resources to decision-makers and policy bookishness and modesty of ambitions Robert McNamara’s staff were limited rigorous, were not producing graduates an understanding of both those disci- So we remain true to our founding entrepreneurs, and we seek to be true to that have sometimes characterized the by his unwillingness to heed their advice capable of staffing these new offices. PhDs plines that predict or evaluate program vision. But is that enough? that mission, we are going to fail students culture of GSPP. about the Vietnam War. Which is why my from quantitative fields had the chops, but performance, like econometrics, and There are two reasons why the answer who want to be decision-makers and The school’s administration acknowl- hope and expectation is that in the next rarely did they want to leave academia for a those disciplines that govern program may be no. The first is articulated by Dean policy entrepreneurs themselves. edges these problems and is beginning 40 years, GSPP will not only continue to job in the federal bureaucracy. And so the implementation, like politics. In short, Brady. “The social sciences have changed, At GSPP, we have several manage- to address them. There’s a new goal lay- train top analysts, but create decision- Ford Foundation decided to fund the cre- the Goldman School was ready to pump government has changed, the world has ment courses, including Professor Rob- ered on top of all the holdovers from 40 makers as well, women and men who, ation of public policy master’s programs out graduates who could analyze and changed,” he told me not long ago. “It’s ert Reich’s class on leadership, but we years ago. “We want people to be able to equipped with GSPP values and training, at eight elite universities. UC Berkeley was solve any problem, in any field. been 40 years — it’s a time to seriously need more. A student with ambitions of get the best policy under the nose of the will make the best possible choices on one such. “There was a political need in The other policy schools created at the rethink what public policy is about.” Policy leading a non-profit organization or a person making the decision,” says Dean behalf of our country and our world. G the United States government for a certain time had the same mission, but GSPP analysis combines the wisdom and tools of government agency has to look for addi- Brady, “but we also want them to be the [email protected]
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The Goldman School of Public Policy and increased efficiency, and by expand- and endangered species. We’re helping to and tactics so that they did what the cli- money managers around the world. He sent its first graduates into the world in ing the supply of renewable and alterna- create a market for new technology. It’s an ent needed them to do.” spends a lot of time clarifying misper- 1970. At the time, it wasn’t just the School tive energies.” incredible time to be here.” Decades of experience have shown Stan ceptions about the implications of fiscal that was in its nascent stage; the disci- Dorothy cites the example of Paul that real world policy making is a far cry policies, of which there are many. He fre- pline of public policy analysis was itself O’Neill, former treasury secretary and Stan Collender (MPP ’76) knew a lot from the idealism typical of graduate quently testifies before Congress, on issues brand new, born from the then-novel idea CEO of the Aluminum Company of about budgets when he graduated from school. “Policy making largely serves the ranging from monetary and fiscal policy that policy should be shaped by rigorous America (Alcoa). “As the head of Alcoa, the Goldman School. Influenced by his political needs of those for which it is done,” to financial conditions and global imbal- analysis. Now, four decades later, Gold- [O’Neill] made safety his top priority and advisor, founding dean and federal bud- he says. “GSPP’s motto — ‘Speaking Truth ances. He recently developed a model of man School alumni inhabit key leadership transformed the entire company,” she get expert Aaron Wildavsky, Stan was to Power’ — assumes (1) that there are supply and demand factors affecting US positions throughout local, state and fed- says. “I want to use energy as the basis “budget before budget was cool.” But he facts and a conclusion that will be accepted bank lending for the Federal Reserve and eral government and the non-profit and for rethinking everything about how we also carried away another important les- by policymakers as the one and only truth Fed Chair Ben Bernanke. His international private sector. For this anniversary issue, build, use and manage our installations.” son from GSPP: The way information is and (2) that power always wants to hear the audiences include organizations like the we spotlight three alumni from the school’s That kind of organizational change is presented is at least as important as the truth. For every so-called objective analysis European Commission in Brussels (where Dorothy Robyn first decade whose varied and eventful challenging, she notes, especially with an information itself. that supports one position, there’s another he recently presented a paper on the euro’s career trajectories have established them organization like the DoD, with its top- “Although the communications tools supposedly equally as objective analysis financial woes and the corresponding nec- at the forefront of shaping national and down, “command and control” culture. we had when I attended GSPP were posi- that supports the other.” essary adjustments), the Bank of Japan international public policy. “It takes a great deal of persistence to tively primitive — this was way before The biggest challenge of this fast- and other central banks. make change in government,” she says. PCs, the internet, IM’ing, cable television, paced and multi-faceted work is finding “I really enjoy doing research and “It was love at first sight,” says Dorothy “It can be lasting change, but it takes tre- cell phones, Twitter, and Facebook — the the time and energy to make informed presenting it to interested audiences, Robyn (MPP ’78, PhD ’83), describing her mendous attention to detail.” principles I learned then still apply,” he decisions, Stan notes. “My world today whether at a conference or to a room of initial impression of the Goldman School. Dorothy has found that the GSPP toolkit says. “Policy analysis that doesn’t change moves much faster than it did during my global policy makers,” says Mickey. “Peo- “I had been working in politics, and I real- doesn’t always translate directly in military opinion might as well not be done.” two years at GSPP,” he says. “I know it ple who work in macroeconomic policy ized that this was politics with substance.” culture. But when adapted appropriately, it Stan brings both his expertise in fed- doesn’t seem likes there’s enough time to and finance tend to be very well trained,” Dorothy is the Deputy Under Secre- can still yield impressive results. Her office’s eral budgeting and economic policy and get a two-week advanced policy analysis he continues, “but sometimes financial tary of Defense for Installation for the approach to military housing, for example, his communication skills to the leader- project done, but that’s an eternity by the practitioners lack the knowledge of how Stan Collender Department of Defense (DoD). She illustrates the power of incentives. “The ship of Qorvis Communications, one of standards I have to use today.” economic policies are formulated and oversees and sets policy for the 500 per- military had chronically underinvested in the top independent communications what the objectives of macroeconomic manent bases on 5000 sites operated by base housing,” she says. “It had become a agencies in the country. He is also the As chief economist for Bank of Amer- policy makers are. That’s where I think I the branches of the US military, along quality of life issue for military personnel founder and principal writer of the eco- ica, Mickey Levy’s (MPP ’74; PhD ’80, U of have an advantage.” with the stewardship of 29 million acres and their families.” Over much opposi- nomic blog, Capital Gains and Games Maryland) job requires in-depth knowl- When asked for his advice for younger of land. Her purview includes every- tion, the building and management of the (www.capitalgainsandgames.com) and edge of global economies, macroeconomic GSPPers, Mickey provides encouragement. thing from base closures to explosives housing was turned over to private devel- a columnist for Roll Call, the Capital policies and how they affect financial mar- “Pursue something you’re interested in safety to the stewardship of over 410 opers. The privatization transformed base Hill newspaper. ket behavior. “Much of my work involves that you think you’ll be good at,” he says. threatened and endangered species that housing for the better. “There’s nothing “My work involves figuring out how analyzing and forecasting US and global “And remember that the way ideas are pre- inhabit military land. But her top prior- inherently governmental about providing to translate and communicate hard- economic performance,” he says. “I con- sented are critically important. That was a ity is energy. that kind of service,” she says. “Privatizing to-understand policies and events into duct economic research and spend a ton very good lesson learned from the School. “The DoD is the country’s largest aligned the incentives.” understandable and appreciated infor- of time analyzing the monetary policies of “Along the way, you’re going to learn a lot energy user,” she says. Three quarters of Her job has many such challenges, Dor- mation,” he says. “It’s especially satisfying the US Federal Reserve and other central about public policy (even from those with- that energy is spent in “theaters of war” othy notes, but is also inspiring. “It’s excit- when a strategy I’ve developed for a client banks, global fiscal policies, and how they out public policy degrees),” he continues. like Iraq and Afghanistan. But the last ing to have the opportunity to shape how is working as planned. That means I had affect capital flows and influence financial “Building a sufficient understanding of quarter — $4 billion a year — is used by the DoD thinks about energy and sustain- to understand the substance of the issue, market behavior.” the larger public policy issues to the point Mickey Levy our permanent bases. My highest prior- ability,” she says. “We’re using our instal- target the correct audiences, know how Mickey then presents his research and where you can initiate ideas and contrib- ity is to improve energy performance, by lations as test beds for emerging building to communicate in a way that reached advises Bank of America executives, as ute to the debate is personally rewarding reducing demand through conservation technologies. We’re caring for threatened those audiences, and manage the team well as global policy makers and major and a lot of fun.” G
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Jesse Rothstein concluded his service as ference of the Cambridge Centre for Hous- Higher Education has asked him to be on the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of ing at Kings College, Cambridge. committee reviewing all the academic gradu- Labor and as senior economist at the Council During 2010, Professor Quigley published ate-level public policy programs in Israel. of Economic Advisers and took up residence academic papers in the Journal of Real At the Association of Public Policy Analy- at GSPP in August. His second son, Andrew, Estate Economics and Finance, the Jour- sis and Management (APPAM) Conference in was born in January of this year. nal of Economic Geography, the Journal of Boston this November, Professor Bardach will Policy Analysis and Management, and the be giving a paper entitled “Who Are We Any- Robert Reich’s latest book, Aftershock: The American Economic Review. how?” Cost-Benefit Analysis and Contested Next Economy and America’s Future, was Symbols of Collective Identity. published September 21 by Alfred A. Knopf. John Ellwood directs the UCB/UCSF site This summer, he taught a three-day work- It shows how inequality of income — with of the Robert Wood Johnson Postdoctoral shop in Mexico for staff from the Mexican more than 23 percent of total income going Program in Health Policy Research. The National Institute of Ecology, on how to be to the top 1 percent of American families — Foundation has renewed the program for better integrated into the policy process. contributed to the Great Recession and con- three more years at a cost in excess of $4 tinues to hurt the US economy, why it has million. The grant covers the costs of six Henry Brady traveled to Kazakhstan in May to also fueled a particularly angry politics, and post-doctoral students, each of who is in give talks in the former capital Almaty (Alma what should be done to return the nation to residence at UC Berkeley and UCSF for two Ata) where he also appeared on national tele- more widely shared prosperity. years. In recent years the Post-Doctoral vision and in the new capital Astana (Akmola, Fellows have gone on to academic appoint- Tselinograd). In Astana he negotiated an Sean Farhang’s book, The Litigation State: ments at UC Berkeley, Harvard University, ongoing arrangement between the Goldman Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the Northwestern University, the University of School and the Academy of Public Adminis- U.S. was released in August 2010 by Prince- Michigan, the University of Texas at Austin, tration. From Astana he went on a 40 hour ton University Press. This fall, he was awarded and Stanford University. train ride from Asia to Europe that went from a grant from the National Science Founda- Professor Ellwood has just finished a two the vast steppes of Asia to the Siberian taiga tion titled, “Litigation versus Administration: year term as chair of the UC Berkeley Aca- and on to the fertile farming lands of Kazan, Implications for Policy and Democracy.” demic Senate Committee on Academic Plan- Tatarstan, Russia just to the west of the Urals. ning and Resource Allocation (CAPRA). He is As President of the American Political Science faculty Eugene Bardach Rucker Johnson’s book, Mothers’ Work and also in his third year as the UC Berkeley rep- Association he made speeches at regional Children’s Lives: Low-income Families After resentative on the system-wide committee on political science meetings in Atlanta, Phila- WE OWE IT ALL TO THE STUDENTS, OF COURSE. Welfare Reform was released earlier this planning and budgets (UCPB). delphia, and San Francisco. He completed his ey were policy is about the speci cs of a very particular, and sometimes year by Upjohn Institute Press. term as head of the national association with the ones who, from the first, in fall 1970, insisted that we had idiosyncratic, context, which may, or may not, render gener- In July, Rob MacCoun published an analysis a Presidential speech on “The Art of Political to develop a real professional education program — practical, alizations useless if not dangerous. Social science prizes cre- John Quigley spent the spring semester on of the marijuana legalization ballot initiative Science” at the association’s annual meetings interdisciplinary, and smart. is was not easy for a faculty ativity, but mainly about theory construction and methods of sabbatical leave at NYU. He is grateful to the (and the related CA Assembly Bill), which he in September in Washington, DC. Over 7,400 who had made successful careers in traditional social science empirical testing – all very simple compared to creating novel Wagner School, the NYU Law School, and briefed in Sacramento with GSPP alumnus political scientists from around the world research and who, by and large, had little practical experience policy designs to deal with policy problems that are often nearly NYU’s Furman Center for hospitality and Beau Kilmer. The study received over 700 attended the meetings. The second, revised research support. Google News mentions, and was included in edition of his co-authored book, Rethinking in either making or advising on policy. intractable. Mutually indi erent seatmates must learn to get He gave the keynote paper at the Con- a Jay Leno monologue on the Tonight Show. Social Inquiry, was published in September, It is not easy to appreciate the vast intellectual and psycho- up and drive the train, fashioning theories to do so that, if not ference on Urban Dynamics in Marbella, He testified in the Log Cabin Republicans v. and a co-authored article on “Weapons of the logical gulf between the professional practice of social science exactly integrated, are nevertheless complementary and close to Chile in March and presented a paper on US trial in Riverside, CA, which ruled that Strong? Participatory Inequality and the Inter- and the professional practice of policy analysis, especially the comprehensive. You would not want to miss some angle on the the economic returns to energy-efficient “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” is unconstitutional. He net” appeared in Perspectives on Politics. The kind of policy analysis which the faculty envisioned (some- problem or the potential remedies that would cause policy to investments at the Symposium on Urban- is currently part of the RAND team updating news media and blogs picked up on this arti- ization and Housing in Asia at the National their 1993 report on gays and the military for cle’s finding that the Internet, far from increas- what vaguely). In the social sciences, the objective was (is) the crash and burn. Unlike traditional social science, if you get it University of Singapore, also in March. He the Department of Defense. ing political equality, actually reinforces exist- accumulation of true, if general, propositions about how the wrong in policy, real damage can ensue. presented a paper on the green revolution ing patterns of high participation among the world really works. “Truth” is to be determined largely by pass- My own personal connection with all this came initially in the in building at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dan Kammen was appointed the Chief rich and well-educated and low participation ing through a lter of statistical signi cance. Ideally, these true Introduction to Policy Analysis (IPA). Originally (1972) it was Cleveland and a related research paper at Technical Specialist for Renewable Energy among those with less money and education. propositions are to be conceptually integrated under the rubric a vehicle to bring students in touch with two really great policy the US Green Building Council in April. and Energy Efficiency for the World Bank. In of one or another theory, the whole process to be guided by the minds. Aaron Wildavsky, the founding dean, o ered political He spoke on prospects for the hous- addition, he spoke at BusinessClimate 2010 ing market at the UC Berkeley Economic alongside Sir Richard Branson and former experience and norms of an established discipline, such as eco- insight and rough-edged Brooklyn charm. Bill Niskanen served Roundtable in New York in April and in sev- Costa Rican president Jose Figueres and at nomics or political science or sociology. Because phenomena up rigorous, penetrating lessons in benefit-cost analysis and eral venues in Washington in April and May. the Cookstove Summit with UN Secretary are multi-faceted, for each facet there can be one or more theo- Chicago-economics skepticism about the role of government. Professor Quigley’s research group was General Ban-ki Moon and Nigerian President ries. It is usually not easy to integrate these theories. But never By 1976, staff changes had me and Frank Levy, of the Berkeley voted the 2010 Award of Research Excel- Goodluck Jonathan. mind: they can just sit side by side, like seatmates on a train. Economics Department, teaching the course. Frank invented lence from the United Nations Environmen- tal Program (UNEP) in support of its Prin- Eugene Bardach gave the keynote at the Policy analysis is pretty much the opposite. Good policy what subsequently became the bedrock of the class, the group- ciples of Responsible Investment. Professor annual meeting of the National Association is not just about passing a statistical test but about passing a based eld project for a real client about a real problem. e rst Quigley received the award at a ceremony of Welfare Researchers and Statisticians, benefit-cost test. In any case, truth about the past and present year’s worth of projects were all contributed by agencies from sponsored by UNEP in Copenhagen in May. in Los Angeles. Title: “Getting Agencies to is irrelevant unless it can be converted into insights about the the City of Oakland. Alas, we had no real method or approach He recently gave the keynote paper on Work Together: It’s about How Well, Not Just likely future, which can be known only speculatively. Generality recovery in the housing market at the con- about How Much” The Israel Committee on can be important when policy is general; but much more often Cont’d. on page 28
10 POLICY NOTES | FALL 2010 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 11 UC PPIA: Equipping the Best students Sharyl Rabinovici
and the Brightest for Public Service By Sharyl Rabinovici PhD Candidate Most people will agree that earth- Echaveste, former advisor to President Bill Clinton and current quakes are a serious problem but offer Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. a host of reasons why they haven’t done Along with the rigorous curriculum, PPIA is also an important anything about it personally: professional networking opportunity. Students attended site vis- “My building survived Loma Prieta its at the City of San Francisco, City of Oakland, the Greenlining without a crack.” Institute and the U.S. Government Accountability Office. In addi- “If it’s going to happen, it’ll happen. tion, students had the opportunity to hear from GSPP alumni There’s nothing I can do about it.” like Daniel Lurie (MPP ’05), CEO and Founder of Tipping Point “I’ve thought about doing something Community, who shared with PPIA students how his non-profit but just never found the time.” organization is working to eradicate poverty in the Bay Area; and These kinds of comments can seem Margaret Salazar (MPP ’06), Presidential Management Fellow at like a discouraging dead-end for a stu- the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, who is dent of public policy. After all, the poli- tackling housing and economic development issues at the federal, cymaker’s toolkit for combating psy- state and local levels of government. chological forces like over-confidence, As these promising students graduate and become leaders, fatalism, and procrastination is mea- they will be connected to a dynamic national and international ger and poorly-developed at best. We community with a shared commitment to public service. The could use a subsidy to lower the costs The college juniors who arrive at GSPP each summer friendships formed during a PPIA summer often last a lifetime, of mitigation, but neither economists as part of the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) and many of the 2010 Fellows noted the advantage PPIA offers or seismic experts can agree on how big Junior Summer Institute are always an outstanding and high their future academic and career aspirations. it should be or to whom it should go My study, a first of its kind, explores retrofit. My hypothesis is that individual caliber group of students, and 2010 was no exception. Selected For many of the Fellows, like Isaac Lara, PPIA has solidified to and how. Furthermore, at the heart the beliefs of these “mom & pop” prop- differences and social perceptions will from among hundreds of applicants for their demonstrated pub- their interest in pursuing graduate studies and a career in public of the earthquake paradox is a lack of erty owners regarding earthquake play as much or more of a role than eco- lic service and commitment to underserved communities, the service. “Because of PPIA, I am now sure that I will be applying political will to devote public money to safety and documents their behavior nomic and risk considerations. Overall, 30 college juniors spent seven weeks intensively studying eco- for a joint MPP/JD,” says Isaac. “I am now also interested in run- the issue before a big event. in response to the policy. Many are my findings will be relevant to the design nomics, quantitative methods, law, and policy analysis and com- ning for political office. Politics seems more appealing knowing In 2005, the City of Berkeley adopted first or second generation immigrants of policy interventions for a wide range munication. The program is designed to prepare college juniors that there are other competent PPIA fellows in the policymak- a new policy approach aimed at a par- and families who are relying on these of issues such as promoting vaccina- for graduate school in public policy, international affairs and ing arena who would be working with me.” ticularly hazardous building type known precarious properties for their current tions, genetic testing for disease suscep- law, and to encourage them toward careers in public service. Besides the academic, professional and personal benefits, as “soft-story” wood frame construc- income or retirement. Using interview tibility, wise use of credit and insurance, In 2011, the PPIA Junior Summer Institute will celebrate its 30th PPIA Fellows are guaranteed fellowships to pursue Master’s tion. The law requires over 300 owners and survey data I’ve collected from over civic volunteerism, charity giving, or anniversary. “GSPP is the only school that has had the program degrees in Public Policy and International Affairs at the top of suspected soft-story 5+ unit apartment 50 individuals, I am developing a rich, adoption of water and energy conserva- throughout its 30-year history,” says Martha Chavez, Assistant Dean public policy schools in the country. The PPIA Program con- buildings to warn tenants, post a warn- qualitative picture about how these tion measures. Learning how to change of Academic Affairs at the Goldman School. “We’re very proud to tinues to be an important vehicle to increasing the pipeline ing sign, and have a professional engineer stakeholders think about earthquakes minds and behavior through qualitative host the longest standing program of its kind in the nation.” towards public service. PPIA alumni will go on to become the evaluate their building. Five years later, a and how they frame their decisions and applied policy research can be a slow “The PPIA fellows were a wonderfully diverse mix of politi- future leaders of our nation and world, and we look forward remarkable 20% of the owners have vol- about whether, how much, and when to and risky process. Let’s hope it’s a faster cal, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds,” says Isaac Lara, to their future contributions in public service. In celebrating its untarily made structural upgrades even invest in seismic safety. I am also inter- one than the geologic processes that are a political science and Latin American literature major from 30th year anniversary, PPIA has much to be proud of. though the law did not require them to viewing city officials and some of the already in motion to create the next big Columbia University. “Encountering like-minded students A major PPIA celebration is being planned for July 2011 in take that extra, often costly step. Equally property managers and engineers that Bay Area earthquake. G from different walks of life who were equally concerned with Washington, DC. interesting, 50% submitted the required these owners relied upon for advice on [email protected] social responsibility was particularly refreshing.” For more information about the PPIA Program, visit: study but did nothing further, even whether and how to do a retrofit. “This year’s curriculum was more rigorous than ever,” says http://gspp.berkeley.edu/ppia/. G though their own engineer confirmed the The project is exciting because it con- Martha, “and the caliber of teaching was unparalleled.” PPIA City’s assessment that their building has a tributes to policy and theory related to policy modules included a class on Race, Crime and the Law structural flaw. About 10% of the owners socially-important but “private” precau- This research is being funded by a with Professor Steven Raphael, on International Economic The 2010 PPIA Junior Summer Institute was made possi- were mistakenly put on the initial list — tionary behaviors. Other Bay Area cities fellowship from the Earthquake Engi- Development and Poverty with Professor Alain de Janvry, ble, in part, by a generous gift from GSPP Board of Advi- half were administratively mis-character- are actively struggling with how to help neering Research Institute (EERI)/ and on Leadership and Strategy with Professor Robert Reich. sors member, Steve Silberstein. Steve is a graduate of UC ized in some manner and half were able owners identify and strengthen seismi- Federal Emergency Management Through a partnership with Berkeley Law School, the pro- Berkeley (BA Economics, MLS School of Information) and to prove the building was not “soft-story”. cally-vulnerable buildings. At the same Agency (FEMA) National Earthquake gram also included law seminars on Constitutional Law by a founding member of the Goldman School Board of Advi- The remaining 20% are shirking (and time, this research will shed light on the Hazards Reduction Program and a Professor Goodwin Liu, Same-Sex Marriage Law by Professor sors. GSPP gratefully acknowledges Steve’s ongoing vision, remain unpunished for doing so, despite relative influences of personality, social dissertation improvement grant from Melissa Murray, International Human Rights Law by Professor commitment and support for the School and its programs. provisions for hefty fines that the City has perceptions, economic, and risk percep- the National Science Foundation. Kate Jastram, and a fantastic lecture on careers in law by Maria chosen not to levy so far). tions on whether owners do or do not
12 POLICY NOTES | FALL 2010 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 13 students An Internship for Women’s Rights students Clean Energy & Climate Change
a project on monitoring and evaluation By John Mikulin MPP Candidate ’11 EV deployment strategy development for why so many people are frustrated focusing on social justice for women in AFTER NEARLY SEVEN YEARS working for the Paci c Southwestern U.S., biogas by the pace and rigidity of public agency Muslim communities in Afghanistan, with California’s most inuential environ- technology assessment and air quality decision-making processes. That said, if Pakistan, and Bangladesh. is project mental policy stakeholders and decision planning, and emerging vehicle emis- one believes in the mission of an agency, exposed me to both the advantages of makers as Project Manager of California sions reduction tech- as I do with USEPA, it working with eld o ces in Asia and Environmental Dialogue (CED), I was nology assessment. is important to remain some of the challenges faced due to the able to identify the United States Envi- My transition from cognizant of the pur- lack of proximity to project implementa- ronmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA’s) the non-profit sector to pose and intent of pro- tion sites from Washington, DC. Region 9 office in San Francisco as a highly the public agency sector cess requirements rela- My summer internship strengthened desirable place to pursue my future career brought a number of tive to the impact and my commitment to working in and and public policy goals. I hope to focus my challenges. Most appar- import of the related exploring the many faces of social justice post-graduate work on clean energy and ent was the vast size of agency decisions. movements, and women’s rights activism climate change program implementation the USEPA bureau- My internship expe- around the world, especially in the Mus- in the western U.S. With this goal in mind, cracy versus the small, rience con rmed my lim world. In current times, when the it seemed logical to pursue USEPA, Region close-knit professional choice for the next media does little to highlight the work 9’s Clean Energy & Climate Change Office environment that I had step in my professional of Muslim women activists, I would like for my summer internship. enjoyed in my position development. Anyone to draw inspiration from women activ- During the course of my volunteer as CED Project Man- interested in working ists like Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize internship, and in my current posi- ager. Coming from a on environmental pol- winner from Iran in 2003), Zainab Salbi tion as a Student Career Experience non-profit organiza- icy development and (founder of Women for Women Interna- Program (SCEP) Trainee in Region 9’s tion with six full-time implementation while By Disha Zaidi MPP Candidate ’11 joined GSPP, I also thought it would be tional), and Zainah Anwar (founder of Clean Energy & Climate Change Office, employees to a federal agency with over living in the San Francisco Bay Area, I HAVE A STRONG INTEREST in working important to understand both the grant- Sisters in Islam in Malaysia). My intern- I have had the opportunity to work on eighteen thousand employees required would be hard-pressed to find a more on women’s rights issues in the interna- or’s perspective and the grantee’s. ship experience had a strong impact a number of di erent projects and pro- me to make signi cant adjustments to my desirable location than USEPA, Region tional context, preferably focusing on e diversity of the type of work I on my choices for classes this semester, grams for USEPA. At the present time, expectations of organizational e ciency 9. While full-time employment opportu- South Asia or the Middle East. So my sum- engaged in over the summer made the motivating me to study international my primary issues of emphasis are clean and flexibility. Whereas my non-profit nities at this o ce are extremely scarce, I mer internship with the Asia Foundation experience very rewarding. I assisted in human rights and program evaluation. diesel incentives, electric vehicle (EV) experience provided an excellent example cannot think of a better place for GSPP in Washington, DC was a strong t. e writing a proposal for funding business- I hope to build a skill set that will allow deployment strategies, and biogas per- of a quick and exible model for organi- students to access the highest possible Asia Foundation works on a multitude of women in the medium and small-scale me to continue working in the arena of mitting solutions. Some of my speci c zational decision-making, my experience level of U.S. domestic environmental issues like governance, civil society, eco- enterprise sector in Indonesia, ailand, women’s rights issues and social justice projects include: West Coast Collabora- at USEPA proved that the agency was at policy decision-making while residing nomic development, and women’s rights and the Philippines; analyzed political across the world. G tive (WCC) stakeholder outreach, Con- the opposite end of that spectrum. While in one of the world’s most beautiful and in almost twenty Asian countries. Having economy approaches of international [email protected] gressional outreach on Diesel Emissions I did expect to encounter this circum- diverse metropolitan areas. G worked in the non-profit sector before I donor agencies; and also assisted with Reduction Act (DERA) implementation, stance, I now have a better appreciation [email protected]
from the desk of Martha Chavez
than 40 students, today the MPP enter- career workshops and professional devel- and a new set of networking events this How do we promote continuous improve- be in great demand for summer intern- Martha Chavez is ing class is now closer to 80 students per opment seminars to ensure the greatest Fall in Sacramento, California. is year ment of student services? Not only are we ships and full-time jobs. We are seeing the Assistant Dean year. With this remarkable growth, the positive career bene ts for our students. will mark the 4th annual GSPP Network- encouraging students to cast a wider net close to 100 percent placement rates, and for Academic Affairs Student Services team has created more We also reach out and make connections ing Events Programs in Washington DC of employment prospects, but we are also that is due to our stellar students, superior e cient, e ective and targeted advis- with the most sought-after employers to with site visits at the World Bank, U.S. encouraging them to start their career curriculum and phenomenal student ser- ing, career and networking opportuni- meet our students’ needs. O ce of Management of Budget, Govern- searches as early as possible. is year, we vices. Our students’ professional futures ties. How do we ensure the most optimal e result? Based on student career ment Accountability O ce and the Cen- began career orientation and workshops are bright! We look forward to continuing TIMES HAVE CERTAINLY CHANGED at student services? Like any good policy interests and feedback, we provide com- ter for Budget and Policy Priorities. We during math camp—three weeks before to support their professional aspirations, GSPP since 1970. However, the superior school, we design survey instruments to prehensive employer connections in all also held a site visit at the California Leg- the start of the school year. Our goal is and we encourage alumni and friends of quality of students, amazing collegiality, collect data on our students’ academic, sectors and draw upon both domestic and islative Analyst’s O ce, a GSPP Alumni to maximize opportunities for our stu- the school to be involved. G and unquestionable commitment to pub- professional and career interests. Based international opportunities. Our e orts panel at the California State Capitol and dents to ensure their academic and pro- [email protected] lic service continues to be as strong as on the survey data, we develop strategic have resulted in expanding our connec- a networking happy hour to increase con- fessional success. Despite the economy, ever. While GSPP’s rst classes had fewer and customized networking programs, tions in the Washington, DC metro area nections between students and alumni. our students and graduates continue to
14 POLICY NOTES | FALL 2010 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 15 event highlights
The Politics of Housing Policy Sheila Crowley, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition spoke to a capacity crowd at “The Politics of Housing Policy 2010” sponsored by the Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy. “Sheila Crowley has been a good friend to housing studies at Berkeley, and a tireless champion in Washington for the causes of a ordability and assisted housing for over a generation,” says Larry Rosenthal, GSPP Adjunct Faculty and Executive Director of the Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy. “ e very enthusiastic turnout shows that housing policy remains among the liveliest topics as we continue to navi- gate this economy out of recession.”
Presumed Guilty Enthusiastic audience response From le : Howard and Candy Friesen greet James Baird (MPP candidate ’11) and greeted the final credits of doctoral students Roberto Hernandez and Layda Negrete at the screening of Presumed Presumed Guilty. Guilty, a documentary by Roberto and Layda on the Mexican judicial system.
Percy Tannenbaum Memorial From left: Brocha Tannenbaum, Homecoming 2010 Michael Nacht Lecture e Goldman School commemorated the distinguished career of Professor Percy Tan- Dean Henry Brady, Nili Tannebaum, Dean Henry Brady, Professor Bruce Cain and Sunne Wright Peter Hart, veteran pollster and GSPP Board of Advi- nenbaum (1927–2009) with the installation of a memorial plaque in his honor. Professor Brian Tannenbaum McPeak, President and CEO of the California Emerging Tech- sors member, addressed “ e Mood of America and the Tannenbaum taught at GSPP from 1970 until his retirement in 1992. From 1979–84, he nology Fund addressed “Big Ideas to Fix the Golden State,” as 2010 Elections,” at the inaugural Michael Nacht Distin- also directed the Survey Research Center. Professor Tannenbaum was a distinguished part of UC Berkeley’s 2010 Homecoming weekend. The panel guished Lecture on Politics and Public Policy. scholar and an expert in the social psychological aspects of communications. discussion was moderated by Richard “Dick” Beahrs (’68). The event was co-sponsored by GSPP and the Cal Class of ’68.
16 POLICY NOTES | FALL 2010 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 17 alumni board Ways to Connect alumni Setting a New Standard
New Board Members Development SOMETIMES THE INTRODUCTION TO POLICY ANALYSIS (IPA) On behalf of the GSPP Alumni Association Board of Direc- e Alumni Association Board of Directors assisted GSPP with is just a project you do in public policy grad school. And some- tors, we want to thank all alumni who voted in this year’s Board fundraising e orts by helping the School to encourage alumni times it changes your life. of Directors Elections. e ballot included eight alumni run- from classes 2005–2010 to donate through a challenge-match In the spring of 1986, Pamela Davis (MPP ’87) and two other ning for ve open slots. We are pleased to welcome the ve new program known as the New Alumni Challenge. e Develop- fellow students were tasked with writing a report on the insur- Board members elected to 3-year terms: ment Committee of the Board, led by committee chair, Deborah ance crisis. “ e insurance industry had huge structural prob- ■ Christine Frey MPP 2010 Kong (MPP ’07), implemented an extensive year long outreach lems,” Pamela says. “Being asked to describe it was like being ■ Mark Hoffman MPP 1975 campaign to alumni from 2005–2010 and enlisted Captains to asked to describe today’s nancial crisis. It was enormous and ■ Balu Iyer MPP 2000 lead each class in this fundraising e ort. In addition, the com- complex. But it got me interested in the insurance business.” ■ Nathan Kuder MPP 2008 mittee developed a Networking & Fundraising Event Toolkit e IPA eventually led to a thesis on why nonpro t organiza- ■ Adam Van de Water MPP 2001 which was distributed to alumni who were interested in hosting tions couldn’t nd a ordable insurance in California. “Every- a fundraising event on behalf of the school. As a result, success- one assumed that nonpro ts were bad risks,” says Pamela. “My To view the current and new Board members’ biographies, please ful fundraising events were held in San Francisco, Oakland, and thesis showed that the problem was with the cyclical man- visit http://gspp.berkeley.edu/alumni/gsppaa_boardbios.html. Washington, DC in support of the Challenge. ner in which insurance companies conducted their business. anks to all alumni who donated to GSPP, both through the I o ered the alternative that nonpro ts band together and New Alumni Directory Challenge and the Annual Fund. For more information on the insure themselves.” GSPP has implemented a new version of the on-line Alumni New Alumni Challenge, please see page 22. After graduation, Pamela continued her pursuit of provid- Directory featuring live directory updates and improved data ing quality insurance for nonpro ts. “I realized I could use features that will help us to increase connections among our Alumni Activities my mix of entrepreneurial, technical and quantitative skills to community! e Alumni Board provided input and suggestions, Together with the School, board members worked with alumni do something good for the community,” she says. “Of course, and also pilot tested the new database before going live. e in Los Angeles and Boston to organize alumni events in those whether this ‘insurance pool’ was actually possible was the Directory has always been a useful tool for connecting members two cities, to give newly-admitted GSPP students for Fall 2010 looming question.” of the GSPP community. We encourage you to use the database an opportunity to network with local GSPP alumni. e events At the onset, Pamela faced three major obstacles: the need to reconnect with classmates, plan regional alumni events, and were both a resounding success, by providing an opportunity for capital, reinsurance (a larger rm willing to take on a share network with other alumni. Our information is extremely valu- for alumni to network and an avenue for prospective students to of the liability) and data. “We couldn’t get capital until we got able, particularly for current GSPP students who use the data- ask questions about their graduate school experience at GSPP. reinsurance,” she remembers. “ e reinsurers wanted data to base to identify and network with alumni regarding internships, The Board would like to thank Nathan Kuder ’08 (Boston) and show that nonpro ts were good risks. But the data wasn’t read- APAs, and post-graduate employment opportunities. Noah Bookman ’05 and Arturo Vargas-Bustamante ’04/PhD ’08 ily available. We had to work on all fronts at the same time.” Please take time now to update your alumni records (Los Angeles) for their support in organizing these events. She credits her early success to hard work and, to a certain and contact information at http://gspp.berkeley.edu/alumni/ extent, youthful naiveté. “If I knew then all that I know now, alumnidirectory.html. Contact Us the endeavor might have intimidated me,” she says. “But I was e upgraded directory includes the following new features: If you would like to contact the Board with comments, ques- young and didn’t know what couldn’t be done.” ■ Individual usernames and passwords for each alum tions, or to discuss the work of the Association, please contact In 1989, Pamela founded the Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance ■ Live directory updates us at [email protected]. of California (NIAC), a “charitable risk pool” which aggregates ■ Forgotten password retrieval and the insurable risks of its member organizations and provides ■ Increased security risk management services, with the view of returning pro ts in the form of dividends back to its members. “ ink of us as touched by that moment,” remembers Pamela. “Professor Tan- Please contact Cecille Cabacungan ([email protected]) if a credit union for insurance,” Pamela says. “We are governed nenbaum invited me to his lovely home a few months later and you are having problems using the alumni directory. by our members and exist only for them. But in many other we had a wonderful, lively discussion about what it took to get ways, we function just like an insurance company, providing NIAC o the ground.” [Editor’s note: GSPP recently honored the the same services and competing with the largest for-profit late Professor Tannenbaum with a memorial plaque in GSPP firms.” In 2001, the Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance (ANI) West. See Events, page 14.] was formed to implement the model in other states. ANI and “I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished at NIAC and its member organizations now insure more than 10,000 non- ANI,” says Pamela. “We’ve changed the liability insurance profits in 25 states and employ more than 65 staff. Pamela is market for nonpro ts and set a standard that others need to President and CEO of NIAC, ANI and its a liates. meet. In the process, we’ve helped a lot of amazing organiza- At the 2004 Alumni Dinner, GSPP presented Pamela with tions that reach out and do wonderful work to build our com- an Award for Policy Innovation. Professor Percy Tannenbaum, munities and help the most fragile among us.” G her thesis advisor, presented the award. “I was unbelievably pdavis@insurancefornonpro ts.org.
18 POLICY NOTES | FALL 2010 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 19 CLASS NOTES
Claudia Johnson (MPP/MPH ’92) presented Abel Guillen (MPP ’01) was named Co-Chair Joe DuCote (MPA ’68) delivered a talk at Jennifer Miller Gaubert (MPP ’05) works Nina Erlich-Williams (MPP ’04) and her Haifeng Huang (MPP ’02, PhD ’09, Duke) a workshop at the ABA Equal Justice Con- of Oakland’s United Democratic Campaign. the Institute of Urban and Regional Devel- for the social policy research firm MDRC, family moved up to Corvallis, Oregon after recently completed a one-year Postdoc ference May 2010 on how courts and Professionally, he was also promoted to opment entitled, “The Challenge of Inter- specializing in implementation research, a few years in Santa Barbara. She and her position at Princeton University and is now self help centers are using technology Senior Vice President of Caldwell Flores preting the Effects of Climate Change on program management, and family and chil- husband, Sev, continue to run Public Good an assistant professor in political science to help those without lawyers. She was Winters, Inc., based in Emeryville, CA. Large Infrastructure Systems.” He is Senior dren’s policy. Jennifer and her family are cur- PR (publicgoodpr.com), a strategic commu- at UC Merced. His main research interests joined by New York State Courts, Alaska Managing Director of Sutter Securities, Inc. rently based in Muscat, Oman and welcome nications firm specializing in non-profits and are political economy, applied game theory, Courts and Minnesota Courts and shared In June 2010, Dale Robinson Anglin (MPP hearing from other GSPPers in the Middle green companies. and Chinese politics. information on web chat, online document ’88) was selected as one of 15 members of Shira Gans (MPP ’07) is a policy analyst for East. [email protected]. assembly and hotlines as delivery tools for the inaugural class of the Council on Foun- the Manhattan Borough President Scott Betsy Baum (MPP ’06) became Director of Ray Domanico (MPP ’79) has started a new legal information. dations — Career Pathways Philanthropic M. Stringer. This past July Shira launched Nicole Poimiroo Coburn (MPP ’03) was Operations at See Change, Inc., a program position as Director of Education Research at Claudia also led a discussion during the Leadership Pipeline Expansion Program. The a program called “Bank On Manhattan,” a promoted to Senior Manager at Harvey M. evaluation firm based in San Francisco. NYC’s Independent Budget Office. IBO was Self Represented Litigants Network confer- goal of this year-long program is to increase public/private partnership aimed at helping Rose Associates, LLC, a public sector man- empowered by the state legislature to produce ence May 11 2010 in Arizona on e-filing as the number of candidates from diverse low-income New Yorkers open low-cost safe agement consulting firm, in September. Joe Radding (MPP ’82; EdD ’10 UC Davis) independent assessments of the city school it related to self represented litigants and backgrounds, in the leadership pipeline, who checking accounts. Learn more about it at received a Doctor of Education degree in Edu- system and the impact of its reform efforts. those represented by legal aid and pro are considered, appointed, and retained in www.bankonmanhattan.com. The program Merav Zafary-Odiz’s (MPP ’00) husband cational Leadership from U.C. Davis in June bono lawyers. The National Center for State senior and executive philanthropic positions. is based on a national model that started Eldad, and son Oz (who is now two years old) 2010. He was also promoted in June 2010 to Kevin Gurney (MPP/MS ’90, PhD ’04, Colo- Courts joined her in the presentation. Dale currently is a program officer with the in SF and that she first learned about dur- welcomed a baby girl, Omer, on June 23rd. Administrator of Intersegmental Relations at rado State) has taken a position as associ- Claudia organized a presentation by the Victoria Foundation in Glen Ridge, NJ. ing her IPA at SF City Hall. In other exciting the California Department of Education. ate professor with tenure at Arizona State DOJ, COR unit on language access obliga- news, she was profiled in New York’s City Paul Staley (MPP ’80) may have left the University, School of Life Sciences. He was tions by courts during the SRLN confer- Leah Wilson (MPP ’98) is an attorney with Hall News’ annual “Rising Stars: 40 Under policy arena as his source of employment a Amy Rader Olsson (MPP ’95) has been awarded the Sigma Xi 2010 Young Investi- ence. COR is the unit that oversees DOJ, the State of California’s Administrative Office 40” issue. In her capacity as Borough Presi- long time ago, but he has stayed involved appointed as the coordinator of a research gator award and was awarded the National law enforcement, immigration agencies of the Courts. She is the mom of 3 children, dent’s food policy analyst, she was the key- in the discussion as a regular contributor cluster for urban sustainability at the Royal Science Foundation CAREER award 2009. and their compliance with non-discrimina- and ran for the Berkeley School Board. note speaker at the Connecticut American to the Perspectives series of commentaries Institute of Technology, Stockholm. tion policies. Paul Uyehara from DOJ was www.wilson4berkeleyschoolboard.com Farmland Trust’s Food Summit. on KQED-FM. When he’s not pontificating, [email protected] Mitchell Bard’s (MPP ’83, PhD ’87, UCLA) the main speaker during this session. he runs a small real estate investment busi- new book, The Arab Lobby: The Invisible Alli- The College of Law Practice Manage- Ian Hart (MPP ’05) and his husband, Nick, Mitali Perkins’ (MPP ’87) latest book, Bam- ness and continues to live in San Francisco. Peter Linquiti (MPP ’83) has gone back to ance That Undermines America’s Interests in ment awarded her team’s project, LawHelp welcomed their son Jacob Henri into the boo People, was released this summer by He and his wife, Cathie, celebrated their 32nd school (George Washington U) to get his the Middle East, was published by Harper- Interactive, the prestigious 2010 InnovAc- world on June 30. He was born 5 lbs, 13 oz, Charlesbrige. It is a novel for middle-school- anniversary this year and their three sons are PhD in public policy. His interest is in form- Collins, as was the paperback edition of 48 tion Award. LawHelp Interactive is part of 19" in York, Pennsylvania. ers set in modern-day Burma and is the story all grown and off the domestic payroll. Their ing and managing portfolios of public-sec- Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/ Pro Bono Net, which provides resources for of two boys — one forced to fight and the son, Max, just started a PhD program at UC tor investments in R&D for new energy tech- Dawn of the Holocaust (Lyons) attorneys working with low income clients. Corey Newhouse’s (MPP ’03) company, other to flee. Bamboo People was named a Berkeley in European Intellectual History. nologies. He is also teaching an MPA course Finally, she is leading a panel at the Public Profit, has just completed an evalu- Junior Library Guild Selection and received a on policy analysis. Jeff Colgan (MPP ’02, PhD ’10, Princeton) National Legal Aid and Defenders Asso- ation of Oakland’s publicly-funded after Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review. How do people choose where to live in completed his PhD in international relations, ciation Annual Meeting, in Atlanta Geor- school programs. She was happy to find the Bay Area, and what are the implica- Amy (Boone) Vierra (MPP/MS ERG 2005) focusing on oil geopolitics. In September, he gia, on the topic of e-filing and access to that these school- and community-based Karen Pollitz (MPP ’82) left George- tions for local communities and residential and her husband, Erik, welcomed their first joined the faculty at American University’s courts for self represented litigants and programs served one in three youth in the town University in May to join the Obama development patterns? Find out in Valerie child, Nicolas Daniel Vierra, on June 13th. Amy School of International Service. low income litigants. city (more than 20,000 kids!) and that the Administration. She is the Deputy Direc- Knepper’s (MPP ’82) recent survey / mar- continues to work on ocean policy for the programs had demonstrable benefits for tor for Consumer Support in the Office ket segmentation report at http://www. Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento. The group of nonprofit insurance companies the youth who attend. Nearly all of the 96 of Consumer Information and Insurance mtc.ca.gov/planning/smart_growth/tod/ that Pamela Davis (MPP ’87) founded as a programs visited provided high quality ser- Oversight (OCIIO) at the US Department briefing_book.htm For more info email her David Deming (MPP ’05) started this fall result of her graduate thesis at GSPP has vices, demonstrating effective stewardship of Health and Human Services. OCIIO is at [email protected]. as assistant professor at the Heinz College just passed an important milestone. They of public funds. Adam Dunn (GSPP ’11) was the new agency established to implement of Public Policy and Management at Carn- now insure more than 10,000 nonprofits an essential part of their team this year; he the private health insurance provisions in When former Assemblyman Phil Isenberg egie Mellon. He teaches microeconomics to across the country. (See profile, page 19). conducted the lion’s share of the quantita- health care reform. The division she heads (also a former Goldman School instructor) MPPs. His wife, Janine Santimauro (MPP tive analysis for the report. The full report will establish health insurance consumer was appointed to the Delta Stewardship ’06), is Director of Telemedicine at UPMC. Eric Hagt (MPP ’04) won first prize in the was released in October through the Oak- ombudsman programs in each state, cre- Council to help craft California water policy, Captain Hugh G. Notts Award for best land Fund for Children and Youth (www.ofcy. ate the new consumer health insurance and later made its full-time chair, Isenberg Tom Berman (MPP ’08) is the Director of analytical article from the Naval War Col- org), Oakland Unified School District (www. web site, www.HealthCare.Gov, implement resigned from the government relations firm Account Services at Shallman Communica- lege Foundation for “China’s Antiship ousd.k12.ca.us) and www.publicprofit.net. new federal standards for health insurance that he and partner Maureen O’Haren (MPP tions, a Los Angeles political consulting firm. Ballistic Missile: Developments and Miss- appeals and grievances, and require data ’93) had formed in 2004. A Sacramento Recently he managed or advised winning ing Links” in Naval War College Review, Cyndi Spindell Berck (MPP ’85, JD ’86) is disclosure by insurers and health plans lobbyist since 1993, she now heads her own campaigns for new State Senators Kevin De Autumn 2009. freelancing, including acting as “paraecono- that will be used to promote transparency firm, O’Haren Government Relations, and León and Juan Vargas and L.A. City Control- mist” for Professor Peter Berck. Cyndi and and accountability in private coverage. continues to focus on health care policy as ler Wendy Greuel. Josh Daniels (MPP ’08) ran for the Peter’s family has added two grandchildren. well as public health, water, energy, budget school board in Berkeley. Abel Guillen Marian Mulkey (MPP/MPH ’89) was named and local government. Avi Black (MPP ’85) is serving as President- (GSPP ‘01) was on his campaign commit- Joseph Castro (MPP ’90) and his wife, Mary, Director of Health Reform and Public Pro- Elect of the CA Council for the Social Studies, tee. Dean Brady attended a campaign are expecting their third child — a boy! — in grams, a new California HealthCare Foun- Sally Mabon (MPP ’08) and her husband Dan the state’s premier advocacy organization event in August and the dean of the Law late January. They will name him Jess, after dation initiative to inform and advance Steingart welcomed a baby girl, Faye Velou- for history teachers. He also won a $1 million School hosted an event for him in October. his late great grandfather who helped to implementation of federal health reform ria Steingart on February 25, 2010. Sally is liv- Teaching American History grant to provide www.electjoshdaniels.com raise Joe. in California. ing with her family in Park Slope, Brooklyn. professional development to K–12 teachers.
20 POLICY NOTES | FALL 2010 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 21 alumni Heroes of the New Alumni Challenge New Alumni Challenge Donors
Capitalizing on a 3:1 match offered by ’05) “Giving is also a way to stay connected “My experience at GSPP prepared me the UC Berkeley Foundation Board of with, and continue to be a part of, the to make an immediate impact on the Classes of 2005–2010 Total Raised: $53,502 Grand Total with All Matches: $210,919 Trustees, the Goldman School gradu- school, the students and other alumni.” world of climate change policy,” he says. ating classes of 2005–2010 raised over Tommy Wiliams (MPP ’06) agrees. “I can’t think of a better way to say thank $53,000, resulting in over $210,000 for “As our young alumni group (slowly…) you than giving back to our school.” G the School. grows older and spreads out across the “Nobody understands leverage and country and the world, it becomes ever incentive programs better than GSPP more important — and di cult — to For their part in the tremendous suc- grads,” says Catherine Hazelton (MPP ’05), stay connected with one another and cess of the New Alumni Challenge, special who helped spearhead the e ort for her the School,” he says. “Giving to GSPP, thanks to Catherine Hazelton (’05), Jim class. “Matching grants create a very com- no matter the amount, is one of the most Maloney (’05), Jan Rus (’05), Greg Kato pelling reason to give.” e ective ways to ensure that relationship (’06), Tommy Williams (’06), Deb Kong “Giving back to the Goldman School continues to grow.” (’07), Rob Letzler (PhD ’07), Nicholas helps ensure that future students are Giving also continues to connect alumni Nigro (’09), Meredith Willa (’09), Renee provided the same excellent education I with GSPP’s mission and its impact on the Willette (’09), Sarah Anders (’10), Lauren received at GSPP,” adds Jim Maloney (MPP world, notes Nick Nigro (MPP ’09). Hengl (’10) and Joseph Milbury (’10).
Clockwise from top left: Class of 2010 meet to discuss the New Alumni Challenge; Nick Nigro (’09) and Tommy Williams (’06); John Minot (’11), Wanyi Zhao (’10), Sarah Swanbeck (’11) and Yan Zhu (’10).
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THE FORTY YEARS OF STEADY ACCOMPLISHMENTS and contributions on the part of the Goldman School community is that much more remarkable in light of the seismic shifts in the School’s sources of support. The recent severe contraction of state funds is unprecedented in the School’s history. Seed money and core support from foundations that once funded signature programs like the Public Policy International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute have gone by the wayside. e fund- ing challenges that confront us today require creativity, persistence and a commitment to the idea that investing in policy leaders today will yield societal dividends for years to come. The New Alumni Challenge is the latest manifes- tation of the generosity of the community of faculty, students, alumni and staff that empowers the School to grow and innovate in the face of continuing cuts in state funding. The New Alumni Challenge — a strategic and energized effort to leverage a funding opportunity for the School — took us to a new level of engagement and participation, the bedrock of any truly successful and sustained fundraising. G
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Annette Doornbos is the Assistant Dean of External Relations and Development
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By Blas Pérez Henríquez and Gan, Bai August 1–6: Berkeley Executive Seminar 2010 During the summer and fall of 2010, GSPP’s Executive and Topic: Strategic Management of Public Organization International Programs (EIP) hosted three groups of policy prac- The seventh annual ‘Berkeley Executive Seminar,’ took place titioners who participated in customized executive training pro- during the first week of August. GSPP welcomed 21 municipal grams on different topics. These program participants came from leaders to the program, focusing their study on different topics both sides of the Pacific, including local Californian government related to ‘Strategic Management of Public Organizations.’ officials from various cities and counties, public security and law The participants were city managers, county administrators, enforcement officials from eighteen provinces of China as well as police captains, HR directors, neighborhood partnership managers a group of young policy professionals from various branches of and other key leaders in their city and county governments. Most the Hong Kong government. had been in their roles for at least a decade. They came to Berkeley to enjoy an opportunity to learn and reflect on how to apply public management and policy analysis strategies to their daily jobs. Thanks to the generous support of GSPP faculty, these Hong specifically the history, constitutional requirements, police regu- The week-long program was divided into several modules, Kong officials were integrated into many regular Master of Public lation, policies that regulate police conduct and important legisla- combining theory, case analysis and views of practitioners. The Policy classes, which provided a great opportunity for these Hong tion that has shaped the American law enforcement profession. topics covered included policy analysis, public finance, leadership Kong students and our MPP students to learn from one another. During the four-day workshop, classes were given by GSPP development, negotiation and conflict resolution, sustainable In addition to attending classes, the Hong Kong students were faculty, law school professors and practitioners such as the Berke- development, ethics, sustainable communities as well as federal coached by Professor Eugene Bardach in a mini policy analysis ley Chief of Police, an official from Federal Bureau of Investiga- and local politics. We extend our thanks to many GSPP faculty seminar series; they were introduced to and applied Professor tion and a former San Francisco District Attorney. This inten- members, including Dean Henry Brady, who taught at the pro- Bardach’s Eightfold Path methods to a real world policy problem sive workshop was well received by the participants. Every class gram, as well as instructors from other parts of the campus and of their choosing. Finally, this program was complemented by concluded with extended (sometimes vehement) discussions practitioners in various fields who came to share their insights several institutional visits arranged by EIP for these Hong Kong between our visitors and the local instructors. Program partici- with our participants. students to meet and interact with public sector practitioners in pants shared that what they learned in Berkeley would be of great the Bay Area. help to their work since Chinese law enforcement professionals August 23 – October 15: Administrative Officers are faced with many similar issues and challenges as their Ameri- (AOs) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative September 13–16: Officials from the Ministry of can counterparts. Region Government of China Public Security of China This program was sponsored by China’s Foreign Expert Bureau Topic: Policy Analysis and Public Management Topic: Comparative Public Security Policy and Best and we at EIP hope to continue working with this agency in pro- As an ongoing collaboration between the Goldman School Practices of American Law Enforcement and Police moting government excellence through executive education. G and the Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau, EIP hosted fourteen During mid-September, EIP conducted a workshop for a group outstanding mid-career government officials in a 8-week Pol- of 23 officials from China’s Ministry of Public Security and provin- icy Analysis and Public Management executive training pro- cial law enforcement agencies of eighteen different provinces on For more information, please contact Blas Pérez Henríquez, gram. These administrative officers (AOs) represented various comparative public security policy and related topics. Most par- Assistant Dean for Executive and International Programs and branches of the Hong Kong government, including Labor and ticipants were heads of the legal affairs department of their agen- Executive Director, Center for Environmental Public Policy, Welfare, Transportation and Housing, Treasury, Development, cies. They came to the training to learn about the policy-making at (510) 643-5170 or via email at [email protected]. Fire Services and Security. and management of American law enforcement organizations,
Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP)
FALL 2010 Center for Environmental Public Environmental Public Policy Seminar Series Spring 2010 Policy (CEPP) continues to host dis- tinguished practitioners in the field The View Post-Copenhagen: What China is Doing on Climate Change, Deborah Selig- Policy Notes is published twice a year by UC Berkeley’s Goldman of environmental policy and manage- sohn, Principal Advisor, China Climate and Energy Program, World Resources Institute, School of Public Policy. Send questions or comments to Bora Reed, ment for the benefit of the UC Berke- on March 2, 2010 510.642-7591, [email protected] ley community. G The Energy Leader? California’s Regulatory Quagmire, Paula Zagrecki, Director of Assist. Dean for External Relations and Development: Annette Doornbos Finance, Diamond Generating Corporation, on April 27, 2010 Editor: Bora Reed Multi-Sector Model of Tradable Emissions Permits, Makoto Tanaka, Associate Professor, Photos: Peg Skorpinksi and Gan, Bai National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Japan, on May 4, 2010 Design and Layout: Matt Vanderzalm, Design Site
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Bardach Cont’d. from page 11 to teach students as to how to do these. But we believed we should develop such. Over GET INVOLVED WITH GSPP the years we accumulated heuristics for the students about how to do policy analy- sis, and conjectures for ourselves as to how HIRE Students to help the students learn these. One idea Post jobs, internships, or policy projects on goldJOBS, GSPP’s on-line job was the 48-hour project, which has itself posting system. http://gsppgoldjobs.net morphed over time from an exercise in MENTOR Students how to assemble information to an exer- Volunteer to mentor a GSPP student by providing advice on career and cise, in the internet age, of how to sift an academic choices. http://gspp.berkeley.edu/alumni/mentors.html overabundance of information and focus ENGAGE with GSPP Student Groups analytic attention on what really counts. Student groups range in substance including Students of Color, Environment, And, of course, as the heuristics accumu- International, Women, LGBT, and Youth. lated, year upon year, it was only natural http://gspp.berkeley.edu/students/index.html that someone should write them down. CONTRIBUTE to PolicyMatters These were first circulated as a –30 40 page To achieve its full potential, PolicyMatters needs alumni input through submit- handout to students, then put on the inter- ting articles, responses or online discussion. http://www.policymatters.net/ net for unrestricted dissemination, and UPDATE Contact Information finally published as The Eightfold Path. Visit GSPP’s website to update your alumni directory information and reconnect The book was first published in 1996 and with fellow alumni. http://gspp.berkeley.edu/alumni/update_address.php has undergone three significant revisions CONNECT to GSPP! since, as students and faculty have deep- Find us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. ened our understanding of the many fac- ets of public-sector problem-solving. G