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Paul Decker Named President-Elect of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Contact: Jennifer de Vallance, (202) 484-4692
PRINCETON, NJ—January 18, 2012—Paul Decker, president and CEO of Mathematica Policy Research, has been named president-elect of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). Decker, a longtime member of APPAM, has played a leadership role in many capacities within the organization, most recently as co-chair of APPAM’s strategic planning committee. He has served as Mathematica’s institutional representative to APPAM; as a Policy Council member for the past four years; and is also chair of the David N. Kershaw Award Selection Committee, an award in honor of Mathematica's first president, who died of cancer in 1979 at the age of 37. It is presented every two years at the APPAM fall research conference.
“I am honored to be named as APPAM president-elect. APPAM has had a substantial impact on my personal development as a public policy researcher and leader and on the field as a whole. As president-elect, I am committed to helping the association continue to grow and take a more prominent role in the policy world, and to advance its mission of improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education.”
About APPAM: The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education. With over 1,500 academic, practitioner, organizational, and institutional members, APPAM promotes its mission through the annual fall research conference, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, several award programs, and various international and national conferences and workshops.
About Mathematica: Mathematica Policy Research seeks to improve public well-being by conducting studies and assisting clients with program evaluation and policy research, survey design and data collection, research assessment and interpretation, and program performance/data management. Its clients include foundations, federal and state governments, and private-sector and international organizations. The employee-owned company, with offices in Princeton, NJ; Ann Arbor, MI; Cambridge, MA; Chicago, IL; Oakland, CA; and Washington, DC, has conducted some of the most important studies of education, health care, international, disability, family support, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs.