BIOS
Masami Nishishiba Ph.D., Associate Director, Center for Public Service
Mark O. Hatfield School of Government Assistant Professor of Public
Administration at Portland State University
Dr. Nishishiba transitions from her role as a Research Associate in the
former Center for Public Service (CPS), Executive Leadership Institute (ELI)
to Assistant Professor of Public Administration in the Hatfield School of
Government where continues as the project manager for CPS’ "Civic
Capacity Initiative" funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for
Improving Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). Dr. Nishishiba is also heading
up the "Civic Capacity Assessment project: The role of the Latino Network
in Portland Metropolitan Community" funded by Portland State University.
In her role as Research Associate, Dr. Nishishiba was the cluster
coordinator for University Studies' Leadership for Change Cluster (a
general education curricula for sophomores and juniors at Portland State
University). Her research interests include issues of social diversity and
civic capacity. She worked with the Department of Community Justice,
Multnomah County, for her dissertation research, developing their cultural
competency plan and evaluating their diversity initiative.
Dr. Nishishiba is also a trained Japanese-English conference interpreter.
She has interpreted for President Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates (Microsoft), Phil
Knight (Nike) and many others.
Ph.D. Public Administration and Policy, Portland State University
Phil Keisling, Director of the Center of Public Service at Portland State
University
Keisling’s public service career includes work as a campaign aide to former
Governor Tom McCall (1978); four years as a journalist for Portland’s
Willamette Week (1978-81) and three years for Washington Monthly
magazine based out of Washington D.C. (1982-84); and as a legislative staff
assistant to then-Oregon House Speaker Vera Katz (1985-88). In addition,
he served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives (1989-91) and
nearly a decade as Oregon Secretary of State (1991-99).
From 2000 to 2009 he was an Executive Vice President with CorSource
Technology group, a Beaverton, OR-based software services company.
Keisling’s non-profit experience includes being a founder of several
organizations including the Oregon Progress Forum; the Oregon Public
Affairs Network; and Smart Grid Oregon. He has also served on the boards
of the Oregon Business Association; the Software Association of Oregon;
the Understanding Government Foundation; and Childswork Pre-school.
B.A. Yale
Ronal Tammen, Director of Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
Ron Tammen (Ph.D. 1975, University of Michigan) is Professor of Political
Science and Director of the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government. In
previous positions he served as Associate Dean and Chair of the
Department of National Strategy at the National War College; Chief of Staff
to Senator William Proxmire; staff consultant to Senator Mark O. Hatfield;
and managing partner of a public relations firm. Dr. Tammen specializes in
world politics, with particular reference to power relationships among the
great powers, present and future. His research currently centers on the
emergence of China and then India as potentially dominant nations and
the challenge this presents to US foreign and national security policy. Dr.
Tammen is the lead author of Power Transitions: Strategies for the 21st
Century (Chatham House, 2000) and has published or edited two other
books dealing with national security issues.
Koichi Kim, Executive Director for AEC (American Education Center)
Koichi Kim’s passion for cultural and educational international exchanges
finally brought him back to the field of international education from the
corporate world. A former international high school exchange student
himself, and a collegiate foreign student and international corporate
executive, Koichi is dedicated to bringing practical experiences and
knowledge of “real world” education to AEC’s international programs.
Ed Gallagher, Senior Fellow, Portland State University
Mr. Gallagher has over 20 years state and local government management
experience, including work as Director of the Office of Community
Solutions in the Governor’s Office in Oregon, and as Community and
Economic Development Director in Gresham, Oregon. He also served for 5
years as Community Development Director for Clark Co., Washington
during a time of extreme growth. In addition, Mr. Gallagher worked for
the Weyerhaeuser Co. as an Assistant Vice-President for development
projects in Oregon and California and as a Senior Planner with David Evans
and Associates.
Over the last 25 years, the focus of his work has included sustainable
management practices, in both sustainable municipal operations and
public policies in this area.
At the Center for Public Service, he lead, with colleague Dave Rouse, a pilot
project analyzing sustainable municipal operations in smaller cities and
counties in Oregon. The project worked with the City of Albany, City of
Independence and Yamhill County exploring best practices in sustainable
municipal management and their applications.
Mr. Gallagher has a Masters degree in public administration and a Bachelor
of Arts in political science and history, both from the University of Oregon.
He also attended the Cascade Management Institute at the University of
Washington.
Dr. Scott Lazenby, Senior Fellow, Portland State University
Scott is an adjunct faculty member for the EMPA program. He earned his
PhD from the Hatfield School in 2009, and has a master’s degree in public
policy & management from Carnegie-Mellon University and a bachelor’s
degree in physics from Reed College.
Dr. Lazenby has been city manager of Sandy, Oregon since 1992. Prior to
that he served as management and budget director for the City of
Glendale, AZ, and assistant to the city manager for Vancouver, WA. He is
the past president of the Oregon City/County Management Association,
the chair of the advisory Board on Graduate Education for the
International City/County Management Association, and the author of the
novel Playing With Fire. He was born in Delhi, India, and has lived in
Algeria, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Australia.
David Rouse, Environmental Services
Mr. Rouse is a Senior Fellow at Portland State University, Center for Public
Service assisting the University in advancing sustainability initiatives and
public works practices in local communities. He has over 34years of
experience in the public works field in a wide variety of engineering and
public works capacities. He previously served as the Director of
Environmental Services for the City Of Gresham serving a population of
100,000 residents in the areas of Transportation, Water, Wastewater,
Parks & Recreation, Solid Waste & Recycling, and Stormwater services to
city residents. He led the city’s efforts to develop an internal operations
sustainability plan encompassing all city departments.
His experience includes working on international infrastructure USAID
funded projects on the islands of Java and Sumatra, Indonesia as well as
International Development Bank projects in Suriname, South America.
Mr. Rouse is experienced in a wide range of public works functions
including capital project planning, design, budgeting and maintenance of
municipal infrastructure as well as sustainability planning and
organizational management. He is active in several professional
organizations, and has served on a number of state and regional
committees related to public works as well as serving as Past President of
the Oregon Chapter for the Institute Of Transportation Engineers.
He has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University Of
Portland and served on the Industry Consulting Advisory Council for the
University. As a Senior Fellow at Portland State University Mr. Rouse is
engaged in a variety of sustainability and public works initiatives, locally
and internationally.
Dan Vizzini, Senior Fellow, Portland State University
Dan is a senior analyst at Thetus Corporation, a Portland-based software
developer, specializing in enterprise applications and services that help
people analyze, characterize, abstract, visualize, and model complex
systems. Dan specializes in planning, modeling and decision support
software to advance triple-bottom-line policies and goals in the private
and community sectors.
Prior to embarking on this second career, Dan served for 26 years as a
public finance and policy analyst at the City of Portland. During his tenure
at the city, Dan held positions as a public finance specialist, policy and
legislative analyst, customer service supervisor and assessments manager
in the Office of the City Auditor and Bureau of Environmental Services.
In addition to his public service in Portland, Dan served for nearly ten years
on the Lake Oswego Planning Commission and was appointed to fill a fivemonth vacancy on the Lake Oswego City Council in 2010. Dan is a senior
fellow at the PSU Center for Public Service and a board member of the
Willamette Partnership, a diverse coalition of conservation, city, business,
farm, and science leaders in the Willamette River basin who are working to
shift the way people think about, value, manage, and regulate the
environment.
Dan's long-time involvement with the Hatfield School of Government
includes co-authorship of two publications: Transforming Customers into
Citizens: Some Preliminary Lessons from the Field, with Douglas F. Morgan
(Administrative Theory & Praxis, Vol. 21, No. 4, Millennium Issue, 1999),
and Keep Portland Weird, with Douglas F. Morgan and Masami Nishishiba
(More Than Mayor or Manager. Svara & Watson. Georgetown U. Press,
2010).
Yachi Iisako, Program Coordinator, Center of Public Service at Portland
State University
Yachi joined the CPS staff in 2010 as a Program Coordinator. She
coordinated the Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)
program for two years and transitioned into the post of International and
Nonprofit Program Coordinator. Prior to joining the CPS team, Yachi was a
graduate research assistant for Dr. Masami Nishishiba, and earned her
Master's in Public Administration from the Hatfield School of Government.
Her focus was in Global Leadership and Management, and compared the
civic engagement systems and functions of Portland and Japanese local
governments. She received her Bachelors in International Affairs from
Portland State University, and her Associates in International Affairs from
Clark Community College in Washington State.
Lisa Harrison, Program Assistant
Lisa is a current graduate student in the Master’s in Urban and Regional
Planning program with a specialization in Land Use and Urban Design.
Prior to moving to Portland for graduate school, Lisa was the Development
& Marketing Director of an environmental education non-profit in Santa
Monica, California. She has an undergraduate degree in
Geography/Environmental Studies from California State University,
Northridge.
Christopher Yoo, Program Assistant
My full name is Christopher Yoo. I am currently pursuing a Master's in
Public Administration with a specialization in Global Leadership and
Management. I received my bachelor's in International Relations from the
University of California, Irvine. Through the course of my studies I have
gained a keen interest in issues relating to North Korea. From Spring 2011
to Spring 2012 I worked extensively with North Korean Human Rights
group in Seoul, South Korea. After I graduate, I hope to work for the State
Department in order to further engage myself in issues pertaining to North
Korea.