Professional Experience

New Hampshire Bureau of Education and Training. January 2008-present

Associate Professor

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Springfield College, School of Human Services. 1992-present

Adjunct Faculty

· Teaching in the graduate and undergraduate programs at the Manchester and St. Johnsbury campuses.

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New Hampshire Retirement System 9/00-1/05

Public Information Officer

· Communications for the state’s public employee pension fund. Planning, composition and production of publications and website content, power point programs for employer and employee groups. Coordinating policy communication within the organization and to the public.

Service Employees International Union Local 1984 6/93-9/00

Field Representative, Organizer, Faculty at the Summer Labor Studies Institute

· Membership recruitment, chapter development, workplace issue campaigns, leadership training, political education, representation on contractual grievances and violations of personnel rules.

Education

Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University. March 2009.

Master's in Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University. November 2006.

Certificate of Achievement in Public Plan Policy (CAPPP) Conferred by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, May 2004.

· Plan design, governance, the legal and regulatory environment, actuarial principles, and administrative practices.

Certificate in Distance Education, Indiana University, School of Continuing Studies. March 2001.

· Planning for Distance Learning, Selecting Appropriate Technologies, and Evaluating Distance Learning.

Master of Public Administration, University of Hartford. August 1978.

· Concentration in Public Planning

Bachelor of Arts, Urban Studies, University of Connecticut. May 1976.

· Multi-disciplinary program linking economics, history, political science and sociology.

Professional Workshops and Seminars

· Investments I - University of New Hampshire Continuing Education

· Implementing Successful Organizational Change - Center for Management Research

· Mid-Sized Pension Management - NYU Stern School of Business.

· Management Training Modules I-V; Management skills building - Human Nature at Work

· Skills workshops including website design, Power Point, and brochure and publication design

Publications

Political Economy & Human Services

· An accessible overview of the development of democracy and capitalism in the United States, focusing on social justice and the dynamics of power. 95 pages. $14.

To contact us:

Kate McGovern, MPA, Ph.D.