ZSPA is pleased to announce the Key note speaker for Public Service Excellence 2017 Awards. Dr. Paul Danczyk, PhD, is the Director of Executive Education in Sacramento for the University of Southern California Sol Price School Of Public Policy. In his current capacity, Paul designs, coordinates and presents in leadership and management programs – impacting national, state and local governmental and nonprofit organizations – teaches master-level classes on strategic management, leadership, negotiation and public administration in California and Mexico, and is an executive coach.
He co-founded and is the lead author of www.LeadershipEnergizes.com. Paul was elected Vice President of the American Society for Public Administration in December 2016, the leading interdisciplinary public service organization that:
Advances the art, science, teaching, and practice of public and non-profit administration.
Promotes the value of joining and elevating the public service profession.
Builds bridges among all who pursue public purposes at home and internationally.
Provides networking and professional development opportunities to those committed to public service values.
Achieves innovative solutions to the challenges of governance.
He is a former National Council representative for ASPA, representing the eight-state District 5 membership (Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah); a past president and current board member of ASPA Sacramento Chapter; and a past president of the USC Alumni Club of Sacramento. He served on the Asian Pacific State Employees Association Steering Committee and the World Affairs Council/Sacramento Chapter executive board. In his local community, he was an appointed member to the Amador County Behavioral Health Advisory Board and was on the Amador Community College Foundation Board.
As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia, he directed a teacher-training program at the National Institute for Educational Development. Paul earned his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, focusing on Public and International Affairs; Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California; and BS in education from the Pennsylvania State University.
GUEST OF HONOUR
Dr. Roland Msiska - Secretary to the Cabinet Dr. Msiska has over two decades at global and national level. He has a rare and extra-ordinary combination of qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience. He has over the years acquired knowledge and skills in transforming public sectors. He is a visionary leader and practitioner of system’s thinking, strategic thinking and scenario based planning. He has also spent time trying to understand why most Government plans are never implemented and evaluation recommendations are rarely implemented.
Dr. Msiska has served on number of regional and international task forces and committees and sought out as consultant by various institutions and governments. He was among the early pioneers who understood that the rapid spread of AIDS in the Sub-Saharan Africa was rooted in the historical development of the region and the failure of systems designed in apartheid-colonial era and post apartheid-colonial era. And therefore the long term response to HIV and AIDS would need a change in the development paradigm and political-economy systems at global, regional and national level. He has served on several technical committees of bilateral and multi-lateral agencies and in the last 10 years. He has been involved in the design and implementation of transformative leadership taking a historical perspective and combining theories from system’s thinking, strategic thinking, change management, individual and organizational learning and adult learning.