Leadership Team : Mark Safford
Objective
- To apply my advanced analytical, communications, creative and management expertise to promote the growth and success of major programs and activities
Skills
- Expertise in public administration and public policy, understanding government regulations and procedures, transportation, security, advanced technologies, energy and the environment, national security and international relations
- Research and analyze issues impacting major systems and issues such as terrorism, the U.S. and global transportation systems, global warming/climate change, technology transfer, advanced fuels
- Prepare and present results as reports, white papers, articles, speeches, talking points, brochures, PowerPoint presentations, web postings
- Communicate technical information and analysis to a non-technical audience
- Apply scenario-based and strategic planning methodologies to develop successful organizational strategies for dealing with an uncertain future
- interview senior officials, synthesize research, create detailed future scenarios, facilitate workshops, develop recommendations for organizational change
- Design and manage program planning and management systems, conduct detailed management studies, develop and implement organizational improvements, manage senior official training programs
Positions
- Associate, The Futures Strategy Group, www.thefuturesstrategygroup.com, five years
- Communications and Outreach Specialist, Management & Program Analyst, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, seventeen years
- Contributing Author, www.futurist.com; Associate, Crown Consulting; Associate, Innovare, three years
- Management & Program Analyst, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Dept. of State, ten years
- Program Analyst, Naval Air Systems Command, U.S. Dept. of the Navy, two years
Education
- M.P.A. Public Administration, Harvard University, JFK School of Government
- M.A. English History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- B.A. History, Gettysburg College. Summa cum laude, Departmental honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 4-year National Merit Scholar