Carl Stenberg (BA, Allegheny College; MPA, Ph.D. State University of New York at Albany) is the James E. Holshouser, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Government at the School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as Faculty Director of the School’s Public Executive Leadership Academy, and as Faculty Liaison with the NC City and County Management Association. His previous academic positions were Dean of the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts at the University of Baltimore and Director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. His experience as a practitioner includes Executive Director of the Council of State Governments and Assistant Director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. He is a Fellow and former Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Public Administration and President of the American Society for Public Administration. His research interests include federalism and intergovernmental relations, leadership, and local government management.
