Senior Fellow
Burns Academy of Leadership

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G. Edward DeSeve, who served for eight years as Professor of the Practice and director of the School of Public Policy's Management, Finance and Leadership program, has been appointed senior advisor to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Recovery Act Implementation, special advisor to the president and assistant to the vice president.

Mr. DeSeve served most recently as senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government

Mr. DeSeve has held senior posts at all three levels of American government and in the private sector. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Controller of OMB, and in 1997, he was appointed Deputy Director for Management at OMB, the highest management position in the federal government. He began his career with the City of Philadelphia serving as a junior budget analyst, Budget Director, Deputy Director for Finance and later became Director of Finance. In 1990, he served as Assistant to the Governor of Pennsylvania.

Mr. DeSeve's ability to work across sectors led him to KPMG Peat Marwick as a partner and national industry director. He previously served as Management Director of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, and has established and led several consulting firms, including Public Financial Management Incorporated, which provided technical assistance to more than a dozen states and localities.

He holds a Master of Government Administration in Public Finance from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science in Labor Economics from Cornell University.