David M. Van Slyke

David M. Van Slyke is dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy. He is a tenured, full professor at the Maxwell School and a two-time recipient of the Birkhead-Burkhead Award and Professorship for Teaching Excellence.

Van Slyke is a leading international expert on public-private partnerships, public sector contracting and contract management, public and nonprofit management, and policy implementation. He is a member of the Defense Business Board (2020, 2021-present), a former director (2015-2021), and fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and a member of the National Academy of Public Administration’s Expert Advisory team for the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security. He is actively engaged in the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, and the University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs Education. He is the co-chair, with Dr. Susan Gooden, of a Volcker Alliance-NASPAA working group on addressing structural racism in public affairs and served as the co-chair of the 2021 NASPAA annual conference. Van Slyke serves on the editorial boards of several top-ranked public affairs and nonprofit management journals including the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.