Stafford, Richard A.
Biography
Rick Stafford has been a Heinz College Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy since 2006. Prior to his Heinz appointment, Stafford served as Chief Executive Officer for the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
Prior to his Conference tenure, he served as Secretary of Legislative Affairs in the cabinet of Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh during the governor’s first term and as chief of staff for the last sixteen months of his second term. Stafford was Director of Research and Issues for the Thornburgh for Governor Committee and served as the Director of Transition between the administrations of Governor Milton Shapp and Governor Thornburgh.
Previously to his service in state government, he served as Special Assistant to the Executive Director of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, a Research Associate in the Urban Systems Institute at Carnegie Mellon, and a System Analyst at Westinghouse Research Labs.
Citation:
Richard A. Stafford, Carnege Mellon University-Heinz College, faculty page. Accessed 4/14/2021 Richard A. StaffordFound in 1 Collection or Record:
The Temple Papers on the General Assembly: A Discussion of Topics Related to the Continuing Evaluation of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, 2012-06
The final DVD and text Volume 4 presents data and summarizes opinions on instututional changes that have been advocated in Pennsylvania and/or tried in other states.
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