Attending the seminar were leaders of the functional units of the PPA; the students of Master of Leadership in Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, intake 2011 and students of second English class who are prepared for intake 2012, and students of English faculty.
At the seminar, Dr. Betty has provided general information about the system of U.S. public policy, relationship between public policy and public policy management and leadership capacity of international the criminal justice and Vietnam one. In addition, Dr. Betty also introduced and presented the operational model and major problems which the USA’s current management branches have met. In addition, she also mentioned the research activities and application of methods of management and leadership skills in public management systems and criminal justice in the USA and related issues. Through the answers, guidance and direct exchange, Dr. Betty also helps faculties, staffs, students of People's Police Academy a better understanding of the public management system and the current leadership in the United States.
Elizabeth M. (Betty) Duke joined the School of Public Policy as a Senior lecturer in August 2009. She teaches in Management, leadership and Finance (MFl). Duke came to the School of Public Policy after a career in Federal Service. During 2009, as a career Federal Senior Executive, she was in charge of programs to improve the business processes and human resources of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHSJ).
Prior to joining FDA, Duke was the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), another component agency of HHS, like FDA, The National Institutes of Health (NIH),The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and seven others. Before being appointed HRSA Administrator in 2001, Dr. Duke was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration in-another HHS agency, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). In the years before serving at FDA, HRSA and ACF, Dr. Duke held senior position supporting five HHS Secretaries and spent ten years at the Office of Personnel Management.
Dr. Duke has been honored in both her Federal and academic careers. She was selected to receive the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executives in 2006. This is the highest award available for career members of the Senior Executive Service. She was honored with the Teaching Excellence Award in the liberal Studies Program of Georgetown University In 2006. In 2007, she was one of three Exchange Fellows of the Council of Women World leaders.
After receiving a BA in Political Science from Douglass College, Dr. Duke earned an MA from Northwestern University in Political Science and Sub-Saharan African Studies, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the George Washington University.
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