Representative Projects

Budget/Finance

• New York University, Community Service Society: Winners & Losers: Impacts of Budget Cuts on Social Services and on Community Districts in New York City, 1993-1996,@ supported by 9 foundations.
• NYC Board of Education: Revamped budget request process, 1984, 1985, 1986.
• City Project: "Downsizing 110 Livingston Street: The Budget for the Central Headquarters of the NYC Board of Education."
• Educational Priorities Panel: Various studies of state aid, federal funding, budget and organization of the NY State Department of Education.
• Yonkers, NY: Analysis of Yonkers Board of Education Budget

Evaluation

• United Way of New York/ Strategic Alliance Fund (SAF): Evaluation of 22 collaborative projects funded to address budget cutbacks.
• Park Homeless Outreach Project: Evaluation of pilot for NY Community Trust, with UAI.
• American Can Company: Survey of attitudinal change.
• Funders for Voter Registration: Evaluation of 12 organizations engaged in non-partisan voter registration for ad hoc national coalition of foundations and funders.
• Commission on Jewish Continuity: Evaluation of 10 programs in Cleveland, with UAI.
• NYC Board of Education: Senior Consultant on numerous evaluations.

Mergers

• VCB - Fund for the Blind (now Visions): Directed all aspects of merger -- program, finances, personnel, facilities, long-range planning, public relations, leadership.

Management and Operation Reviews

• Olivetti Office USA: Analysis of logistics operations of office machine manufacturing and marketing company.
• NYC Board of Education: Functional analysis of 40 divisions and offices of central administration -- blueprint for staff reductions.
• NYC Youth Board (now Department of Youth Services): Comprehensive review of management and contract procedures.
• Special Services for Children, NYC HRA (now Child Welfare Administration): Comprehensive review of management and contract procedures.

Planning/Strategic Planning

• UJA/ Federation of NY: Planning for service needs of Southern Brooklyn, with largest concentration of Russian immigrants in U.S., while also addressing financial and management issues 2 key agencies.
• CIJE: Planning national initiative in community education, with UAI.
• MetroWest Federation: Planning and start-up of continuity commission, with UAI.
• Stevens Institute of Technology: Business plan for developing online Master=s degree program.
• Yeshiva and Baltimore Hebrew Universities: Strategic Plans, with UAI.
• Youth Counseling League: Strategic Plan for mental health agency, with UAI.

Governance

• Redistricting Commission: Directed and staffed Redistricting Advisory Study Group on redistricting community school districts in New York City.
• School System Reform in New York City: Guide to the Costikyan proposals.
• Governor's Commission on Higher Education in Connecticut: Deputy Director.

Policy Analysis/Studies

• Mayor of the City of New York: Education Agenda, policy analysis and planning.
• NYC Board of Education: "Analysis of the Feasibility of Revision of Community School District Boundaries."
• Citizens Budget Commission: Employment and training for financial industry in NYC.
• Department of Youth Services and Fund for the City of New York: "SPACEMAX: Opening Schools to the Community;" analysis of community use of public buildings.

Grant Development

Bank Street College; EBHS; Flushing Hospital; Heschel School; Malcolm-King College; Ohio State University; PEARL; Project Hope; WSJCC.

Education

• Memo to Chancellor: White paper analysis of 4 proposed reforms for the NYC school system.
• Cross City Campaign, Chicago: Comparisons of major urban school systems.
• Academy for Educational Development: Planning Northeast Regional Center.
• City Project: "Memorandum To The New Chancellor, NYC School System Reform: A Framework for Analysis."
• Educational Resources Group: Preventing Dropouts, School-Community Collaboration.

Higher Education

• American Association of Higher Education: Study of telecommunications.
• Governor's Commission on Higher Education in Connecticut: Deputy Director.
• Ohio State University: Program Development

 

Recent Publications 

Strategic Alliance Fund Evaluation, 1996-1997, United Way of New York City, March 1998.

Winners & Losers: Impacts of Budget Cuts on Social Services and in Community Districts in New York City, 1993-1996, October 1997.

Memorandum to the New Chancellor, New York City School System Reform: A Framework for Analysis, The City Project, October 1995.

Final Report: Redistricting Advisory Study Group, NYC Board of Education, November 1994.

Yonkers Board of Education Budget, City of Yonkers, April 1994.

SPACEMAX: Opening Schools to the Community, 1994.

Lead Communities: A Planning Guide, CIJE, with UAI, February 1993.

Downsizing 110 Livingston Street: The Budget for the Central Headquarters of the New York City Board of Education, The City Project, 1992.

Clients (Partial List)

City Project, New York
City of Yonkers
Commission on Jewish Continuity, Cleveland
Community Service Society, New York
Criminal Justice Agency, New York
Cross City Campaign, Chicago
Department of Youth Services, New York
East Harlem Block Schools, New York
Educational Priorities Panel, New York
Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, New York
Fund for the City of New York
Governor's Commission on Higher Education and the Economy, Connecticut
Human Resources Administration, New York
Interface, New York
Mayor of the City of New York
MetroWest Federation, New Jersey
New York City Board of Education
New York University, New York
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Olivetti Office USA, New Jersey
Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey
UJA/Federation of New York
Ukeles Associates (UAI), New York
United Way of New York
Visions (formerly VCB/Fund for the Blind), New York