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Chester A. (Chet) Newland

Chester A. (Chet) Newland is a teacher at the University of Southern California, where he is the Duggan Distinguished Professor of Public Administration. He has been at USC’s State Capital Center in Sacramento since 1984. He was a Sacramento Discovery Museum Trustee, 1993-1995. He has been an honorary member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) since 1980, following earlier involvement in local government affairs since the 1950s. He now serves on the Association’s Credentialing Advisory Board, and he is also a member of the Cal-ICMA Board, 2003-2009.  Dr. Newland was the initial director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, first working at the White House and then in Austin to establish that institution.  He served twice as director of the Federal Executive Institute (FEI), the U.S. Government’s training and development center for top executives. He managed the Labor-Management Relations work of the U.S. Civil Service Reform Act (Title VII) of 1978, which continues as today’s framework. He has worked extensively internationally. Since 1975, he has been a Fellow of the Congressionally Chartered National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).