Warren Master is President and Editor-at-Large of The Public Manager. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey and a cultural anthropologist by education, he helped organize and oversaw antipoverty programs in Appalachia and Washington, DC, in the early 1970s. Mr. Master served in a variety of senior executive positions in the federal government before retiring after thirty years of career civil service. After leaving government, he formed his own international consulting firm and, among other assignments, led an interagency study group for the National Academy of Public Administration on the Government Performance and Results Act and consulted in Nigeria and Bosnia for the US Agency for International Development. Mr. Master was later named director of public management consulting for Clifton Gunderson, a nationwide public accounting and consulting firm. In 2001-02, he designed transformational management conferences in South Africa, serving as keynote speaker, moderator, and workshop presenter. He writes and speaks regularly on strategic management and public workplace innovation and has regularly spoken and conducted training workshops on these topics. His relationship with The Public Manager began while still in government, contributing articles, leading forums, and serving as a feature editor. He has a MA in Cultural Anthropology from Indiana University and a BA from City College of New York. Recently, along with his colleague Howard Balanoff, Warren co-edited a book published by Management Concepts, Strategic Public Management: Best Practices from Government and Nonprofit Organizations. Mr. Master serves on the Board of Trustees of the Graduate School USA, has been an active member of the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) for many years, and has continued his involvement internationallly through the Sister Cities program (between Alexandria VA & Normandy, France) and activities of returned Peace Corps Volunteers from Turkey.