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David Ammons
Senior Fellow

David Ammons

Member Since 2026

Biography

David N. Ammons is Albert Coates Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served on the National Performance Management Advisory Commission and currently serves on the International City/County Management Association's Credentialing Advisory Board. His books on local government management include Tools for Decision Making, with Dale J. Roenigk (Routledge, 2022); Performance Measurement for Managing Local Government (Melvin & Leigh, 2020); Municipal Benchmarks (M.E. Sharpe/Routledge, 2012); and Leading Performance Management in Local Government (ICMA, 2008).

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Professor Emeritus School of Government University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2021 Present
Professor of Public Administration and Government School of Government University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1996 2021
Director Master of Public Administration Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2001 2006
Senior Associate Carl Vinson Institute of Government University of Georgia 1987 1996
Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of North Texas 1983 1987
Assistant City Manager City of Oak Ridge City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1975 1983

Expertise

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