Dugan Petty
Senior Fellow

Mr. Dugan Petty

Member Since 2026

Biography

I am a collaborative leader and mentor who believes modern and accountable government service is essential to the public trust.

Government organizations face unprecedented challenges that are accelerating through all sectors of government. Our federal model strains under the pace and complexity of a wide range of issues facing all levels of government. Cross jurisdictional challenges require collaborative solutions. Many organizations (especially smaller jurisdictions) lack the resources, organization, and body of knowledge to address all the challenges they face.

Better solutions are possible when organizations collaborate, incubate, and test new concepts, and share more effective methods. But it is too much to expect over heated and under resourced government agencies that have endured years if not decades of budget reductions to boot strap themselves to new and modern service delivery on their own. While many national and local organizations provide support, identify best practices and work with their members to develop improved practices, more challenges than solutions still remain. People in government can use a helping hand to make the transitions their government seek, and NAPA is positioned to help.

I want to make a difference by helping people in government find and develop new innovative approaches, secure technologies, responsive organizational structures, and solutions to meet the challenges they face now and into the future.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Operations and Maintenance Agreement Administrator Department of Military Affairs, Air Guard State of Alaska 1974 1979
Housing Program Manager Department of Administration, General Services Division State of Alaska 1979 1985
Deputy Director Department of Administration, General Services Division State of Alaska 1985 1992
Chief Procurement Officer Department of Administration, General Service Division State of Alaska 1992 1993
Director Division of General Service State of Alaska 1993 1995
Acting Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and Legislative Liaison Department of Administration State of Alaska 1995 1995
Director Department of Administration, General Services Division State of Alaska 1995 1998
State Purchasing Manager (Chief Procurement Official Department of Administration, Transportation, Purchasing, Print and Surplus Services State of Oregon 1998 2002
Deputy Administrator Department of Administrative Services, Transportation, Purchasing, Print and Surplus Services State of Oregon 2002 2004
Administrator Department of Administration, Transportation, Purchasing, Print and Surplus Services Division State of Oregon 2004 2005
State Risk Manager Department of Administrative Servicesm State of Oregon 2005 2006
Chief Information Officer Department of Administrative Services State of Oregon 2006 2012
Senior Fellow Governing Governing Institute 2013 2018
Cooperative Contract Coordinator for ICTative Contract Coordinator for IT ValuePoint National Association of State Procurement Official 2014 2021
Senior Fellow Center for Digital Government 2014 Present

Expertise

Primary Sector

State

Primary Functions

Change Management Information Technology Organizational Structure/Design/Development Procurement and Acquisition Risk Management Strategic Planning
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