Janet Weiss

Janet Weiss is the Mary C. Bromage Collegiate Professor Emerita at the Ross School of Business and a professor emerita of public policy at the Ford School. She served on the Board of NAPA from 2019-2025, and was Chair of the Board from 2023-2025.

Since 1983, Janet has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan. She served as Associate Dean of the Ross School of Business from 1992-1997. From 2005-2015, she was Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Rackham Graduate School. Before joining the Provost’s office, she was the founder and faculty director of the Nonprofit and Public Management Center at the University of Michigan. She has done extensive research on the challenges of performance management in government, and the interplay between policy design and the management of public programs. Her work on education policy led to her participation in several national commissions on education reform. More recently, she worked with the Performance Improvement Council of the federal government on the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act, and the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act. Her teaching and research are dedicated to the use of systematic evidence to improve the leadership and effectiveness of public and nonprofit organizations.