David Zussman is an adjunct professor at the School of Public Administration at University of Victoria and Senior Fellow at the GSPIA at the University of Ottawa.
David has held a number of executive positions in academia, government and the non-for profit sector. In academia, he held the Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management at uOttawa, was a professor in the School of Public Administration at University of Victoria and served as Dean of the Telfer Faculty of Management and Director of the GSPIA at the University of Ottawa.
In the not for profit sector, David was President of the Public Policy Forum for seven years in the mid 1990’s, and in government he was Assistant Secretary to the federal Cabinet for Machinery of Government and served, for seven years, as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission.
David has authored many articles in refereed journals, published a number of books in Canadian public administration and has had a regular public policy column in the Ottawa Citizen and Canadian Government Executive. Currently, David also serves on the Board of Governors of the University of Victoria, is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and is a member of the Environment Canada and Climate Change Audit Committee.
In 2017, Dr David Zussman was awarded the IPAC Vanier Medal. The Institute of Public Administration awards the Vanier Medal as a mark of distinction and exceptional achievement to a person who has shown distinctive leadership in public administration and public service in Canada, or who has made a significant contribution in the field of public administration or public service in Canada.
David has held a number of executive positions in academia, government and the non-for profit sector. In academia, he held the Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management at uOttawa, was a professor in the School of Public Administration at University of Victoria and served as Dean of the Telfer Faculty of Management and Director of the GSPIA at the University of Ottawa.
In the not for profit sector, David was President of the Public Policy Forum for seven years in the mid 1990’s, and in government he was Assistant Secretary to the federal Cabinet for Machinery of Government and served, for seven years, as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission.
David has authored many articles in refereed journals, published a number of books in Canadian public administration and has had a regular public policy column in the Ottawa Citizen and Canadian Government Executive. Currently, David also serves on the Board of Governors of the University of Victoria, is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and is a member of the Environment Canada and Climate Change Audit Committee.
In 2017, Dr David Zussman was awarded the IPAC Vanier Medal. The Institute of Public Administration awards the Vanier Medal as a mark of distinction and exceptional achievement to a person who has shown distinctive leadership in public administration and public service in Canada, or who has made a significant contribution in the field of public administration or public service in Canada.