Biographies

Dr Michael T. Lavin

Michael earned his BA at St. Anslems’s college, his MA at the college of Williams & Mary and his PhD from Tufts University. Currently Michael is the chair of the Department of Public Management, Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University. He is on numerous faculty committees, including the Ad Hoc Committee to Restructure UPC (Chair), Long-Range Planning, Faculty Life & Salaries (Chair), Curriculum Development, Technology, Financial Aid (Chair) and Accreditation (NASPAA, AACSB).

Michael has been involved with the Cape Cod Breakfast Seminar Series as an originator and host from 2001 to present day. He is a Connectivity Council Member for the EntreCenter which is jointly sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce & Cape & Islands Community Development, Inc. from 2003 to present. He is an honorary member of Pi Alpha Alpha, National Public Administration Honor Society, a member of Pi Gamma Mu, and the National Social Science Honor Society.

Professor Lavin’s teaching, research and service interests are related to local government administration, human resource management, nonprofit management, entrepreneurship and grant writing. For the past decade, as an Assistant Dean, SSOM Cape Cod Programs, he manages Suffolk MPA, MBA and BSBA Programs offered at Cape Cod Community College.

Michael Lavin

Gerard T. Leone Jr

Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone has dedicated his career to seeking justice for the victims of crime and protecting the families of Massachusetts through innovative, community-based prevention programs. He has prosecuted significant state and federal cases involving terrorism, public corruption, and the abuse of women and children. Marked by a steadfast determination to represent the public and fight for victims, Leone has earned hundreds of convictions, some of the most notable being the first-admitted Al Qaeda terrorist in U.S. history, “Shoe Bomber” Richard Reid, who attempted to blow up a plane with 180 passengers; British au pair Louise Woodward, who was convicted of killing eight month old Matthew Eappen; and members of the State Treasury who stole $9.7 million in taxpayer monies in the largest public corruption case in the Commonwealth’s history. Elected as District Attorney in November 2006, Leone oversees the prosecution and investigation of hundreds of serious violent crimes in Middlesex County every year, including cases of homicide, child abuse, domestic abuse, and sexual assault. While in office, Leone has also worked to address ever-evolving public safety concerns by implementing important prevention and intervention initiatives in our schools and communities. Learn more about Gerry’s work by visiting his website at http://www.gerryleone.com/

Gerard Leone Jr.

Michael L. Barretti

Professor Barretti is the Director of the Institute of Executive Education and Life-long Learning at the Sawyer School of Management of Suffolk University.  He has an extensive background in strategic planning, new business development, and marketing, gained from more than 30 years of domestic and international business experience.  In 1980, he was named President and CEO of HSNE, Inc., a healthcare services corporation, and grew the organization to $100 million in revenue, while at the same time giving it an international presence.  He also sits on the Board of Directors for WorldBoston, an internationally recognized organization developed to promote international exchange and understanding.  WorldBoston was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.  Professor Barretti is a pioneer in the incubation of small businesses from abroad seeking access to North American markets.  Professor Barretti has his MBA from Suffolk University and his BBA from St. John’s University.

Michael Barretti

Sandy Matava

Sandy is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Center for Public Management at the Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University.  During her twelve years of public service for the Commonwealth, she served as the Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Social Services and the Commissioner of the Commission for the Blind. With more than a decade of professional working experience in the nonprofit world at the Massachusetts Association for the Blind, Sandy is currently involved on a volunteer basis with a number of community based organizations.  She advocates for ways to improve services for families in their communities and to develop ways to better support the organizations and their staffs who provide these services.  Sandy is a contributing author to work published in the Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services and has presented at both local and national conferences.  

Sandy Matava

James Hunt Jr.

James is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, a position he has held since 1979.   In the multiple roles of public policy analyst, health care executive, and community activist, he has been instrumental in bringing millions of dollars to the state's community health centers and their patients.  A great deal of his policy and advocacy efforts have been towards maintaining state-based reimbursement for health centers for their care of Massachusetts' uninsured individuals, and secure substantial funding from federal, state and city government for health center capital expansion and systems enhancement.  James is an adjunct professor at the Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University and teaches regularly at Boston University on the American Health System and American Health Policy.

James Hunt Jr.

Toni Carbo
Toni is a professor at the School of Information Sciences (SIS) and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work in the information field began in 1962 and includes extensive experience with information service producers and users (both libraries and database producers) and with research and development in the areas of information policy and the use of information.  Her teaching and research interests focus on Information Ethics and Information Policy, especially concerning e-government. She has directed international research projects related to the use of scientific and technical information, and her research on overlap in coverage of scientific literature is still considered among the seminal works in the field. Author of numerous articles, speeches, and technical reports in the information sciences, Dr. Carbo is the Editor of The International Information and Library Review (IILR) and has served on the editorial boards of several publications.

Toni Carbo

Ah Lian Kor
Ah Lian is a Post-doctoral Researcher at Leeds Metropolitan University. In 2001 she obtained her PhD from the University of Leeds for work on ‘A Computer Based Learning Environment for the Exploration of Buoyancy’. Her diverse research interests are: the evaluation of eGovernment systems; innovation systems; and the investigation of reasoning and learning styles users adopt when interacting with computer-based learning systems. Her research also includes modelling qualitative understanding based on semantic networks or causal maps. She has published papers in qualitative reasoning.  Dr Kor is a paper reviewer for AMCIS 2007, book reviewer for ICS (Information Communication and Society); and committee member for the ICEG 2008

Ah Lian Kor

Graham Orange

Graham is a Reader in Information Systems at Leeds Metropolitan University. His research focuses on knowledge management and organisational learning, HE in FE, business process modelling, IS strategy and IS development, and e-Government systems. He is a reviewer for journal (e.g. EJIS) and conference papers, conference chair (e.g. AMCIS and ICEG). He is Visiting Professor at the University of Malaya, University of Palermo, and Danube University Krems. He has close links with industry and local authorities with regard to both research and consultancy and has completed a European project on youth citizenship (POLITEIA) with municipalities in Europe.

Graham Orange

Tony Elliman

Tony is a Reader in Information Systems and Computing at Brunel University. His research interests are in the architecture and evaluation of systems within the public sector. Tony is currently the coordinator for an EU-FP6 e-Inclusion project for the elderly (DIADEM) and  a Director of Brunel’s Interdisciplinary research centre ISEing. He is a regular conference chair and serves on the editorial boards of Transforming government: People, process and policy and the Journal of Enterprise Information Systems. As a chartered engineer and IT professional he has provided software consultancy services to government, academic and private sector organizations (e.g. DERA and EU).

Tony Elliman

Dr. Sanjeev K.Sharma
Sanjeev is the Editor of The Indian Journal of Political Science, published by the Indian Political Science Association. Dr.Sharma has published around 50 research papers, 45 articles, 9 authored/edited/co-authored books, one monograph and 15 book reviews in different journals. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of more than a dozen national and international journals of the discipline. A widely traveled and acknowledged researcher, Dr. Sharma has, besides supervising Ph.D. and M.Phil. scholars, delivered keynote/valedictory addresses, special lectures, invited talks in various universities of country and participated in more than 200 national and international academic events.

Sanjeev K. Sharma

Professor Mohini Singh
Mohini is Professor of Information Systems in the School of Business Information Technology at RMIT University in Melbourne.  Her research areas include e-government services, e-government and citizen issues, mobile e-government services, e-business and Information technology issues. She was the Program Chair, ICEG 2008.

Mohini Singh

Professor Brian Corbitt
Brian is Professor of Information Systems and Head of School in the School of Business Information Technology at RMIT University. His research areas include e-health, e-government, e-supply chain and Green IT issues. He was the Conference Chair, ICEG 2008.

Brian Corbitt

Dr. Gabriella Spinelli
Gabriella is a senior lecturer at the Brunel Business School, London, UK, with interest and expertise in Information Systems design and evaluation. Her research has focused on public funded IS in the context of police intelligence and transformational initiatives for e-participation. Gabriella’s research has attracted external funds from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the National Police Improvements Agency (NPIA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Prior to her academic career Gabriella has worked on the design and evaluation of interactive systems for Eastman Kodak Usability lab (NY), at Domus Academy (Milan, Italy) and acted as consultant for the Appliance Studio (UK).

Gabriella Spinelli

Updated 14 October 2009