Joe Ferrara is Associate Dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI). Joe also directs GPPI's Executive Master of Policy Management program. In 2006 Joe received Georgetown’s Leslie Whittington Award for Outstanding Faculty. Before Georgetown, Joe served in the U.S. federal government in staff and management positions with the House of Representatives, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Defense. He served as a career member of the Senior Executive Service and received numerous awards for his government service, including the Secretary of Defense Medal for Civilian Service. Joe has published in a variety of scholarly journals, including American Politics Quarterly, National Security Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.