CEPL Mission Statement

The Center for Excellence in Public Leadership develops public leaders who make a positive difference in their organizations and for the people they serve.

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November
04
Senior Leader Program
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October
17—
October
21
Enterprise Risk Management in Government Certificate Program
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Multisector Leadership in a Networked World


Dr. Melanie Cohen, IT Strategist with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, interviews Dr. Natalie Houghtby-Haddon, Associate Director, of The George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (GW CEPL) on working effectively with people who come from different organizational perspectives, with different organizational priorities.

Our First Enterprise Risk Management Cohort

Rafael Cotto

Senior Associate, Audit and Policy -  National Science Foundation
 
“The GW Certificate program in Enterprise Risk Management allowed me to better-understand what is the significant difference between ERM and Risk Management, and gave me the tools for communicating the meaning of ERM.”

Alvin Brown

Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit - USAID/IG
 
“The program gave me a clear view that we are serious about ERM. We are putting our money with our words.”
 

Andrea Burnside

Chief Performance Officer - Washington Metro Area Transit Authority
 
“I now understand the foundations of ERM and how it fits into the larger picture with Risk Management, Internal Controls, even Performance Management… This will help us make an emerging, new ERM focus to implementation.”

Sonya N. Williams

Risk Management Specialist - DC Government Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA)
 
“This program will assist [our organization] in identifying/understanding the distinct difference of Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management, addressing the silos… Risk Management is EVERYONE'S business.”

Janet Baran

Risk Advisor - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Frieda Cardwell

Claims Specialist - DC Metropolitan Police Department

Savannah Fitzwater

General Engineer - National Nuclear Security Administration

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