School of Management — Public and Nonprofit Administration

Richard Callahan

Associate Professor

Dr. Richard Callahan is an Associate Professor in the University of San Francisco's School of Management, teaching graduate courses in strategy, public administration and leadership. At USF, he is the Faculty Chair of the School of Management's Strategic Planning Committee and serves as the Faculty representative to the USF Board of Trustees.

In addition to teaching, his recent service and research includes:

• Director of the "Change the World From Here" lecture series at USF with prominent Californians speaking on their experience leading social change at the organizational and institutional levels

• Serving on a team of international observers for the Nagano-Karabakh Republic Presidential Election

• Haynes Foundation grant for research on leadership and fiscal sustainability in local government

• Fulbright Specialist Program grant, for teaching in Istanbul, Turkey

• Volunteer advisor and executive coach to executive directors of nonprofit programs in Sacramento

Dr. Callahan has been published in journals including The National Civic Review, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Public Manager, and American Review of Public Administration.

He served for 5 years as an appointed local-government official in Los Angeles County, California and 5 years in New Jersey. Richard Callahan earned his BA degree in from Georgetown University, 1982. He earned the MPA degree, in 1987, and the Doctor of Public Administration (DPA), in 2002, at the University of Southern California.

From 1998 to 2011, Dr. Callahan directed leadership and graduate degree programs in Los Angeles and Sacramento for the University of Southern California. He has designed and taught in leadership programs that have ranged from one day to 14 day to year long programs, including, but not limited to the following:

National

• National Conference of State Legislatures for experienced legislative staff across the United States in partnership with Tim Hodson, CSUS. 2005- 2011

Regional

• Sierra Health Foundation Leadership Program for nonprofit health directors, 2001- 2011, in partnership with Dave Logan, USC School of Business.

• Los Angeles County Department Public Health, 2007-2008

State-wide

• California Leadership Institute for State Executives, 1998-2002

Local Government

• Los Angeles Police Department, design and delivery of leadership workshop and program for Command staff, rank of Captain and above, 2011

University Degree

• Master degree in Leadership, University of Southern California, 2006-2011, in partnership with Bob Myrtle, USC School of Policy

International

• Istanbul, Turkey, Global Leadership Institute, Aydin University, 2010 and 2011.

• Aguascalientes, Xalapa, and Yucatan, Mexico, training, 2005-2012