This book presents a balanced collection of sixteen administrative profiles of high-level government and nonprofit officials for classroom use. The profiles-published as part of a series for the PA discipline's premier journal, Public Administration Review (PAR)-provide rich, in-depth examples of the work performed by high-level public servants and the factors that contribute to their effectiveness. Serving the Public Interest begins with an extensive introduction to the use and importance of administrative profiles. These profiles cover a wide range of public service professionals at the local, state, and federal levels, and are written by a distinguished cast of authors. A concluding chapter by Norma M. Riccucci pulls together and synthesizes the various themes of the profiles. Norma M. Riccucci is Professor of Public Administration at Rutgers University, Newark.

Dr. Riccucci has published extensively in the areas of public management, affirmative action, and diversity management in the public sector. She is the recipient of several national awards including, ASPA's Charles H. Levine Award for excellence in teaching, research and service to the community, ASPA/ NASPAA's Distinguished Research Award; the ASPA Section of Women in Public Administration's Rita Mae Kelly Award for Research Excellence; ASPA's Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations' Scholarship in Public Human Resources Award; and APSA's Herbert Simon Book Award. Book jacket.