FY21 Annual Institute

Annual Conference

  • Managing the Politics of the Public Sector
    Contains 3 Component(s) Recorded On: 04/29/2021

    Learn what public sector management is and strategies to employ as shared through successful examples. Show your understanding by completing an online evaluation.

    Define public sector management. Identify several vignettes within the public sector that impacts the success of public sector management. List strategies that can be used to counter this political manipulation that leads to the success of the organization or project.

    This session is a sponsored by:

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    Daniel Deedy

    Director of Business and Finance

    Wachusett Regional School District

    Dan is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and later received his Master’s Degree from Worcester State College (now Worcester State University).  He worked for two educational collaboratives – the Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative and the EDCO Collaborative (Education Collaborative for Greater Boston) for 23 years as a program supervisor and contract manager. In those roles, he gained invaluable knowledge with special education that has served him well as a school business official.

    Dan began working as a school business official in the Auburn Public Schools where he worked for 8 years. He moved on to the Leominster Public Schools in 2013. While in Leominster, Dan was elected to the MASBO Board of Directors (completing his term in May of 2018). He, along with several of his colleagues, co-authored the Grants Manual for the management of all Federal Grants during the summer of 2015. Dan also served as chair (and later co-chair) of the USBAR Roundtable – Urban School Business Administrators Round Table during his tenure in Leominster. This roundtable discussed and evaluated the many challenges of school finance work in the urban. In his USBAR role, Dan developed a strong relationship with the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. Dan also served on the School Building Committee for the renovation of Leominster High School and participated in several Accelerated Building Projects sponsored by the MSBA (Massachusetts Building Authority).

    While in Leominster, Dan was contacted by the then Receiver of the Southbridge Public Schools to join her team, created to begin the difficult work of turning around the district. The problems were many, a compilation of 10 plus years but time and patience was non-existent.

    Dan served as the Director of Finance and Operations for the Leicester Public Schools following his time in Southbridge. He served as a member of the District’s School Building Committee and also served as Chairman of the OPM (Owner’s Project Manager) Selection Committee. Dan currently serves as the Director of Business and Finance for the Wachusett Regional School District where he has worked since August 2018.