Alan Zalkind, director of the Center for Government Services, has more than 30 years of experience as a manager in the public and private sectors, specializing in social services, correctional health systems and criminal justice services.
Zalkind previously was an associate professor in Rutgers` graduate Department of Public Administration, where he taught public administration courses for more than 20 years. He served as director of the MPA and executive MPA programs from 2002 to 2006, with responsibility for the graduate program in public administration for governmental and nonprofit managers. He has taught courses in human resource administration, introduction to public administration, grant writing, organizational development and strategic planning, criminal justice, and administrative morality.
Zalkind is currently the principal of Cambridge Management Associates LLC. a management consulting firm established in 1995 to provide technical assistance and grant-writing services to public sector and nonprofit organizations. He has provided services to the National League of Cities/U.S. Conference of Mayors and has served as a member of the National Association of Counties (NACO) Human Services and Steering Committee for six years. He has provided management consulting services to state agencies, counties, cities and nonprofit organizations in New Jersey. Zalkind also has extensive experience in the management of large governmental and for-profit organizations. His experience reflects both the theoretical and practical aspects of managing organizations