Marilyn Balanoff currently holds the position of Program Faculty of Continuing Education in Texas State University’s Political Science Department. She is the Program Administrator of the University’s Public Funds Investment Act (PFIA) Online Program and is one of the Co-Directors of the Dallas/Fort Worth (Arlington) Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program.

For the past 20 years Marilyn Balanoff has been a member of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Central Texas (CENTEX) Chapter and during her period of membership has served on the CENTEX) ASPA Executive Board. She has also held the positions of Treasurer, Vice President and President of the CENTEX Chapter.

Previously, she was one of the 2 Texas State University faculty that represent the State of Texas on the Governing Council of the National Certified Public Manager (CPM) Consortium. In addition to serving a 3 years term she has served as an Executive Board Member of the National Certified Public Manager (CPM) Consortium Governing Council, she was elected to serve as the Secretary of the CPM Consortium’s Executive Board.  She was subsequently elected to serve as the CPM Consortium’s Secretary, Vice Chair and Chair of the National CPM Consortium.

Marilyn has presented conference papers on the National Certified Public Manager and the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Programs at public administration (i.e. ASPA, IASIA etc.) Conferences in both the U.S. and in Europe.  She has also co-authored an article with Dr. Howard R.  Balanoff entitled The National CPM Program, which appeared in the ICMA Journal, The Public Manager.

For additional information contact:

Ms. Marilyn K. Balanoff
Program Faculty, Continuing Education
Department of Political Science
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas 78666
512/245-3453 (office)
512/422-8955 (cell phone)
Mb39@txstate.edu
www.txstate.edu/cpm