Gary Mattson
Dr. Gary A. Mattson is a charter member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and has 14 years practitioner experience. His professional resume includes: director of an Ohio Regional Planning Agency, a state budget analyst, a former Deputy County Finance Director, a former Assistant City Manager and an IPMA Fellow/Policy Analyst with the U.S. Department of Interior, where he was responsible for $128 million grant management program during the Carter Administration. In the early 1970s, Dr. Mattson also served with the New York State NAC Commission.
Dr. Mattson received his BA degree from Rockefeller College of Public Affairs at Albany and his MPA from John Jay College-CUNY. He obtained a Master in Community Planning from the University of Rhode Island while he worked for the Rhode Island Coastal Management Council and City of East Providence as a planner. Dr. Mattson was a DuPont Urban Fellow at the University of Delaware where he received his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Public Finance from the School of Urban and Public Affairs.
Gary has been active in many professional organizations, including the American Planning Association and American Society for Public Administration serving on several national boards and committees. He has been the associate editor of Municipal Management, Social Science Journal and the AICP Planners Casebook. He served on several publishers editorial boards including McGraw-Hill's Public Administration Series, Dushkin's Urban Affairs series and University Wisconsin Foundation Press. He was an ASPA Silver Pin recipient and served on two Governor Commissions (Kansas and Florida) in the area of Public Finance and Budgeting.
His most lasting contribution to public service is being involved in two innovative financial instruments. First, Gary was a member of the planning team that devised the innovative Purchase of Development Rights system to preserve environmental sensitive areas facing sprawl. Second, he was part of the team that devised the small town bond banking concept which allows small towns to pool their tax revenues to enter into the bond market to refinance capital facilities projects.
Gary is author of two books, two monographs and numerous book chapters and journal articles.