Marilyn Marks Rubin is a Distinguished Research Fellow in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark (2018-present), with a career that embodies the synergy of doing academics and practice concurrently. With a BA in economics from Rutgers University, and both an MA in economics and a PhD in public administration from New York University (1976), she was an instructor at William Paterson College (1973-1976) before receiving faculty rank at NYU (1976-1980), The New School (1980-1986) and then at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (1987-2018) during which time she was the MPA program director. She was deputy research director of the model cities program in Paterson, NJ (1971-1973), a consultant to the New York City Office of Management and Budget (1980-1984), and, since 1984, a partner in a private consulting firm where she has authored numerous reports on state and local tax policy and urban economic development. Her numerous articles on equity in public services are bolstered by books including Governing in a Global World: Women in Public Service (2017), Sustaining the States (2015), and Public Administration Evolving (2015). She was chair of ABFM (1994) and is a NAPA Fellow (2005) and on its executive council (2022-present).