Phillip Joyce is a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy with influential scholarship on public budgeting and performance measurement. He received a B.A. in history from Thiel College (1978), an MPA from Pennsylvania State University (1979), and a Ph.D. in public administration from Syracuse University (1990), with faculty rank at the University of Kentucky (1989-1990), Syracuse University (1995-1999), and George Washington University (1999-2010) before joining the University of Maryland (2011-present) where he was senior associate dean (2015-2022). His career includes work for the Illinois Bureau of the Budget (1979-1983), the Illinois Department of Corrections (1983-1986), and the Congressional Budget Office (1991-1995) where he received its Director’s Distinguished Service Award (1992). Other recognitions include editor of Public Budgeting & Finance (2011-2017), NAPA fellow (2005), NASPA’s Staats Award (2009), AAPBA’s Blum Award, and the Burkhead Award (1994) from Public Budgeting & Finance. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, his books include The Congressional Budget Office (2011), Government Performance (2003), and Public Budgeting Systems (2004). His expertise is recognized through extensive legislative testimony, sponsored research, and columns in Governing magazine.