Dean Don Kettl

By Robert Brodsky

Donald Kettl, a well-known expert and author on government reform has been named the new dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.

Kettl will assume the post in June, the school said in an announcement Tuesday.

“If I were to design a school from scratch to meet today’s unprecedented global challenges, it would look pretty much like what the Maryland School of Public Policy is now,” Kettl said in a statement. “It’s uniquely suited to grapple with the overwhelming policy challenges facing government. I’m enormously impressed by all the school has accomplished and where it can go.”

Kettl replaces former dean Steven Fetter, who has been appointed assistant director at-large of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, which has responsibility in the areas of energy, climate change and nuclear weapons.