Visiting faculty add diversity, enhance curriculum

Sherri Greenberg
Sherri Greenberg comes to the LBJ School after having served for 10 years as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Her final term was completed in January.

In addition to her work in the state legislature, Greenberg served as the manager of capital finance for the City of Austin from 1985 to 1989, overseeing the City's debt management, capital budgeting, and capital improvement programs. Prior to that, she worked as a public finance officer for Standard & Poor's Corporation in New York, where she analyzed and assigned bond ratings to public projects across the country.

Stuart Jay Greenfield
Stuart Jay Greenfield, who teaches a course in political economy at the LBJ School, is an assistant professor at St. Edward's University. He is also the creator of Adequate Compensation for Texas State Employees, a political action committee designed to gain legislative support for state employee pay raises.

From 1992 to March 2000 Greenfield was a systems analyst for information technology in the Texas Office of the State Comptroller of Public Accounts. In that position he investigated, assessed, and reported to senior management on the usefulness and cost effectiveness of new technologies.

Prior to that, he worked for four years as a systems analyst for the Texas Employment Commission, where he developed a State Unemployment Trust Fund Forecasting Model. From 1976 to 1986, Greenfield, who has a Ph.D. in economics from UT Austin, was chief revenue and economic forecaster for the State Comptroller's Office.

Sarah Jane Rehnborg
Sarah Jane Rehnborg, a consultant with the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the LBJ School, teaches a course called "Community Engagement and the Management of Volunteers in Nonprofit and Public Organizations."

Prior to joining the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, Rehnborg was director of community engagement for the Charles A. Dana Center at UT Austin.

She has written numerous articles and documents in the field and is the author of "Starter Kit for Mobilizing Ministry," published by the Leadership Network, and "Volunteer Youth Training and Leadership," a comprehensive high school curriculum in service and volunteerism that was later adopted by the state of Maryland.

Throughout her career, Rehnborg has worked in various capacities, establishing programs of volunteerism and community education and acting as a consultant for such groups as the Points of Light Foundation, the Texas Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts, and the Texas Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service.

Her doctoral degree is from the University of Pittsburgh.

Susan K. Rieff
A 1980 graduate of the LBJ School, Susan Rieff regularly teaches an environmental policy seminar at the School. She has 19 years of experience in federal and state government and is currently the senior director of the National Wildlife Federation's Gulf States Natural Resource Center.

Prior to assuming her current position in March 1998, she worked for three years in the U.S. Department of the Interior, first as director of the Office of Policy Analysis and then as deputy chief of staff in the Interior Secretary's Office. From 1991 to 1995 she served as policy council director and environmental policy director for Texas Governor Ann Richards. Previously, she was assistant commissioner of agriculture (September 1988-January 1991) and director of the Resource Protection Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. From 1981 to 1985 she served as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers.

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