Contact: Ray Scheppach

EXPERTISE

Duties: Ray Scheppach has led NGA since 1983. As Executive Director he oversees day-to-day operations of NGA, managing all aspects of the association and the NGA Center for Best Practices. Ray also facilitates the association's efforts to achieve the three major missions of producing information and analysis of state innovations and practices, creating a bipartisan forum for governors to establish and implement policy on federal issues and assisting governors in managing state government.

Specialties: Ray has particular expertise in federalism, state and federal budgets, health care policy, energy policy and competitiveness in the world economy.

BACKGROUND

Previous Positions: Seven years at the Congressional Budget Office, including two years as Deputy Director. Vice President and Senior Consultant for Economic Studies at Jack Faucett Associates. Economist with The Standard Oil Company (Ohio).

Education: B.A. Business Administration, University of Maine; M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Connecticut

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Scheppach, Raymond, et al., "State-Federal Finance in the New Global Economy" Forthcoming.*

Scheppach, Raymond, "The economic downturn: an opportunity for governors?" (Stateline.org: April 2, 2008).*

Scheppach, Raymond, "Time to think global in testing U.S. students" (Stateline.org: November 19, 2007).*

Scheppach, Raymond, et al., "Governance in the New Economy" Background paper discussion between United States Senators and the nation's Governors (February 29, 2000).

Scheppach, Raymond, "State Sovereignty and the Internet Tax Freedom Act" Telecommunications Reports International Journal (March, 1998).*

Scheppach, Raymond, "The State Health Agenda: Austerity, Efficiency, and Monitoring the Emerging Market" The Future U.S. Health Care System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured, Edited by Stuart H. Altman, Uwe E. Reinhardt, Alexandra E. Shields (Chicago, Il.: Heath Administration Press, 1997).*

Scheppach, Raymond, et al., Financing State Government in the 1990s (National Governors Association: February, 1994).

Scheppach, Raymond and Volpe, Carle, "The Clinton Plan: 'How Does if Play for Governors and States?'" Journal of American Health Policy (November/December, 1993).*

Scheppach, Raymond, et al., New Directions in Economic Policy: An Agenda for the 1980s (Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 1984).*

Scheppach, Raymond, et al., Energy Policy Analysis and Congressional Action (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 1982).*

Scheppach, Raymond, "International Finance and World Oil: Future Risks" Paper presented at the Conference on the Monetary Revolution: Europe/Arab Nations (Rimin, Italy: October 11, 1982).*

Scheppach, Raymond, et al., "Summary from "The Decontrol of Domestic Oil Prices: An Overview" Policy Studies Review Annual (1979) Vol. 3.*

Scheppach, Raymond, et al., "President Carter's Energy Proposals: A Perspective" Energy Sourcebook, (CMP Information Ltd., 1977).*

Scheppach, Raymond, et al., Transportation Productivity: Measurement and Policy Applications (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 1975).*

Scheppach, Raymond, State Projections of the Gross National Product 1970, 1980 (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 1972).*

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Numerous local and national radio and television appearances. More than 500 print interviews with publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Denver Post and Boston Globe.

*The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the National Governors Association or individual governor's offices.