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Dr. Sharon Caudle
Dr. Sharon Caudle is the Younger-Carter Distinguished Policymaker in Residence at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University.
Caudle
is a faculty member at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M
University. She currently teaches core classes in the
Master of Public Service and Administration Program and in homeland security
under the auspices of the University’s Integrative Center
for Homeland Security. Previously to
joining the Bush School,
she was with the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Homeland
Security and Justice Team in Washington,
DC. With GAO, she specialized in homeland
security and national preparedness strategic policies, programs, standards, and
management. Her recent work involved
catastrophic disaster lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, national
preparedness performance expectations and management standards, and emerging
homeland security issues. For other GAO
teams, Dr. Caudle provided advice on strategic management issues, financial
institutions, and defense management. In
addition to the GAO, Dr. Caudle has extensive government headquarters and field
experience with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Department of
Agriculture (Food Stamp Program and Women, Infants, and Children’s Supplemental
Feeding Program), and the State of Nevada in social services and quality
control. She also served as adjunct
faculty for The George Washington University.
Dr. Caudle previously taught at Auburn
University and Syracuse University
in public management and information technology management.
Dr. Caudle currently serves on the American National Standards Institute’s Homeland Security Standards Panel steering committee and the technical committee developing the international standard for disaster management, emergency management, and business continuity. She is also a senior fellow with The George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute and an integrative fellow with Texas A&M University’s Integrative Center for Homeland Security. She has authored numerous articles and book chapters on topics ranging from public performance management to homeland security issues. She earned her masters and doctorate in public administration from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a masters in homeland security and homeland defense from the Center for Homeland Security and Defense, School of International Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, CA.