Human Resources - Training and Development - Certified Public Manager Program

CPM Partnership and Advisory Board

The Department of Administrative Services administers the CPM Program. Drake University Center for Special and Professional Studies develops and delivers the program with the assistance of the Department of Administrative Services. DAS and Drake University belong to and work closely with The National Consortium of Certified Professional Management Programs to make certain we are aligned with their certification requirements.

Judy Akre (DAS-HRE-Performance & Development Solutions) and Lance Noe (Drake University) under the leadership of the Advisory Board continue to foster this unique partnership.

Lance Noe, Drake University

Lance J. Noe serves as Director of the Center for Professional Studies, College of Business and Public Administration at Drake University. In that role he coordinates and develops specialized certificate and professional programming for public, nonprofit, and private sector organizations. He holds faculty standing and teaches in the Drake Master of Public Administration program. His areas of teaching and research specialties include public policy, grant writing, state and local government, and human resources management. He was born and raised in Adel, IA and educated at Iowa State University, Drake University and Florida Atlantic University.

Iowa CPM Advisory Board Members

Donald Adams, Special Counsel in Institutional Advancement, Drake University
Cynthia Axne, Department of Management (student representative)
Nancy Berggren, Human Resources Enterprise, Department of Administrative Services
Robert Layton, City Manager, City of Urbandale
Eugene Meyer, Commissioner of Public Safety , State of Iowa
Jane Pauba Dodge, Human Resources Manager, City of West Des Moines
MaryLee Woods, City Manager's Office, City of Des Moines