Dan Crippen
Dan Crippen | |
|---|---|
| 5th Director of the David McIntosh | |
| Succeeded by | Roger Porter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 18, 1952 Canistota, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of South Dakota (BS) Ohio State University (MA, PhD) |
Dan Crippen (born March 18, 1952, in Canistota, South Dakota) was the executive director of the National Governors Association from 2011 to 2015. He now serves as member of the Board of Trustees to the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. and a member of the advisory board of the Peterson Center on Healthcare. He is a former director of the Congressional Budget Office and assistant to the president for Ronald Reagan. Crippen served on NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. He graduated from the University of South Dakota (B.S. 1974) and Ohio State University (M.A. 1976; Ph.D. 1981).
Reagan years
From 1981-1985 Crippen served as chief counsel and economic policy advisor for
Congressional Budget Office
He was Director of the
NASA and present day
On July 28, 2004 NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe selected him to serve on NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP).[1]
He was also a member of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group, which helped set policies to return the Space Shuttle to flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
In February 2005, he was briefly mentioned as a possible NASA Administrator.
Crippen still works in the private sector, largely focusing on healthcare issues, and does some public speaking. In a 2005 editorial in The Washington Post, Crippen called for increased use of technology to reduce healthcare costs, altering the service structure by delegating more services to nurses and other hospital staff, and studying the subset of the Medicare population which uses the majority of the resources.[5] Crippen serves on the board of directors of Eclipsys.[6]
In early 2011, Crippen was named executive director of the National Governors Association. He served in that position until 2015. He also served on the board of directors of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.[7]
In 2012 Crippen was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.[8]
Notes or references
- ^ National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2004-07-28. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
- ^ Hoffman, David (1987-04-24). "Baker Picks White House Budget Expert Dissatisfaction with OMB a Factor". The Washington Post. p. A4.
- ^ Hager, George (1999-01-14). "Former GOP Aide Is Choice To Lead Hill Budget Office". The Washington Post. p. A25.
- ^ Murray, Alan (2003-04-01). "'Dynamic' Scoring Finally Ends Debate On Taxes, Revenue". The Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). p. A4.
- ^ Crippen, Dan (2005-05-01). "How to Fix Health Care". The Washington Post. p. B7. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
- ^ About Us: Board of Directors Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Board Members: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- ^ Incorporated, Prime. "National Academy of Public Administration". National Academy of Public Administration. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
Further reading
- Statement of Dan Crippen: The Relationship between Health Care Costs and America's Uninsured, before Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, U.S. House of Representatives. 1999-06-11. Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
- Statement of Dan L. Crippen: Social Security: Long-Term Budget Implications, before the Committee on the Budget, U.s. House of Representatives. 2002-06-19. Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
- Seeing Red Archived 2014-01-22 at the Public Broadcasting Service. 2004-03-24. Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
- NASA website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
