Michael H. McLendon
Mr. McLendon is the founder of McLendon & Associates, a management consulting
and public policy firm that provides a range of services to a diverse portfolio
of state and local government, Federal agency, and private sector clients engaged
in the health services, long term care, disability, aging and social service
delivery, and information technology arenas. Mr. McLendon has also worked extensively
in the international environment for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank,
U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Department of Defense on
a number of social service, pension and unemployment, resource and financial
management, and strategic planning reform projects. Mr. McLendon has also served
as a consultant and advisor for the National Academy of Public Administration,
Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia, the Institute
for Defense Analyses, and other organizations.
In December 2003, Mr. McLendon was appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Veterans Affairs. In this position, Mr. McLendon exercises broad responsibilities including policy analysis of disability, long term care, the aging veteran population, and service delivery strategies.
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