Eric S. Trevan is a new Member of the Faculty at Evergreen State College and will begin teaching in the fall. He is finishing his PhD at Arizona State University this summer with a focus on Local and Tribal Economies, has a Masters Degree in Administration, Public Administration from Central Michigan University and a Bachelors Degree in Public Administration/Economics from Western Michigan University. Originally from Michigan, he is a Tribal Citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians and still serves as Chairman of their economic development corporation, Gun Lake Investments. He has served in other leadership positions in local and Tribal government, economic development and is the immediate past president of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. He continues to provide research and advise other government agencies and trade associations on public policy and economic issues.

The Evergreen State College’s MPA Program is delighted to introduce one of our new faculty members, Lachezar (Lucky) Anguelov, who will be joining us Fall of 2016.

Lachezar is a PhD candidate at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, pursuing a degree in public administration and policy. His dissertation topic examines the role of costs, agency, and institutions in explaining oversight choices in municipal service outsourcing. He received his MPA, and MS in international affairs at FSU, and an honors BA in political science/international studies from York University (Glendon College) in Toronto, Canada. His Master Thesis analyzes factors that influence international realized investment in Serbian municipalities. Lachezar has taught courses on the foundations of Public Administration, and Budgets and Finances in Managing Public Affairs. Lachezar also has served on the council of the North Florida Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), and actively presents research at the ASPA, Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), and Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) annual conferences. Lachezar is published in the Review of Policy Research, and Political and Military Sociology journals. He is also the co-author of Trustworthiness of Public Service book chapter in Public Administration Reformation: Market Demand from Public Organizations. Lachezar was born in Bulgaria and moved to Canada in his early teens where he lived and studied until 2009. He has been in Tallahassee since then, his current research interests are in the areas of contract oversight and management capacity in local government service delivery; citizen participation; and trust in public sector performance.