Rich Callahan

Rich Callahan is a tenured professor at the University of San Francisco and a founding partner in TAP International, a consulting firm for training, analytics, and programs. He currently serves as chief learning officer for the Agile Government Center at the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) as well as being an elected fellow and on the board of directors. He is also lead consultant for the Milbank Memorial Fund’s national Emerging Leaders Program for state legislators and executive staff in health policy and population health. He serves on PPIC’s Statewide Leadership Council. Previously, he was co-director of the Sierra Health Foundation Leadership Program, working closely with over 300 community and government leaders for 15 years. He was co-designer and co-director for the University of Southern California’s executive Master of Leadership degree. He directed and designed leadership programs for legislative staff for the National Conference of State Legislatures, state executives for the California State Government Leadership Institute, and the California Institute of Mental Health. He has served at the University of San Francisco as director of the Master of Public Administration, co-director of the Master of Public Health at the Sacramento campus, and academic director of the Master of Public Leadership at the Washington, DC campus, as well as sitting on the USF board of trustees. He attended Tenri University, Japan, is a graduate of Georgetown University, and earned his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Southern California.