Ray Scheppach
Executive Director
National Governors Association
Ray Scheppach has led NGA since 1983. As Executive Director he oversees day-to-day operations of NGA, managing all aspects of the association and the NGA Center for Best Practices. Ray also facilitates the association's efforts to achieve the three major missions of producing information and analysis of state innovations and practices, creating a bipartisan forum for governors to establish and implement policy on federal issues and assisting governors in managing state government.
Ray spent seven years at the Congressional Budget Office, including two years as Deputy Director. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Senior Consultant for Economic Studies at Jack Faucett Associates.
Mr. Scheppach has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Maine, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Connecticut.
Recent Events and Presentations
Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth Through a National Innovation Foundation
On April 22, 2008, from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. ITIF, MPP and the Council on Competitiveness will host an innovation briefing. The event will preview two major new reports on federal economic policy: “Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth Through a National Innovation Foundation,” by ITIF President Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial, a Brookings economist; and “Clusters for Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional Economies,” by venture capitalist Karen Mills; Liz Reynolds, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral student; and Andrew Reamer, a Fellow at Brookings.
