- Phone:
- (314) 578-5439
- Email:
- levin2@iu.edu
- Research areas:
- Local Governance
- Public Finance and Economics
- Areas of Interest:
- Local government management
- Local economic development
- Municipal budgeting
- Ethics in the public sector
Education
- MPA, Kent State University, 1970
- B.A., Miami University, 1968
Biography
Mark Levin is a visiting clinical associate professor with extensive professional experience in local government management and teaching experience in public management and government budgeting.
Levin was the city administrator of Maryland Heights, Missouri, from 1985 to 2015. He is an active member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), is a Life Member of ICMA, an ICMA Credentialed Manager, and has received many awards for his record of public service, including the Lifetime Public Service Award from the East-West Gateway Council of Governments (St. Louis region), ICMA’s 40 Year Service Award, and ICMA’s Professional Award for Career Development.
Levin taught governmental budgeting as an instructor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He also taught local government and public budgeting courses at Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, St. Louis University, and Washington University in St. Louis. He has published articles on local government, community relations, and teaching.
Levin earned his bachelor’s in education from Miami University in Ohio and his MPA from Kent State University, where he concentrated in urban studies. He also attended a program for senior executives in state and local government at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Levin received the 2023 ICMA Academic Award in Memory of Stephen Sweeney, presented to "an academic leader that has made a significant contribution to the formal education of students pursuing careers in local government.”
Highlights
- First City Administrator of City of Maryland Heights, Missouri, 1985-2015
- Village Manager, Village of Bolingbrook, Illinois, 1983-85
- Assistant City Manager, City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 1974-80
In the News
- "Salaries: PFW’s leader at No. 1, new superintendent of FWCS ranks 2nd" - The Journal Gazette, March 20, 2022
- "2016’s Cities with the Most Efficient Public Spending" - wallethub.com, April 14, 2016
- "Brick & Mortar barber shop adds to growing services in Downtown Indy" - Indy Star, January 22, 2016
Selected Works
- “Lessons for Charter Cities From Decades as a City Manager in US,” Charter Cities Institute, (November 2020)
- “Educating Local Government Managers for the Twenty-First Century: A Preface to the Symposium,” (with R. Cox and G. Gabris), Journal of Public Affairs Education, NASPPA (Summer 2010)
- “How to Work with Elected Officials,” Public Management, ICMA, (December 2008)
- Managers as Teachers, A Practitioner’s Guide to Teaching Public Administration (with R. Cox, J. Banovetz and M. McDowell) ICMA, 1998; (rev. 2007)
- “Book Review: Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug,” Public Management, ICMA (April 2002)
- “Council-Staff Relations: Are They Good for You?” (with D. Harms, et al), Missouri Municipal Review, Missouri Municipal League (December 1991)
- “What Part of No Don't You Understand?” (with K. O'Keefe and H. Paperner), Current Municipal Problems, Volume 18 No.1, Clark Boardman Callaghan (1991)
- “Strategic Planning Begins with the Future,” (with R. Goldberg), Kansas Government Journal, Kansas Municipal League (April 1990)
- "Taxpayers Lawsuits: A New Day in Missouri,” (with H. Paperner), Missouri Municipal Review Missouri Municipal League (January 1990)
