Anthony Boardman

EDUCATION

• B.A.(hons.) University of Kent at Canterbury, England, 1970. Major: Quantitative Social Science
• Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University: H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and
• Management (formerly The School of Urban and Public Affairs), 1975. -Thesis: Simultaneous Equations Models of the Educational process.

PRIMARY ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1974-1979 University of Pennsylvania: The Wharton School, School of Public and Urban Policy and Fels Center of Government.

• Assistant Professor of Public Policy

1979 - University of British Columbia: Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, Policy Analysis Division.

• Associate Professor of Public Policy Analysis (1979-93)
• Professor of Public Policy and Strategic Management (1993-present)
• Van Dusen Professor of Business Administration (2000-present)

ADJUNCT PROFESSORSHIPS OR VISITING POSITIONS

• School of Economic and Social Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK (1990,1996,2000)
• Division of Commerce and Administration, Griffith University, Australia (1991)
• Graduate School of Management, University of Western Australia (1999-2002)

SHORT-TERM ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Helsinki School of Economics
• University of Auckland
• China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

GOVERNMENT POSITIONS * Member, Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (1999-2004, 2005-2010) * Member, Pharmacoeconomic Initiative Scientific Committee (1995-2001)

CORPORATE OR ADVISORY BOARDS

• Institute for Health System Transformation and Sustainability, Board of Directors (2009-)
• International Public-Private Partnership Scholars Network, IP3SN, Founding Co-Director (2011-Present)
• CBS Public Private Platform, Advisory Board, (2011-2016)
• Advanced Applied Physics Solutions (AAPS) Project Review Panel (2009-2011)
• Executive Committee, Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business (1997-
• present; Acting Director (1998-9)
• UBC Faculty Pension Plan Board (1989-90)

U.S. NATIONAL ACADEMIES COMMITTEES

• Member, Committee on “Medical Isotope Production without Highly Enriched Uranium” (2007-2008).

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

• Academic Director, EMBA Program in Health Care (2010-2014)
• Chair, Strategy and Business Economics Division (1982-1984, 1996-2000)
• Chair, Programmes and Curriculum Committee (2001-06, 2007-2010)
• MBA Core Co-chair (1997-98)
• MAJOR UNIVERSITY SERVICE
• University Senate, 1993-96
• Hampton Fund Awards & UBC-SSHRC Research Awards, 1989, 1996-99
• Faculty Research Advisory Committee, 1991-94
• Faculty Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee, 1993-94, 2013-14
• Faculty Curriculum Committee, 1985-86
• MBA Admissions Director, 1985-90

MAJOR AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS

• 1977-79 Danforth Associate
• 1983 Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (nominated)
• 1984 Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Leave Fellowship
• 1999-04 Member, Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
• 2000 Peter Larkin Award (with S. Alisharan and others)
• 2000- Van Dusen Professorship in Business Administration
• 2000 Paper selected for the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Issue of Nonprofit Management and Leadership (with A.R. Vining)
• 2001 Alan Blizzard Award (with S. Alisharan and others)
• 2002 CGA Teaching Excellence Award for MBA teaching
• 2003- Listed in Canadian Who’s Who
• 2005-10 Member, Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
• 2006-09 Member of U.S. National Academies Committee to study “Medical Isotope Production
• without Highly Enriched Uranium.”
• 2009 J.E. Hodgetts Award for the best paper in English in Canadian Public Administration, 2008
• (with A.R. Vining), awarded by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada
• 2009 One of SSRN’s Top Ten downloads from the Journal of Conflict and Dispute Resolution
• (with M. Clark) for the period 1997-2009.
• 2010 John Vanderkamp Prize for the best paper in Canadian Public Policy, 2009 (with M.A.
• Moore, C. Laurin and A.R. Vining)
• 2016 Author of “Cost-Benefit Analysis” in the International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Excellence in Reference Works

PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

Strategic Analysis and Planning

Prepared or facilitated the development and implementation of strategic plans; conducted strategic analyses and strategic marketing; provided advice on the use of economic, statistical and other analytical methodologies. Clients include Vodafone, Stora Enso, PriceWaterhouse Coopers; European & Pacific Investment Management; AGF Management Limited; Tidy Welders Inc.

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Conducted CBA projects of a nuclear power plant in Puerto Rico, provision of power lines to remote areas, solid waste disposal, protective dykes, water metering, hospital room sizes, infrastructure investment for timber harvesting. Prepared position papers on the value of life and cost of accidents. Reviewed methodology for estimating the economic welfare impacts of privatisation in New Zealand. Clients include Westinghouse Corporation; District of Stewart; Capital Regional District; Province of British Columbia; City of Kamloops; The Treasury, New Zealand; Providence Health Care.

Public Policy Analysis

Evaluated or reviewed policies including broadcasting of educational issues, NSF/RANN research programs, computer-assisted instruction and compensatory education, national research centres. Prepared position papers on the education of low achieving pupils. Clients include WJCT/PBS Television, Jacksonville, Florida; Consad Research Corporation; Educational Testing Service; National Institute of Education; Research for Better Schools.