Brien Benson
Project Director, Enterprise Risk Management Training Program
Research Professor, SPP

Curriculum Vita
1989 to Present – Professor, George Mason University

1987 to 1989 – Associate Administrator, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Admin

1985 to 1987 – Policy Director, U.S. Department of Energy

1983 to 1985 – Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Treasury

1981 to 1982 – Executive Director, California Republican Party

1976 to 1980 – Editor, Conservative Digest

1968 to 1975 – Director, Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University

1965 to 1967 – Lieutenant, U.S. Army (including paratrooper service in Vietnam)

Dr. Benson's research work currently focuses on intelligent transportation systems, and he teaches courses on the policy process, program evaluation, and composition.

As Research Professor at the School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University, Dr. Benson worked on technology diffusion issues, including projects for the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy.

Dr. Benson served as Associate Administrator of Budget and Policy at the U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration (subsequently renamed the Federal Transit Administration), where he concentrated on promoting public-private partnerships.

Dr. Benson was Policy Director at the U. S. Department of Energy, where his responsibilities included directing preparation of the 50,000-word 1985 National Energy Policy Plan and testifying to Congress on the Staggers Rail De-regulation Act.

Dr. Benson was Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he was a speechwriter for Secretary Donald Regan.

At Stanford University, Dr. Benson served as Director of the Hoover Institution Press for seven years, publishing some 150 books on economic and national security policy. He also served as press officer.