Hometown: Current: Urbana, IL (Grew up in Effingham, IL)

Undergraduate Institution and Major: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, B.A. in Recreation Administration with an option in Therapeutic Recreation and a Psychology Minor

Graduate Institution and Major: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, M.A. in Gerontology

Hometown: La Salle-Peru

Undergraduate Institution and Major: Illinois State University, Psychology

Graduate Institution and Major: Illinois State University, MBA

Hometown: Greenview, Illinois

Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois – Springfield, Business Administration

Graduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois – Springfield, MBA, Certificate in Entrepreneurship

Dissertation: “Assessing responsibility in professional street-level bureaucrats.”

Bio: John Petter graduated in 2002, one of the first four DPA graduates at UIS. He is retired from the State of Illinois nearly 20 years of that time as an administrator in the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Human Services. His research interests have been in public service motivation and organizational dynamics, as well as in understanding and applying research findings in administrative settings in the public sector.

Dissertation: "Home rule and local government autonomy: The determinants of fiscal health of Illinois municipalities"