Brian Ohl

Spring 2025

MAX 123 Critical Issues for the United States

PAI 996 Master's Project Course

PAI 734 Public Budgeting

Fall 2024

PAI 400 Environmental Management

PAI 734 Public Budgeting

Summer 2024

PAI 734 Public Budgeting

Spring 2024

PSC 308: The Politics of U.S. Public Policy

PAI 734 Public Budgeting

Brian Ohl is an adjunct professor in the Public Administration and International Affairs Department. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. He has received awards for both research and teaching, including the 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Maxwell School. 

Ohl served as an assistant director at the Office of Management and Budget for New York City and also worked as director of programs for an environmental nonprofit. As the assistant director of the infrastructure task force, he had the opportunity to work on many of New York City’s innovative environmental policy initiatives, including PlaNYC, the city’s sustainability plan. In that role, he oversaw a combined $3.2 billion in agency operating budgets and $20.8 billion in capital programs. 

Ohl’s research focuses on management, collaborative governance, sustainability, environmental policy and public budgeting. Ohl received a Ph.D. in public administration from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School with concentrations in public management and environmental policy. He also received an M.P.A. from Cornell University, with a concentration in environmental policy.

Management, collaborative governance, sustainability, environmental policy, public budgeting 

Ohl, B., Kim, J., Nabatchi, T., Public Management Research Conference (PMRC), Seattle WA. “Budget Allocation Processes for Collaborative Governance” (June 2024)

Ohl, B., Kim, J., Nabatchi, T., Social Outcomes Conference, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, Oxford England. "Budgeting for Collaborative Governance: A Theoretical and Empirical analysis of Budget Allocation Processes" (September 2023)

Ohl, B., Kim, J., Nabatchi, T., International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM), Budapest, Hungary. "Budgeting for Collaborative Governance: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Budget Allocation Processes" (April 2023)

Ohl, B., Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA), Virtual. “Organizational Goal Potential: A Framework for Sustainability and Other Public Value Goals” (November 2022)

Kim, J., Ohl, B., Nabatchi, T., Transatlantic Dialogue, Roskilde, Denmark. "A Blueprint for Collaborative Governance: How Legal Frameworks Shape Collaborative Governance Platforms and Regimes" (June 2022)

Ohl, B., Public Management Research Conference (PMRC), Phoenix, AZ. “Organizational Purpose and Sustainability Potential: A Goal Framework Approach” (May 2022)

Kim, J., Ohl, B., Nabatchi, T., American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Jacksonville, FL. "A Blueprint for Collaborative Governance: How Legal Frameworks Shape Collaborative Governance Platforms and Regimes" (April 2022)