Speaker Details
Richard Little
Director, Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy, University of Southern California
Richard G. Little is a Senior Fellow in the School of Policy Planning and Development and Director of the Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy at the University of Southern California (USC). Mr Little teaches, consults, conducts research, and develops policy studies aimed at informing the discussion of infrastructure issues critical to California and the U.S. Prior to joining USC, he was Director of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment of the National Research Council (NRC) where he directed a programme of studies in building and infrastructure research. He has conducted numerous studies dealing with life-cycle management and financing of infrastructure, project management, and hazard preparedness and mitigation, and has lectured and published extensively on risk management and decision-making for critical infrastructure. Mr Little has almost 40 years' experience in planning, management, and policy development relating to public facilities, including 15 years with local government. He has been certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners, is a member of the American Planning Association and the Society for Risk Analysis, and is Editor of the journal Public Works Management and Policy. He holds a B.S. in Geology and an M.S. in Urban-Environmental Studies, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mr Little was elected to the National Academy of Construction in 2008.
