David E. Fraser, Ed.D., MPA, is a scholar-practitioner, senior public-sector leader, educator, author, and organizational consultant with more than three decades of experience across government, higher education, healthcare administration, and the nonprofit sector. He serves in a senior leadership role within elected local government, providing strategic direction in legislative affairs, fiscal policy, governmental operations, organizational management, and program development.At California State University, East Bay, Dr. Fraser has taught graduate courses in public administration and healthcare administration for more than twenty years. His teaching and professional work emphasize ethical governance, public budgeting and financial management, organizational competence, leadership readiness, strategic planning, grant development and administration, and the application of academic knowledge to professional practice.Dr. Fraser is the author of the second edition of Grantcraft: The Comprehensive Guide to Strategic Funding for Public Service, Healthcare, and the Nonprofit Sector; Promoted into Incompetence: Why Good Workers Become Poor Leaders-and How Organizations Can Change That; and The California Public Budget Challenge: A Semester-Long Applied Budget Practicum. He is also the founder and managing director of Fraser Leadership Group, which provides publishing, consulting, training, strategic planning, and leadership-development services designed to strengthen ethical, effective, and accountable organizations across sectors.