David S. Kassel

David S. Kassel is principal of Accountable Strategies Consulting, LLC, which provides management consulting, policy research, and public relations services to public, private, and nonprofit organizations. He was formerly Chief of the Management Division of the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General, an independent state agency that prevents and detects waste, fraud, and abuse in governmental projects and programs.

David has also worked as a senior research analyst with the Massachusetts House Post Audit and Oversight Committee and as a journalist with daily newspapers in Massachusetts and Connecticut. His article, "Performance, Accountability, and the Debate over Rules," was published in Public Administration Review, the nation's leading academic journal on public management. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

David plays violin in the Concord Orchestra in Massachusetts, and has played fiddle in several area bluegrass bands. In answer to the question most frequently asked of him, violin and fiddle are the same instrument.