CURRICULUM VITA
ANTHONY R. KOVNER, PH.D.
EDUCATION
B.A. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.
M.P.A. Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public
Administration, 1963.
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs, Pittsburgh, PA, 1966.
CURRENT POSITIONS
Professor, Program in Health Policy and Management, Wagner Graduate School of Public
Service, New York University.
Director, Kovner-Behrman Annual Forum, NYU/Wagner
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
2007-2014 Director of the Executive MPA in Management, Concentration for Nurse
Leaders
1983-2009 Board Member, Lutheran Medical Center, Member of the Executive
Committee, Chair of the Quality Committee
1986-2009 Board Member. Health Plus, Vice-Chair
1979-89, 2001-6 Director, Program in Health Care Policy and Management, NYU/Wagner
1989-94 Director, Hospital Community Benefit Standards Program
1987-91 Senior Program Consultant, Hospital-Based Rural Health Care Program
1988-89 Associate Director, Training Program for Senior Health Care Managers of
Public Hospitals
1985-87 Director, Advanced Management for Clinicians
1981-86 Senior Program Consultant, Rural Hospital Program of Extended-Care
1977-79 Chief Executive Officer, Newcomb Hospital, Vineland, NJ
1974-77 Senior Health Care Consultant, United Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Detroit, MI
1970-74 Director, Graduate Program in Health Care Administration, Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1969-70 Executive Administrator, University of Pennsylvania Medical
Group, Philadelphia, PA
1967-69 Associate Director, Gouverneur Health Services Program, New York
1966-67 Assistant Director, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
1958-60 Administrator, Hunts Point Home, Bronx, NY