Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. His research and teaching broadly focus on the management and governance of public and not-for-profit organizations, and the institutions and incentives that affect managerial decision-making. He is especially interested in organizational slack resource management, debt management, and contracting relationships between government and not-for-profit organizations. Thad was awarded the 2013 Editors’ Prize for Best Scholarly Paper in Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and he currently serves on its editorial board.