Sharon L. Caudle
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence
The Bush School of Government and Public Service
Phone: (979) 845-1673
E-mail: scaudle@bushschool.tamu.edu

Dr. Sharon Caudle is an assistant director for homeland security with the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Homeland Security and Justice Team. She currently specializes in homeland security strategic policy and management issues and in previous positions focused on government strategic planning, results management, and intergovernmental relations. In addition to GAO, Dr. Caudle has extensive government headquarters and field experience with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Department of Agriculture (Food Stamp Program and Women, Infants, and Children's Supplemental Feeding Program), and the Nevada State government in social services and quality control. She also serves as adjunct faculty for the Office of Personnel Management's Management Development Centers and The George Washington University. Dr. Caudle taught at Auburn University and Syracuse University in public management and information technology management.

She earned her masters and doctorate in public management from The George Washington University in Washington , DC . She is a member of the American National Standards Institute Homeland Security Standards Panel steering committee, and a member of the technical committee for the national preparedness standard NFPA 1600. She is currently earning a master's in homeland security and homeland defense from the School of International Studies , Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey , CA .