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Individual classes or full certification for federal, state, government, nonprofit, and tribal managers.</em></p> <p><em>The Wisconsin Certified Public Manager</em>庐 <em>(CPM) Program is a nationally accredited management development program that prepares managers in federal, state, and local government and in tribal and nonprofit organizations for the challenges and unique demands of the public management profession.</em></p> <p><em>The CPM Program is pleased to be part of the UW鈥揗adison Division of Extension鈥檚 Local Government Education Program as of April 1, 2021.</em></p> <p>For additional information about the CPM program, please follow the links below. For questions, please contact Daniel Foth, CPM Director at daniel.foth@wisc.edu.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/cpm-faqs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CPM FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/CPM-instructors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CPM instructors</a></p> <p><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2021/03/CPMPolicies.pdf">CPM policies</a></p> <p><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2021/05/NCPMC-Competencies-2020-FINAL.pdf">Competencies of the National CPM Consortium</a></p> <p><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2021/09/Colleague-Group-Handbook-rev-August-2021.pdf">Handbook for CPM candidates and their agencies (Colleague Group)</a></p> <p><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2021/09/Self-directed-Handbook-rev-2021-1.pdf">Handbook for current CPM candidates and their agencies (Self-Directed in-progress</a>)</p> <p><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/our-graduates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CPM graduates</a></p> <p><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/cpm-capstone-projects/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CPM capstone projects</a></p> <table style="padding-top: 2px" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tbody style="vertical-align: top"> <tr style="height: 55px"> <td style="width: 99.1298%;height: 55px" colspan="2"> <h3><span style="text-decoration: underline">CPM Staff</span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 178px"> <td style="padding-top: 2px;width: 21.6303%;height: 178px">聽<a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2018/11/Foth-83px_opt.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-2173 aligncenter" src="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2018/11/Foth-83px_opt.jpg" alt="Image of Daniel Foth" width="124" height="160" /></a></td> <td style="width: 77.4995%;height: 178px"> <p align="left"><strong>Daniel Foth</strong><br />Director, CPM Program</p> <p align="left">Local Government Specialist<br />Phone: 608-265-2852</p> <p align="left"><a href="mailto:daniel.foth@wisc.edu">daniel.foth@wisc.edu</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 178px"> <td style="padding-top: 2px;width: 21.6303%;height: 178px"><a href="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2023/04/amanda-lang_BSS03553-2.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-7307 aligncenter" src="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2023/04/amanda-lang_BSS03553-2-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="117" height="176" srcset="https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2023/04/amanda-lang_BSS03553-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2023/04/amanda-lang_BSS03553-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2023/04/amanda-lang_BSS03553-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/files/2023/04/amanda-lang_BSS03553-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, 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