CREDENTIALS

• Ph.D., Political Science - Public Administration Emphasis, Georgia State University
• MPA, Systems Administration, Georgia College 
• B.S., Criminal Justice, West Georgia College
• Senior Professional in Human Resources 
• Certified Fraud Examiner
• Certified Faculty Developer

Ron McNinch is chair of Public Administration and Legal Studies. His primary areas of concentration are public sector employment, research methods, fraud examination, and elections. McNinch’s research interests include administrative and civic behavior as well as aggregate data studies.

In addition to advanced credentials in human resources and fraud examination, McNinch is a specialist in local elections and opinion polling.

In 2009 he was named a “Distinguished Professor of Guam” by the Guam Legislature.

Since 1996, McNinch has served in a number of prominent government roles including:

• two appointments to the Guam Election Commission Board
• the Guam Organic Act 50th Anniversary Commission Board
• four years as executive director of the Guam Peace Officer and Standards and Training Commission
• two terms as the executive director of the Guam Dr. Martin Luther King Civil Rights Commission.

McNinch has also served as a two-term president of the Guam Chapter of the American Cancer Society and president of two different Rotary Clubs on Guam.