Fred W. Apelquist III

The author has been a life-long student and learner. While working in the real-world for nearly forty years, he held various management positions for over two decades. He won the Public Service Exc...ver maisThe author has been a life-long student and learner. While working in the real-world for nearly forty years, he held various management positions for over two decades. He won the Public Service Excellence award for managing the “Best Federal Government Program” for the year 2000. He is now a retired federal government manager and free-lance writer (www.yetmo.com – now in hiatus) who holds the Master of Education degree from the University of Virginia. He has published dozens of op-ed, management, humor, and general interest articles. Mr. Apelquist was a regular social and political columnist for The Journal Newspapers (Washington, DC, suburbs) and The Flagler Times (Flagler County, FL). He was Treasurer of the Flagler County (FL) Education Foundation. Fred served as the first Contributing Editor to “The Forum” at the Understanding Government Foundation (www.understandinggov.org). Mr. Apelquist is a Lifetime Member of the Professional Managers Association (PMA). He has held many church posts including deacon, elder, chair of the deacons and worship departments, chairman of the board, and Vestry member.ver menos