Howard Risher is a consultant focusing on public sector pay and performance. He is the author of the 2023 book Older Workers Ready to Hire and the co-author of the 2016 book It’s Time for High-Performance Government.
As the practice leader for two global consulting firms, Risher has worked with a variety of federal and state agencies, the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. In 1990, he managed the project that led to the passage of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act and the federal transition to locality pay.
Risher earned his bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA and Ph.D. in business from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
