G. Calvin Mackenzie holds an endowed chair as The Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College.  Mackenzie served with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam in 1970 and 1971. From 1985 through 1988, he was Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations at Colby.

Mackenzie's professional work focuses on governance and public policy, with a special interest in the politics of presidential appointments. He has been a frequent consultant to presidential personnel staffs and congressional committees on those matters. During the 1980s, he played a central role in the Presidential Appointee Project of the National Academy of Public Administration, as Project Director and principal author of several National Academy publications including Leadership in Jeopardy: The Fraying of the Presidential Appointments System, Guidebook for the Senior Executive Service, and both editions of The Presidential Appointee's Handbook. From 2000-2003, he was Senior Advisor to the Presidential Appointee Initiative in Washington while serving as Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. In 2002, he was Senior Advisor to the National Commission on the Public Service (Second Volcker Commission).

2000-2004

Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

Senior Advisor, The Presidential Appointee Initiative Washington,DC

Senior Advisor, National Commision on the Public Service (Second Volcker Commission) Washington, DC