Leslie K. Breitner

Leslie K. Breitner
Principal Lecturer of Public Affairs
DBA, Boston University Graduate School of Management, 1996

Contact Information:
Parrington Hall, room 321
breitner@u.washington.edu
206.616.8698

Areas of Specialization:
Budgeting, Financial Management, and Performance Measurement

Leslie K. Breitner joined the faculty of the Evans School of Public Affairs in 2002. She is a principal lecturer and teaches the Master of Public Administration core budgeting and financial management course, performance management, and nonprofit financial management. Breitner also serves as the faculty director for Cascade Executive Programs and faculty co-director of the Executive Master of Public Administration (Executive MPA) program where she teaches courses in financial statement analysis, financial management, and performance management.

Prior to joining the Evans School, Breitner taught graduate level financial management and public sector budgeting courses at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She was also involved with the Kennedy School’s Senior Executives programs for those working in federal, state, and local government.

An experienced teacher in distance learning courses, Breitner developed and taught the online financial management curricula for both the Kennedy School and Seton Hall University's Masters in Health Care Administration program. She has also taught and consulted to medical schools, teaching hospitals, foundations, and nonprofit organizations on issues related to financial management, integrated health delivery, and strategic planning.

Breitner is co-author of the popular accounting books Essentials of Accounting, 10th Edition and Essentials of Accounting Review, both revised and published in 2006 (new edition forthcoming in spring 2009) with the late Professor Robert N. Anthony.

She is the 2004 recipient of the Evans School Teacher of the Year Award, and Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. She also recently served as a board member of Sustainable Seattle and will serve on the board of Youth Ambassadors.

Breitner holds a DBA from Boston University Graduate School of Management, an MBA from Simmons College Graduate School of Management, and a BA in French studies from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She also holds a certificate from Harvard University's Institute in Arts Administration.

Curriculum Vitae (22KB PDF)