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John O'Leary

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John O’Leary leads state and local government research efforts for the Deloitte Center for Government Insights. Prior to joining Deloitte, he served as the vice president of communications and executive reporting with State Street Bank.

O’Leary previously served in multiple senior leadership roles in Massachusetts state government and was a distinguished research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is the co-author of the best-selling 2010 book "If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government."

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