John Cape
Senior Managing Consultant
- Email:
- capej@pfm.com
- Business Specialty:
- Financial Management
Strategic Consulting
- Office:
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Albany
41 State Street
Suite 604
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518-462-0100
Fax: 518-462-0066
John F. Cape is a national expert on state budgets and public policy, with over 30 years experience in the public sector.
Prior to joining PFM, Mr. Cape served as the Director of the Budget for New York State. As Director, he was New York's chief financial officer and the principal fiscal advisor to the Governor, heading the Division of the Budget, whose 350 staff members oversee a $113 billion operating budget and $50 billion debt portfolio.
Mr. Cape began his State career in 1973, working as Municipal Management Consultant and Federal program manager before joining the Division of the Budget in 1980. During the following 26 years, he had the opportunity to oversee funding for virtually every State program area. He headed the Division's Federal Relations office, working with organizations including the National Governors Association advocating for changes and enhancements to Federal programs including Medicaid, Welfare and Transportation. After being named Assistant Director in 1997, he went on to oversee the State's, economic and revenue forecasting, tax policy, capital planning and finance, and cash management. He also directed the State's debt policy, including management and issuance of all State-related debt, Federal securities disclosure, and rating agency relations. The author of major budget reform and debt reform statutes, in 2000 he was promoted to Deputy Director, overseeing statewide budget planning, development, negotiation and execution, advancing to First Deputy in 2002 and Director in 2004. He also served as Chairman of the State's Public Authority Control Board and a Director of the Local Government Assistance Corporation.
A nationally known speaker on state fiscal and policy issues, and a recognized advocate for fiscal integrity and transparency, Mr. Cape serves as a Senior Fellow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, is a Fellow of the State Academy of Public Administrators, and has served on the Executive Board of the National Association of State Budget Officers. He is the 2006 recipient of the Center for Technology in Government's Rudolph W. Giuliani Leadership Award, and recipient of the American Society for Public Administration's Charles Evans Hughes Award.
Mr. Cape received his B.A. from the State University of New York Empire State College and pursued graduate study at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs.
Mr. Cape is based in Albany and New York City, New York, and co-leads PFM's Strategic Consulting practice for state governments in conjunction with former State of Iowa Budget Director, Randall Bauer.