The Bureaucrat, Inc. - Board of Directors

Timothy M. Dirks

Tim Dirks currently serves as a human resources consultant and Chairman of the Board of GRA, Inc. (GRA)—a business providing organizational improvement and HR consulting and training services to Federal government agencies. Tim retired in August 2002 after over 32 years of Federal service, the last ten of which were as the Director of Human Resources Management, U.S. Department of Energy. In addition, Tim worked as a senior human resources manager and specialist at several agencies, including the Smithsonian Institution, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

OPM and OMB recognized Tim for the development of some of the government’s best human capital management programs. Tim twice received the prestigious Presidential Meritorious Rank Award (in 1996 and 2001) for his executive leadership achievements as a member of the Senior Executive Service and for his pioneering work in Federal human resources management. Tim is a past President of the International Personnel Management Association’s Federal Section. He is a featured speaker at government-wide management and human resources conferences and an occasional columnist in public service journals and guest on radio talk shows dealing with Federal management and employee issues.