David Fredenburgh
Director, Administration
Mr. David Fredenburgh is Director of Administration for the IJIS Institute, a non-profit corporation formed to help state and local governments develop ways to share information among the disciplines engaged in law enforcement and the administration of justice. He has had a long career in the non-profit sector, including finance and administrative management positions in local governments in New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Maryland and at residential treatment centers for at-risk youth in New York.
Mr. Fredenburgh has overseen the creation of customized, computerized financial software systems in several municipalities and has participated in writing software for those systems in New York, Maryland and Vermont. As municipal government accounting methods matured during the 1980s, Mr. Fredenburgh oversaw the conversion of those systems, in the municipalities in which he worked, into an accrual accounting system.
Mr. Fredenburgh has been responsible for the development and oversight of annual budgets up to $28 million and for the development and oversight of personnel management systems for organizations with as many as 450 staff.
Mr. Fredenburgh has been active in introducing cutting edge technologies to municipal governments, including the initiation of direct debit systems for the collection of property taxes and the creation of Cafeteria Plans. In addition, he presented seminars at the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) Annual Town Fair on those subjects to assist other local governments in creating like systems. He also served on the Board of Directors for the VLCT Health Trust which provided self-insurance programs to most municipalities in Vermont.
In virtually all his positions, Mr. Fredenburgh has been the primary liaison with the corporations’ attorneys and he has been actively involved in responding to a variety of legal actions and initiatives in this role. Additionally, he has been the author of a number of Local Laws for a variety of municipalities in New York State.
Most recently, Mr. Fredenburgh served on a Governor’s Advisory Committee for New York State in development of the “Connections” software system. “Connections” requires the State, Counties and private providers in New York to share all information regarding all social services being provided to individuals and families across the State. Issues of privacy, responsibility, access, connectivity and funding were all addressed in this process.
Mr. Fredenburgh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Grove City College, completed one year of study at Cornell University’s Graduate School for Business and Public Administration, and has participated in continuing education studies in Accounting at the State University of New York College at New Paltz.