George Mason University announced today that former Fairfax County Executive Tony Griffin will teach at the college starting in August.

Griffin will teach courses related to local government as a “practitioner-in-residence” in the school’s Department of Public and International Affairs, according to a press release from the school.

Griffin stepped down from his post as executive at the end of April after serving the county for over 20 years.

Prior to coming to Fairfax County, he served as Falls Church City manager for six years. He is a former Marine Corps officer having served in the Corps for three years following graduation from Hobart College.

“I look forward to the opportunity that George Mason University presents to me to provide knowledge transfer to the next generation,” Griffin said in a prepared statement.

Fairfax County officials appointed Ed Long, a former deputy county executive and chief financial officer, as the new county executive at the end of April.