Rafael Baptista Director of Strategy and Innovation Buncombe County, NC LinkedIn Incremental steps to improvement. Rafael Baptista, Director of Strategy and Innovation for Buncombe County, North Carolina, joined the podcast to talk about the work of his team and how they support the County organization as internal consultants. He shared how they support the County’s … Continued
The ELGL Board of Directors is excited to announce the appointment of three new Board Members. Rafael Baptista, Warren Kagarise, and Jessica VanderKolk were selected to serve three-year terms earlier this month. They will allow the Board to serve the ELGL membership and set the strategic direction of the organization. “Rafael, Warren, and Jessica each … Continued
On January 21, 2021, ELGL members will discuss “Greedy Bastards” by Sheryl Scully at the ELGL Book Club. We gave away six signed copies of the book to our members and asked them to write reflections on the book. Here’s the reflection post by Rafael Baptista, the Director of Performance Management for Buncombe County, NC. … Continued
Rafael Baptista Senior Manager for Community Economic Development for the City of Raleigh LinkedIn I Twitter If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Portland, OR Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation. What year would the most important in your life? Why? … Continued
We’re committed to keeping the #13Percent issue at the forefront of local government discussions. Periodically, we’ll post “From My Perspective” blog posts from ELGL members on the topic of women in local government leadership. Here’s a post from SE ELGL Project Manager Rafael Baptista. Baptista is a soon to graduate MPA candidate at UNC … Continued
Perfect. Fantastic. Amazing Hosting a party for more than 300 local government professionals is no easy task, especially when you haven’t done it before. This challenge didn’t stop Deborah Long Goldberg, Maggie Parker, Michelle Holder, Rafael Baptista, and Sarah Hazel from pulling off the inaugural ELGL & ICMA “Back to the Future” event at the … Continued
Guidepost #2: Formal acts of the council become public policy, and you as city manager must always do your best to translate these policies into action. You should do this in a manner to best realize the intent of the council. In some cases, you may not agree with the policy, but it is your … Continued
Local Government Advocate. Effective Leader. Contagious Optimism “A Passion for Public Service” is an apt phrase in describing our Knope of the Week, Rafael Baptista. ELGL has been fortunate to follow Rafael’s trajectory from Willamette University graduate to Linfield staffer to UNC MPA student and writer for Careers in Government and ELGL. (Sneak … Continued
Hello! During the Wyatt’s well deserved vacation to a top-secret beachfront location, Kent has decided to take the questionable risk of letting me be the guest buzzer for February 12th. I currently work as the College Activities and Greek Life intern at Linfield College while applying to MPA programs. Before working for Linfield, I worked … Continued
