Category: GovLove Podcast

Podcast: Women in Fire Service with Anna Koons & Danielle Dulin, Warrensburg, MO

Danielle Dulin City Manager City of Warrensburg, MO LinkedIn Anna Koons Fire Department Captain City of Warrensburg. MO Website She leads the way. Two guests from the City of Warrensburg, Missouri joined the podcast to discuss women in the fire service. Danielle Dulin, City Manager, and Anna Koons, Fire Department Captain, discussed recruitment and retention … Continued

Podcast: Building a Culture of Equity with Danya Perry, Wake County, NC

Danya Perry Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Wake County, North Carolina Twitter | LinkedIn Reach In, Reach Out, Reach Over. Danya Perry, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Wake County, North Carolina, joined the podcast to discuss his work in local government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). He provided a definition of DEI … Continued

Podcast: GovLove Moments, Producer Picks, & ELGL History

A very special episode of GovLove. To mark the occasion of 500 episodes of a podcast about local government, the team looks back at some of their favorite moments of the podcast. Kirsten Wyatt and Kent Wyatt talked about the origins of ELGL and how the organization has grown (00:02:53). The GovLove Producers, Ben Kittelson … Continued

Podcast: Data and Coding It Forward with Eva Pereira, Los Angeles, CA

Eva Pereira Chief Data Officer City of Los Angeles, California Twitter | LinkedIn Empowering the next generation of mission-driven technologists. Eva Pereira, Chief Data Officer for the City of Los Angeles, California, joined the podcast to discuss hosting a Fellow from Coding it Forward. She shared the positive experience she had with the program including … Continued

Podcast: COVID-19 Sniffing Dogs with Captain Paul Douglas, Bristol County, MA

Paul Douglas  Sheriff’s Office Captain Bristol County, MA Twitter | LinkedIn Using K9s to fight COVID. Paul Douglas, Sheriff’s Office Captain for Bristol County, Massachusetts, joined the podcast to discuss using the K9 unit to detect COVID. He shared how the program started and how the dogs are trained. Paul discussed the partnership between the … Continued

Podcast: Equity and Inclusion in Ottawa County, MI with Robyn Afrik and John Shay

Robyn Afrik Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Ottawa County, MI LinkedIn John Shay Deputy County Administrator / Acting County Administrator Ottawa County, MI LinkedIn Identifying and correcting bias in County operations and service delivery. Two guests from Ottawa County, Michigan joined the podcast to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion. Robyn Afrik, Director of Diversity, … Continued

Podcast: Housing First with Cathy Alderman, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

Cathy Alderman Chief Communications and Public Policy Officer Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Twitter | LinkedIn Joining together to reduce homelessness. Cathy Alderman, the Chief Communications and Public Policy Officer at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, joined the podcast to talk about putting housing first to reduce homelessness. She shared the work of the … Continued

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