Welcome to the new and (somewhat) improved version of our member introductions. If you are puzzled by the column name, take a minute to watch this scene from Austin Powers.
Background Check
A winner of the ILCMA Local Government Fellowship, Justyn Miller (LinkedIn) has served as the Assistant to the County Administrator, Boone County, IL since 2014. His prior experience includes work for the City of DeKalb, IL and Illinois Office of the Auditor General.
He is a graduate of the Northern Illinois University MPA program and holds an undergraduate degree from Western Illinois University.
Q & A with Justyn
(Complete the sentence) Today is……only one day in all the days that will ever be-Ernest Hemmingway
Your hometown? What is it best known for?
Geneseo, Illinois. It is best known as a quaint, Victorian community.
Describe the state of local government in your area.
Local government is relatively professional in my area. I am relatively close to Chicago and Rockford which both experience professional management at the local level (for the most part).
What topics or practitioners would you like to see ELGL profile?
- Contracts (management)
- Human Resources
- Procurement
If you could interview anyone (dead or alive), who would it be?
- Abraham Lincoln
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Angus King
(Complete this sentence) I feel old when… I attempt to talk to younger individuals about video games (i.e. Sega Genesis, SNES)
What are the best things about the internet?
The unlimited exchange of knowledge and information.
Parent(s) can be influential in career choices of their kids. What was the career path of your parent(s)?
Dad is an aluminum roll grinder and my mom is an oral surgeons assistant.
(Complete these phrases) Best thing about the….
- 80’s was……. AC/DC
- 90’s was…… the era of the Grunge Movement
- 00’s was….. The rise of political brinkmanship and polarization
- Last year was….. when I could finally say that I found my “dream” career path.
- Today is….that I am not experiencing a “case of the Mondays”.
(Complete the sentence) ELGL is….. the future of attracting the next generation to local government.
Where do you hear about ELGL?
From the NIU MPA program and through Ben McCready.
Give us two ideas for attracting and retaining talented individuals to the public sector.
The need for a new generation of local government administrators (job placement) and helping them understand how their work contributes to the “big picture”
What’s one question that we should ask the next person who completes this profile?
If you could be any kind of tree; what kind of tree would you be and why?
(Complete the sentence) Tomorrow is…….the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we have learned something from yesterday — John Wayne
Supplemental Reading
- On Campus with Northern Illinois University MPA Program
- What ELGL Means to Me: Ben McCready, Rock Island
- Boone County, Illinois
- The making of a man without a party