By Linda Kelly, Windsor, CA, Town Manager, (LinkedIn) Thank you City of Palo Alto – The Confidence Code In September, I had the pleasure of taking 10 of our female staff members to the 2015 Palo Alto Women’s Career Resources Lunch. It was about a two-hour, 100-mile drive each way, so the ability for all … Continued
In this five-part series, Christian Williams, City of Goodyear, AZ, opens up about his experience with race. By Christian Williams – Twitter Disclaimer Race is controversial topic with many diverging opinions. Knowing that, I feel obliged to start with this disclaimer. The opinions, in this column, are mine and mine alone. My opinions do not reflect those … Continued
By Bobbi Nance, Website, LinkedIn & Twitter Training has been on my mind a lot lately as I have been attending a slew of conferences. In the last three weeks, I will have presented at a national, state, regional, and local training in three different states. Knowing that my take on the #13Percent was coming, I … Continued
Ben Bryant is the Deputy City Manager for the City of Happy Valley, OR. By Ben Bryant (LinkedIn) Hi! My name is Ben and this is my first ever blog post! Addressing the lack of women who are in the top administrative job in local government is a worthy topic at an important juncture in our … Continued
At #ELGL15, every attendee will be involved in developing our next steps for the #13Percent initiative. Before we do so, let’s introduce you to our experts. Family Forward Oregon Andrea Paluso is co-founder and executive director of Family Forward Oregon. Andrea is a social worker turned community activist and fervent policy wonk. She has worked … Continued
Christine Gregoire: Tale of Two Terms Blog Post #5: When I first found out that Governor Gregoire was going to be one of the keynote speakers at #ELGL15, I was very excited. Chris Gregoire gave Emerging Local Government Leaders what had to be the grand slam moment of #ELGL13 when she laid into the U.S. Congress, who at the … Continued
Barbara Roberts: Up the Capitol Steps Blog Post #5: As of 1978, Barbara and Frank Roberts were both in a full-blown political swing. After Frank planted a seed in her head, she had decided to run for the Multnomah County Commission, a seat that just a few years before would have seemed ridiculously out of reach … Continued
Rae Buckley works for the Town of Chapel Hill, NC as the Assistant to the Manager for Organizational and Strategic Initiatives. By Rae Buckley, LinkedIn and Twitter “We believe that anyone with a passion for public service can become a member, and understand there is no longer one path to leadership.” – Quote from the ELGL “About” … Continued
Chris Gregoire: Tale of Two Terms Blog Post #4: There have been many news stories around about a nationwide shift in local governments and how they treat a certain federal holiday that takes place on October 12th every year. That’s right.. move over Christopher, more and more cities and states are beginning to shift toward … Continued
Barbara Roberts: Up the Capitol Steps Blog Post #4: Well folks, things are heating up! A formerly two-dimensional character has gone the full 3D. Who? One Frank Roberts of course, that ol’ rascal. He enters the fray when by “chance” he sits next to Barbara on a car trip to the monthly Democratic Party meeting. They were … Continued
