Michelle Thong Digital Services Lead San Jose, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Using scrum in local government. Michelle Thong, the Digital Services Lead at the City of San Jose, CA, joined the podcast to talk innovation, iteration and engaging the tech community. She shared the three innovation behaviors her office works to encourage in the organization and … Continued
Miguel Sangalang Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation Los Angeles, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Amanda Daflos Innovation Team Director Los Angeles, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Transforming data into action. Miguel Sangalang, Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation, and Amanda Daflos, Innovation Team Director, joined GovLove to talk about their work at the City of Los … Continued
Bob Lavigna Director Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement LinkedIn | Twitter Measuring employee engagement. Bob Lavigna the Director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement at CPS HR joined the podcast to talk about why organizations should take employee engagement seriously. He argues that there is a business case to keeping employees engaged at … Continued
Chris Floore Assistant to the County Manager for Public Affairs Macon-Bibb County, GA LinkedIn | Twitter Communications and media relations. Chris Floore, the Assistant to the County Manager for Public Affairs in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, joined the podcast to talk about his work and building relationships with the media. Chris discussed the importance of the public … Continued
Heather Worthington Director of Long Range Planning Minneapolis, MN LinkedIn | Twitter Paul Mogush Manager of Community Planning Minneapolis, MN LinkedIn | Twitter Battling disparities through planning. Two people from the City of Minneapolis, MN join the podcast to talk about the hottest comprehensive plan in the country, Minneapolis 2040. Heather Worthington is the Director … Continued
The hosts of GovLove pick the best episodes of the year. The best episodes of the year. All five regular GovLove hosts teamed up to hand out awards and recap the year of GovLove. Kirsten, Alyssa, Javon, Kent and Ben all selected four of their favorite episodes to honor with the most prestigious award in … Continued
Brian Platt Business Administrator (Chief Operating Officer) Jersey City, NJ LinkedIn | Twitter Problem solving in government. Brian Platt the Business Administrator of Jersey City, New Jersey joined the podcast to talk about managing the day to day operations of the city, innovation in local government and being named a babe of Jersey City. Brian previously … Continued
Scott Duncombe Founder Pizza to the Polls Website | LinkedIn | Twitter Hungry for democracy. The national non-profit, Pizza to the Polls, tries to make waiting in line to vote a little better. They take reports of long lines from people around the country and then find local pizza places to deliver slices to voters. … Continued
Leslie RichardsSecretary of TransportationState of PennsylvaniaBio | LinkedIn | Twitter Brian HarePlanning Division ChiefPennDOTLinkedIn Transportation & engagement. The Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, Leslie Richards, and the PennDOT Planning Chief, Brian Hare, join the podcast to talk engagement and the future of transportation. They shared their PennDOT Connects initiative which works to engage Pennsylvania residents before … Continued
Stefan Pryor Commerce Secretary State of Rhode Island Bio | LinkedIn Economic development at the state level. Stefan Pryor, the Secretary of Commerce for the State of Rhode Island, joins the podcast to talk about his work attracting companies to the state. Stefan discussed the policies they’ve used to turn around Rhode Island’s economy. He … Continued
