Category: Member Profiles

Member Profile: Michael Grass

Michael Grass Communications Manager, Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington Information School LinkedIn If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Los Angeles Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation What year would the most important in your life? Why? 2004; … Continued

Member Profile: Serena Gruia

Serena Gruia Public Engagement Specialist, Albemarle County Local Government LinkedIn If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? too hard to choose Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation What year would the most important in your life? Why? 2020 – getting to … Continued

Member Profile: Brad Ketels

Brad Ketels County Engineer – Linn County (Iowa) Secondary Road Department LinkedIn I Email If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Galena, IL Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? If I had to choose between these two, it would be innovation. Otherwise, … Continued

Member Profile: Maggie Gilman Holm

Maggie Gilman Holm Graduate Student – PSU:MPA LinkedIn If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Lincoln City, OR Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? “Storytelling” is the buzzword I tend to hear most often. What year would the most important in your … Continued

Member Profile: Jeff Friedman

Jeff Friedman Citizen Services Leader, AWS LinkedIn If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Newport, RI Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation. What year would the most important in your life? Why? 2011 – when I joined the “tech, innovation and … Continued

Member Profile: Rafael Baptista

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

Meet the PAFR Fellows! Part I

ELGL and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) created the PAFR Fellowship Program to connect graduate students with local governments looking to create a Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for submission to the GFOA award program. The fellows have all been finalized and ELGL and GFOA are excited to announce everyone over the next few … Continued

Member Profile: Alannah Doak

Alannah Doak Assistant Township Manager, Delta Charter Township LinkedIn Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation. What year would the most important in your life? Why? 2017, First full-time job and relocated out of state for it. (Complete this sentence) The one thing that I think is missing from … Continued

Member Profile: Corinne Weiss

Corinne Weiss President, Corinne Weiss Strategic Communications LinkedIn If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Boulder, Colorado-area. Colorado is second best to Oregon, and both my daughters live there! Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation, for sure. Innovative ideas, innovative programs, … Continued

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