Traeger Award winners continue to be recognized by their organizations and local media. Lynchburg City Manager Recognized as Top Influencer in Government Lynchburg’s City Manager Bonnie Svrcek has been recognized by the organization, Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) as a top influencer in government. In announcing its list of top 100 influencers earlier this month, … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Go big or go home – that’s our motto for this year’s #ELGL16 conference. Instead of hosting one conference on one day, we’re hosting six conferences in one day. ELGL volunteers are planning one day conferences in Durham, Dallas, Chicago, Denver, Menlo Park and Portland on October 21, 2016. No matter where you live, there’s … Continued
A few notes before we reveal the list: 1. This list does not include any ELGL management team members. Due to the obvious conflict of interest, we have elected not to include them. 2. In developing the rankings, we consistently came back to the word, “influence.” Our top 100 is not based on title or … Continued
Submit your nomination at Call for Nominations: Top Local Government Influencers. These are the current nominees for the Traeger List. Nominees will be accepted until Friday, July 22. AJ Fawver, City of San Angelo, TX (12) Alex Dudchock, Shelby County, AL Alex McIntyre, City of Menlo Park, CA Alex Morrison, Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority Alexandria … Continued
As many of you know, I left my job in West Linn for a variety of reasons, the most important being that I realized that West Linn was no longer providing me a platform to pursue a local government career I believed in. My personal career goal has always been simple: to do work where I can make the biggest … Continued
By Janice D’Aloia, Mo’mix Solutions, LinkedIn and Twitter Improving and maintaining effective gender and ethnic diversity in local government can be an elusive thing for some organizations. Most are more than aware of the issue, but addressing and overcoming it has been an ongoing challenge. While attempting to bridge diversity gaps, organizations typically turn to … Continued
Watch the Webinar: Heidi Voorhees and Rachel Lange-Skaggs Leslie Knope must have been smiling down on our webinar with Heidi Voorhees, GovHR USA and Voorhees Associates and Rachel Lange-Skaggs, Village of Schaumburg, IL. Heidi and Rachel led an insightful discussion on their recent report on women in local government. One of the key findings was only … Continued
#13Percent: I’m a 36-Year Old White Male by: Kent Wyatt — LinkedIn and Twitter I am a 36-year old, white male. I work as a senior management analyst for the City of Tigard, OR. My dad was a city manager for more than 35 years in North Carolina and Virginia. I grew up going to … Continued
We’ve received a huge response to ELGL’s coverage of the ICMA report on women in local government management – and the lack of progress that has been made. We’re working on a series of outreach and education activities so we can walk the walk (and not just talk the talk) when it comes to shining … Continued
By Kirsten Wyatt, ELGL co-founder; Ass’t City Manager, West Linn, OR Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter The January 2015 edition of PM Magazine features a cover story about women leading local government agencies, and how the statistic has not improved in the last 30 years – in 1984 and in 2014, only 13 percent of local … Continued
