Podcast: Across the Generations with Sam Badger and Decker Ploehn

Posted on November 1, 2024


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Sam Badger
City Manager’s Office Marvin Andrews Fellow
City of Scottsdale, AZ
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Decker Ploehn
City Administrator
City of Bettendorf, IA
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Two guests joined the podcast to share their generational perspective on local government. Sam Badger is the City Manager’s Office Marvin Andrews Fellow at City of Scottsdale, Arizona and Decker Ploehn is the City Administrator for the City of Bettendorf, Iowa. They each shared their career path, talked about the importance of relationships, and asked each other questions to gain knowledge from the others perspective.

This episode was recorded at the 2024 ICMA Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.

Host: Lauren Palmer

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