According to the Center for State & Local Government Excellence, 54% of governments reported an increase in retirements in the past year. That silver tsunami we’ve been warned about? It’s finally happening. ELGL is starting a new writing series to interview retiring or retired local government workers to capture their stories, in the interest of preserving … Continued
This is the third part of a multi-part series chronicling Zoe Monahan’s travels to the ICMA International Regional Summit. Saturday was a beautiful day in Prague. I woke up feeling excited about the last day of the conference! I was excited because Pat Martel, ICMA President was going to speak about women in local government management … Continued
Pat Martel ICMA President City Manager (Retired) Daly City, CA Twitter | LinkedIn. The local government interns are back! Roger Gonzalez and Mark Yager, are currently interning in their second set of cities as part of a year-long four city internship program. They recently sat down with ICMA president Pat Martel for a great conversation. They chatted about everything from getting … Continued
Angelica Wedell brings more than eight years of experience in multimedia communications to her role as marketing and business development coordinator and editor-in-chief of The Civil Review at National Research Center, Inc (NRC). By Angelica Wedell – LinkedIn, Twitter, Website A new year is on the horizon, along with a host of local government conferences to … Continued
Tim Wolff Lake Isabella, MI LinkedIn Matt Yager Plano, TX LinkedIn | Twitter Mike Ekey Raymore, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Ben DeClue Lebanon, MO LinkedIn | Twitter This week the GovLove team sits down with Tim Wolff (Lake Isabella, MI), Matt Yager (Plano,TX), Mike Ekey (Raymore, MO) and Ben DeClue (Lebanon, MO) as they … Continued
Martha Perego Ethics Director ICMA LinkedIn | Twitter Julie Underwood City Manager Mercer Island, WA LinkedIn | Twitter This week the GovLove team sits down with Martha Perego from ICMA and Julie Underwood the Assistant City Manager of Daly City, CA to discuss one of the hotly debated guidelines for ICMA members, the two year … Continued
Tom Lundy County Manager Catawba County, NC Bio | LinkedIn From intern to County Manager, Tom Lundy has become a legend in Catawba County, NC. He’s been the Manager at Catawba for 36 years as well as served as the President of ICMA, the National Association of County Administrators, and the North Carolina City-County Management … Continued
As part of the grueling ELGL initiation process, new members are asked to complete the ELGL version of the Wonderlic test. It’s an open book test and participants aren’t faced with the challenge of using a dull number 2 pencil to fill in tiny circles. Let’s learn about today’s participant. Robin Weaver (LinkedIn and Twitter) is a … Continued
For the second year in a row, ELGL will be co-hosting an event at the ICMA Conference. This year we’re bringing a couple of pianos and booking a much larger room. More than 500 local government professionals from all areas of local government will attend. Registration will continue until we reach maximum capacity. We recommend … Continued
Mixing In Perfect Harmony at the ICMA Conference Limited to first 500 who register. ELGL is pleased to partner again with ICMA for a hosted social the first night of the annual ICMA conference – September 27, 2015 at the Seattle Convention Center.
