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ICMA's State Liaison Program

The ICMA State Liaison program facilitates communication and cooperation between ICMA and various state and affiliate organizations.


The ICMA State Liaison program facilitates communication and cooperation among ICMA and various state and affiliate organizations, such as state associations of city/county management and state associations of local government assistants.

The State Liaison program taps and combines the skills and knowledge of senior ICMA staff members, a corps of ICMA senior advisors, and the regional vice presidents on the ICMA board.

The State Liaison Program Team

To identify your key staff and ICMA Executive Board contacts, use the State Leadership / Liaison Directory.

  • Five senior staff members serve as Regional Team Leaders for ICMA's five U.S. regions.  They also serve as state liaisons to two or more states in their regions. 
  • Seven additional ICMA staff members are assigned to serve as state liaisons. Together with the Regional Team Leaders, these individuals are the primary contact and ICMA information source for 31 state associations.
  • Fourteen ICMA senior advisors, ICMA members with long tenures as managers in a state, are currently serving as state liaisons and primary contacts for 19 states.  Each state liaison’s primary contact is the state president or state association staff person. Liaisons work with these individuals to provide updates on ICMA, coordinate ICMA workshops at state meetings, obtain updates on issues that the state association is facing, and are available to meet the specific needs of the state's members.
  • Fifteen ICMA Executive Board Regional Vice Presidents, members of the ICMA Executive Board, serve as board liaisons to states in their respective regions.  Three vice presidents are elected from each of ICMA's five geographic regions within the United States and serve three-year terms.  During each ICMA annual conference, they divide the states in their regions so that each state association has a single vice president as its primary liaison.  Vice presidents are available as key contacts within the states they serve to help bring forward policy issues from the membership and state organizations.  When their other duties allow, vice presidents also travel to state meetings in their states to represent ICMA in person.

The State Leadership / Liaison Directory is a quick reference tool providing a summary of state liaisons, senior advisors, and ICMA board regional vice presidents who serve as board liaisons to states.

Ongoing Communication

As an added vehicle for information sharing, ICMA publishes StateSide, an e-newsletter for state association officers, state staff, and others interested in cooperation among local government management associations.