ICMA hosted these eight presentations at the 2025 ICMA Annual Conference:

• Management Strategies to Reduce Turnover, presented by Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa, Ph.D.
• A Model to Encourage Citizens to Re-engage in the Act of Governance, presented by David Swindell, Ph.D.
• How Policy Feedback and Administrative Burden Shape Service Delivery, presented by Genesis D. Gavino, Ph.D. candidate at UT
• Residency Retention and the Impact on Recruitment and Retention of City Managers, presented by Mitchell Berg, Ph.D.
• The Relevance of Benchmarking to Performance Improvement Strategies, presented by David Ammons, Ph.D.
• The Impact of Youth Involvement on Public Service Career Paths, presented by Sofia Castillo, MPA student at FSU
• The Peril of Flood, Vulnerability Assessments, and Human Adjustment to a More Rapidly Changing Climate, presented by Gerald Murphy, JD, AICP, CFM
• Intergovernmental Collaboration: What Does the Public Want?, presented by Colt Jensen, Ph.D.

ICMA was proud to host an MPA student as one of our presenters, along with a doctoral candidate, a practitioner, and five professors. Attendance and engagement were high this year, and we hope to continue this moment in Long Beach in 2026. If you are interested in reviewing the presentation slide decks, contact dlang@icma.org.