More than 400 members have been appointed or designated to serve on committees, advisory boards, and task forces.

In June 2019, ICMA President-elect Jane Brautigam, city manager, Boulder, Colorado, appointed individuals to serve on ICMA member committees and task forces. ICMA Executive Director Marc Ott appointed the advisory boards. Other stakeholders, including state and affiliate associations, designated additional representatives to the ICMA Conference Planning Committee. New committee, advisory board, and task force members will begin their terms of service at the 2019 ICMA Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. These newly appointed committee members are listed below by committee and name. A complete list of committee, advisory board, and task force members will be available on the Current Committees page on the ICMA website after October 20, 2019, the date when their appointments become official.

New Groups

ICMA Advisory Board for Deputies and Assistants

Committee Co-Chairs: Monica Spells, Beaufort County, SC; Dan Weinheimer, Routt County, CO.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Maria Hurtado, Hayward, CA.

New Committee Members: Alison Alexander, Lancaster County, SC; Rey Arellano, Austin, TX; Scott Andrews, Smyrna, GA; Leslie Beauregard; Charlottesville, VA; Troy Bell, Muskegon Heights, MI; Leslie Black, Sunnyvale, TX; Cori Burbach, Dubuque, IA; Nadia Chandler Hardy, Dallas, TX; Candice Edmondson, Richland Hills, TX; Douglas Gerber, Topeka, KS; Laurie Hokkanen, Plymouth, MN; Marty Hughes, Kennesaw, GA; Pamela Hylton, Richmond Heights, MO; Chelsea Jackson, Douglasville, GA; Justine Jones, Strategic Innovation Partners LLC, VA; Maurice Jones, Springfield, MO; Timothy Kaufman, Sedgwick County KS; Chris Kline, Adams County, CO; Elaine Lazarus, Hopkinton, MA; Emily Lewis, Charlotte County, FL; Taylor Lough, Anna, TX; Kimbra McCarthy, Redwood City, CA; Alexandra Orologas, El Cerrito, CA; Andy Ramirez, San Jacinto, CA; Steven Ross, Blacksburg, VA; Marcie Schatz, Naperville, IL; Reina Schwartz, San Pablo, CA; Suzanne Sherman, Palm Bay, FL; Monica Spells, Beaufort County, SC; Erika Storlie, Evanston, IL; Rona Stringfellow, Lancaster, TX; Scott Swigert, Mont Belvieu, TX; Mary Lou Tanner, Burlington, ON, Canada; Teresa Taylor, Decatur, GA; Scott Trujillo, Indio, CA; Billy Tyus, Bloomington, IL; Jeffrey Weckbach, Colerain, OH; Dakisha Wesley, Buncombe County, NC; Edward Wylie, Pharr, TX.

Task Force to Update the Recruitment Guidelines Handbook

Committee Chair: Robert Harrison, Renton, WA.

New Committee Members: Pamela Antil, Santa Barbara, CA; Toby Cotter, Bullhead City, AZ; Bob Cowell, Roanoke, VA; Lowell Crow, Freeport, IL; Chantal Gaines, Palo Alto, CA; Kay Godbey, University of Texas at Arlington, TX; Jay Gsell, Genesee County, NY; Emily Hogan, Louisville, CO; Matt Horn, MRB Group , NY; C. Bradley Kaye, Midland, MI; Jay Kimble, Mariposa County, CA; Anne Lewis, Loudoun County, VA; Terri Parker, Winterville, NC; Alan Pennington Matrix Consulting Group, IL; Jennifer Reichelt, The Novak Consulting Group, OH; David Strohl, Forsyth, IL; C. Seth Sumner, Athens, TN; Darrin Tangeman, Woodland Park, CO; Nina Vetter, Pueblo West Metropolitan District, CO; Ralph Wise, Gambier, OH; Jeff Zoephel, Montgomery, IL.

Ongoing Groups

Advisory Board on Graduate Education

Committee Chair: Mark Nagel, Elko New Market, MN.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Michael Land, Coppell, TX.

Committee Vice Chairs: Robert Blair, University of Nebraska at Omaha Student Chapter, NE; Kimberly Nelson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC.

New Committee Members: Candice Bodkin, Georgia Southern University Student Chapter, GA; Amanda Bruno, University of Arizona Student Chapter, AZ; Roger Campbell, Maryville, TN; Kevin Catlin, Springfield, MI; Armine Chaparyan, San Gabriel, CA; John Connet, Hendersonville, NC; Michael Douglas, Kenly, NC; Robert Eskridge, Appalachian State University Student Chapter, NC; Anthony Felix, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, CA; David Garner, Abbeville County, SC; Kay Godbey, University of Texas at Arlington, TX; Edna Gomez Fernandez, University of Arizona, AZ; Nathan Johnson, Scottsbluff, NE; Kevin Kearney, Bradbury, CA; Robb Kolstad, Thornton, CO; Aishwarya Kumar, Decatur, GA; Paul, Lanspery, Escondido, CA; Jason Lawrence, Tallahassee, FL; Allison Matson, Flossmoor, IL; Steven Meilleur, University of New Mexico, NM; Ronald Miller, Parker, CO; Matt Mueller, Little Elm, TX; Jessica Paran, Marin County, CA; Joseph Portugal, Paris, TX; Reina Schwartz, San Pablo, CA; Richard Sheola, Long Valley, NJ; Andrea Sirois, Marana, AZ; Walter Smolinski, Mansfield, TX; Aaron Szarowicz, Douglasville, GA; Alyssa Watkins, Teton County, WY; Mark Watson, Oak Ridge, TN; Darrin Wilson, Northern Kentucky University, KY.

Awards Evaluation Committee

Committee Chair: Victoria Brazitis, Bothell, WA.

Committee Vice Chair: Vince DiMaggio, El Cajon, CA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Christopher Coleman, Needham, MA

New Committee Members: Jessica Blair, Half Moon Bay, CA; Kevin Flannery, Hampton, PA; James Proce, Anna, TX; Susan Thorpe, Yuma County, AZ.

Conference Evaluation Committee

Committee Chair: Pamela Hylton, Richmond Heights, MO.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Laura Fitzpatrick, Chesapeake, VA.

New Committee Members: Julianne Bacon, Coon Rapids, MN; Catherine Bennett, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, GA; Jessica Blair, Half Moon Bay, CA; Kelli Bourgeois, Columbia Heights, MN; Matthew Bronson, Grover Beach, CA; Anthony Carson, Forney, TX; Matthew Cavallo, Verona, NJ; Alyssa Dinberg, Boulder, CO; Marcia Hampton, Douglasville, GA; Aishwarya Kumar, Decatur, GA; Korban Lee, West Jordan, UT; Emily Lewis, Charlotte County, FL; Darwin McClary, Albion, MI; Anthony Mercantante, Middletown, NJ;  Trevor Owens, Indiana University, IN; Mari Rains, University of Central Florida, FL; Pier Simeri, Avondale, AZ; Julius Suchy, Sparta, MI; Taylour Tedder, Leavenworth, KS; Billy Tyus, Bloomington, IL;  Theodore Voorhees, Powhatan County, VA; Maya Williams, El Cerrito, CA; Katharine Zamesnik, Austin, TX.

Conference Planning Committee

Committee Co-Chairs: Marc Landry, Moncton, NB, Canada; Melissa Valadez-Cummings, Cedar Hill, TX.

New Committee Members: Laura  Allen, Berlin, MD; Pamela Antil, Santa Barbara, CA; Melissa Appleby, Simsbury, CT; Sheryl Bailey, South Chesterfield, VA; Laura Biery, Beverly Hills, CA; Laura Buono, Hillsborough, NH; Eric Campbell, Harrisonburg, VA; Matthew Cavallo, Verona, NJ; Michael Cernec, Tamarac, FL; Nadia Chandler Hardy, Dallas, TX; Ana Cortez, Helena, MT; Michelle Crandall, Dublin, OH; Pamela Davis, Boulder, CO; Juliana Demers, El Segundo, CA; John Duffy, University of Alaska at Anchorage, AK; Rebecca Eby, Cuyahoga, County, OH; Gabriel Engeland, Sierra Madre, CA; Lea Eriksen, Long Beach, CA; Rolando Fernandez, Austin, TX; Andrew Flanagan, Andover, MA; Mitchell Foster, Ludington, MI; Laurie Garber, Carrollton, TX; Nicholas Gonzalez, Ontario, CA; Robert Hagemann, Jefferson County, NY; Natasha Hampton, Rocky Mount, NC, Roy Hardy, London, ON, Canada; Roger Haynes, Mexico, MO; Robert Herron, Wheeling, WV; Amber Hinton, Picayune, MS; Pamela Hylton, Richmond Heights, MO; Rhonda Irish, Wilton, ME; Daron Jordan, Paris, KY; Christal Kliewer Weber, Lee's Summit, MO; Kelly Kuenstler, Leon Valley, TX; Spencer Kyle, South Jordan, UT; Patrick Lawlor, Andover, MA; Jonathan Lewis, Sarasota County, FL; Sherilyn Lombos, Tualatin, OR; Sheryl Long, Cincinnati, OH; Sharon Lynn, Rehoboth Beach, DE; Amanda Mack, Spencer, IA; Stephanie Mason, Doylestown, PA; Lucinda Mester, Falls Church, VA; Adam Mestres, Morgan County, GA; Dianne Miller, Eagan, MN; Jonathan Mitchell, Hoisington, KS; Brian Murphy, Plainfield, IL; Jelani Newton, Enterprise Community Partners, DC; Alan Ours, Glynn County, GA; Sean Pederson, Bonner Springs, KS; Marie Peoples, Coconino County, AZ; M. Denis Peterson, Johnson City, TN; Stephanie Queen, Soldotna, AK; Lorena Rodriguez, El Paso County, TX; Patrick Schiller, Clark County, NV; Douglas Shontz, State College, PA; Hadley Skeffington-Vos, Niles, IL; Justin Smith, Jefferson County, AL; Monica Spells, Beaufort County, SC; Kyle Stannert, Bellevue, WA; David Street, Loudoun County, VA; Bonnie Svrcek, Lynchburg, VA; Mary Lou Tanner, Burlington, ON, Canada; James Thomas, Claremore, OK; Jeffrey Towery, McMinnville, OR; Rebecca Vance, Dorchester County, SC; Michael Wilson, Gig Harbor, WA; Katharine Zamesnik, Austin, TX.

Digital Strategies Advisory Board

Committee Chair: Benjamin Bitter, Florence, AZ.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Edward Shikada, Palo Alto, CA.

New Committee Members: Evan Berrett, Eagle Mountain, UT; Jeremy Craig, Vacaville, CA, Pamela Davis, Boulder, CO; Pamela Davis, Richland County, SC; Erris Dunston, Wilmington, NC; Ryan Fernandes, Weston, FL; Scott Huizenga, Kansas City, MO; Jason Jones, Guilford County, NC; Kevin Knutson, Envisio Solutions, Inc., BC, Canada; Kathryn Krajewski, Farmington, CT; Elizabeth Lo, Hennepin County, MN; Don Reynolds, San Juan Bautista, CA; Lori Sassoon, Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Brianna Sunryd, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Student Chapter, MA; Teresa Taylor, Decatur, GA.

Governmental Affairs and Policy Committee

Committee Chair: Jonathan Lewis, Sarasota County, FL.

Committee Vice Chair: David Unmacht, League of Minnesota Cities, MN.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Michael Kaigler, Chatham County, GA.

New Committee Members: Sheryl Bailey, South Chesterfield, VA; William Bell, Montrose, CO; Martha Bennett, Lake Oswego, OR; Frances David, Oakland, CA; William Ferguson, Durham, NC; Michael Fogelstrom, Santa Clara County, CA; Mike Futrell, South San Francisco, CA; Ryan  Judy, Prescott Valley, AZ; Michele Lieberman, Alachua County, FL;  Lori Luther, Beloit, WI; Robert McEvoy, New York State City/County Management Association, NY; Dion Miller, Tulia, TX; Sherri Neil, Portsmouth, VA; Jeffrey Stonehill, Chambersburg, PA; Peter Vadopalas, Mundelein, IL; Thomas Wieczorek, Center for Public Safety Management, LLC, DC.

ICMA Welcome Ambassadors

Committee Co-Chairs: Yaidee Castillero Fox, Hickory, NC; Andrew Haines, Middletown, PA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Molly Mehner, Cape Girardeau, MO.

New Committee Members: Destiny Allen, St. Mary's County, MD; Joseph Carey, Carol Stream, IL; Patrice Carson, Bolton, CT; Jasmine Chan, Tucson, AZ; Michelle Clark, Virginia Beach, VA; Stephanie Dawkins, Geneva, IL; John Dean, Waxahachie, TX; Amber Drlik, Reno, NV; LeRoi Emerson, University of Arkansas, AR; Elizabeth Fox, Keene, NH; Candice Gilreath, University of Tennessee, TN; Marcia Hampton, Douglasville, GA; Brandon Holland, Biscoe, NC; Alisha Janes, Brighton, CO; Carrie Jones, Commerce, TX; Douglas Lewis, Pinellas Park, FL; Paulina Martinez, Evanston, IL; David Milliron, Hogansville, GA; Martha Paige, Morrisville, NC; Brian Palaia, Dunstable MA; Gabe Reaume, Saginaw, TX; Kathleen Walpole, Clark County, NV; Katherine Wand, Torrance, CA, Tim Wolff, Lake Isabella, MI; Nick Woolery, Baytown, TX.

International Committee

Committee Chair: Kelly McAdoo, Hayward, CA.

Committee Vice Chair: Cynthia Steinhauser, Rochester, MN.

ICMA Executive Board Liaisons: Lane Bailey, Salisbury, NC; Sue Bidrose, Dunedin, New Zealand.

New Committee Members: Dawn  Buckland, Paradise Valley, AZ; Jorge Gonzalez, Bal Harbour, FL; David Johnstone, Montreal, QC, Canada; Hyun Kim, Fife, WA; Christal Kliewer Weber, Lee's Summit, MO; Marie Peoples, Coconino County, AZ; Ib Rasmussen, Nykobing Falster, Sjælland, Denmark; Robin Weaver, ICMA, IL.

Smart Communities Advisory Board

Committee Chair: Lori Sassoon, Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaisons: Matthew Hart, West Hartford, CT; Robert Kristof, Timisoara, Romania.

New Committee Members: Rey Arellano, Austin, TX; Noel Bernal, Brownsville, TX; Antonia Castro-Graham, Huntington Beach, CA; Melisa Caughman, Columbia, SC; Bill Chang, Cross Plains, WI; Seth Hoffman, Lone Tree, CO; Kevin Limehouse, Charleston County, SC; James Nichols, Henderson, NV; Abena Ojetayo, Tallahassee, FL; Francine Ramaglia, Loxahatchee Groves, FL; Melissa Sieben, Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City, KS.

Sustainable Communities Advisory Committee

Committee Chair: Gregory Mandsager, Muscatine, IA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Wally Bobkiewicz, Issaquah, WA.

New Committee Members: Robert Alexander, James Madison University, VA; Laura Allen, Berlin, MD; Dawn Ashbacher, Frederick County, MD; Jonathan Bazan, Dallas County, TX; Shannon Beaucaire, Yachats, OR; Austin Bleess, Jersey Village, TX; Sheryl Bower, Garfield County, CO; Antonia Castro-Graham, Huntington Beach, CA; Edwin Daley, ICMA, VA; Jennifer Keller, Villanova University, PA; Derrik Kennedy, Mansfield, CT; Gregory Lippincott, West Rockhill, PA; Darwin McClary, Albion, MI; Abena Ojetayo, Tallahassee, FL; Francine Ramaglia, Loxahatchee Groves, FL; Dean Shankle, Amherst, NH; Jill Silverboard, Pinellas County, FL; Cynthia Steinhauser, Rochester, MN; Kathleen Yurchak, Pleasanton, CA.

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