The 2019 Conference Planning Committee will meet November 16-18, 2018, at the site of ICMA’s 105th annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee. ICMA members are encouraged to contact committee members with suggestions for the conference, which will take place October 20-23, 2019.  Victor Cardenas, assistant city manager, Novi, Michigan, is the committee’s chair. The following individuals have been appointed to the planning committee by ICMA President-Elect Karen Pinkos. Official representatives of state and national associations, member task forces and committees, and affiliate organizations are listed with an asterisk (*).

Alabama: Werner (Brian) Muenger*, city manager, Pell City

Alaska: Mary (Katie) Koester*, city manager, Homer

Arizona: Justin Clifton*, city manager, Sedona

California: Thomas Bakaly, chief executive officer, Beach Cities Health District; Elisa Cox*, deputy city manager, Rancho Cucamonga; Lea Erikson*, director/CIO, Long Beach; Shanalee Gallagher, local government management fellow, Evanston; Carla Hansen*, assistant to the city manager, Walnut Creek; Alexander McIntyre, city manager, Menlo Park; Tanya Spiegel*, economic development coordinator, Ontario; Maya Williams, assistant to the city manager, El Cerrito

Colorado: Carolyn Lorentz*, deputy city manager, Golden

Delaware: Eugene Dvornick*, town manager, Georgetown

Florida: Jim Hanson*, Atlantic Beach; Raoul Lavin*, assistant city manager, Tallahassee

Georgia: Donna Gayden, city administrator, Fairburn; Jonathan Lynn*, town manager, Tyrone; Shawanna Qawiy*, planning & development director, Clarkston

Illinois: Michael Cassady*, village manager, Mount Prospect; Maria Lasday, village manager, Bannockburn

Iowa: Steven Diers*, city administrator, Charles City

Kansas: Rebecca  Berger*, city manager, Atchison; Leslie Herring*, assistant city manager, Eudora

Maine: Joshua Reny, assistant city manager, South Portland

Maryland: Jason Damweber*, deputy city manager, Takoma Park

Massachusetts: Kate Fitzpatrick*, town manager, Needham; Christopher Senior*, town manager, Cohasset

Minnesota: Scott Neal*, city manager, Edina

Mississippi: Pamela Ulrich*, county administrator, Harrison County

Nebraska: Nathan Johnson*, city administrator, Scottsbluff

Nevada: Jennifer Lances*, chief of staff, Reno

New Hampshire: Walter Johnson*, town administrator, Moultonborough

New Jersey: Matthew Watkins*, town manager, Bloomfield

New Mexico: Stuart Ed*, city manager, Las Cruces

New York: Lindsey Luft, confidential secretary to the village manager, Ardsley

North Carolina: David Ellis, county manager, Wake County; Terri Parker*, town manager, Winterville

Ohio: Tanisha Briley, city manager, Cleveland Heights; Matthew Greeson*, city manager, Worthington

Oregon: Eileen Stein*, city manager, West Linn

Pennsylvania: David Burman, township manager, Willistown

South Carolina: Gary Mixon*, county administrator, Sumter County

South Dakota: Michael Harmon*, city administrator, Spearfish

Tennessee: Kirk Bednar*, city manager, Brentwood; Angie Carrier*, municipal management consultant, Institute of Public Service- MTAS, Knoxville; Becky Starnes*, professor of public management, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville

Texas: Ricardo Cortes, assistant city manager, Seguin; Rolando Fernandez*, capital contracting officer, Austin; Opal Mauldin-Jones*, city manager, Lancaster; Lauren Rose*, assistant to the city manager, Sachse; J. Scott Sellers, city manager, Kyle

Utah: Benjamin Reeves*, city manager, Santaquin

Vermont: William Fraser*, city manager, Montpelier

Virginia: Mike Goodrich, chief financial officer, Fairfax County

Washington: Bucoda Warren*, local government management fellow, Tacoma

Wisconsin: Kayla Chadwick*, village administrator/clerk, Butler

Canada: Mary Lou Tanner, deputy city manager, Burlington, Ontario

Members are also asked to submit ideas and comments for the 2019 conference program in writing to ICMA conference program director, Julie Butler, jbutler@icma.org.