In June 2018, ICMA President-elect Karen Pinkos, assistant city manager, El Cerrito, California, appointed individuals to serve on ICMA member committees and task forces. ICMA Executive Director Marc Ott appointed individuals to serve on 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 104th ICMA Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. These newly appointed committee members are listed below by committee and name. A complete list of committee, advisory board, and task force members is available on the ICMA website.

 

New Groups

 

Task Force to Revise and Update the ICMA First-Time Administrator’s Guide

Committee Chair: Phillip Smith-Hanes, Ellis County, KS.

Committee Vice Chair: Diane Foster, Park City, UT.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Heather Geyer, Northglenn, CO

New Committee Members: Susan Arntz, Waconia, MN; Brian Bosshardt, Bedford, TX; Anil Comelo, Santa Clara Valley Water District, CA; Stephanie Dawkins, Geneva, IL; Benjamin DeClue, Glendale, MO; Robert Duncan, Lower Merion, PA; Carrie Jones, Denison, TX; David Kratzer, Susquehanna, PA; Louis Leone, Kiowa, KS; Jonathan Lewis, Sarasota County, FL; Bert Lumbreras, San Marcos, TX; Carolyn McCreary, Plumstead, PA; Quentin McPhatter, Coastal Regional Commission of Georgia, GA; Andrew Nelson, Kemmerer, WY; Albert Penksa, Adams County, PA; Alan Pennington, Matrix Consulting Group, IL; Rick Rudometkin, Eddy County, NM; Todd Schmidt, Waunakee, WI; Joyce Shanahan, Ormond Beach, FL; Kristoffer Simpson, Crestwood, MO; Courtney Sladek, El Campo, TX; Sharon Subadan, Albany, GA; Julius Suchy, Sparta, MI; Bonnie Svrcek, Lynchburg, VA; Nathan Thiel, Pleasant Prairie, WI; David Vela, Sweetwater, TX; Michael Webb, Edwardsville, KS; Brian Wilson, Belleville, WI; Ralph Wise, Hebron, OH.

 

Task Force to Revise and Update the ICMA Model Employment Agreement

Committee Chair: Dianna Wright, Olathe, KS.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Clint Gridley, Woodbury, MN.

New Committee Members: Susan Arntz, Waconia, MN; Amber Blake, Durango, CO; Donald Cawby, Osawatomie, KS; Ryan Cotton, GovHR USA, MI; Ian Coyle Livingston County, NY; Michael Dutton, Bridgewater, MA; Scott Elliott Pitt County, NC; Edward Faison, Monroe, NC; Ron Holifield, SGR Executive Search, TX; Monica Irelan, Painesville, OH; Mallory Merritt, Davenport, IA; Karl Nollenberger, GovHR USA, WI; Michael Ort, Jetmore, KS; Gregg Schuster, Warminster, PA; Jeffrey Snyder, Plainview, TX; Jeffrey Towery, McMinnville, OR; Alyssa Watkins, Teton County, WY; Robert Wood, West Lake Hills, TX.

 

Ongoing Groups

 

Advisory Board on Graduate Education

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

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

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

New Committee Members: Aretha Adams, Sykesville, MD; Scott Andrews, Smyrna, GA; James Ayers, Asheville, NC; Norton Bonaparte, Sanford, FL; Justin Brugger, Fort Wayne, IN; Denise Burchard, Northern Illinois University, IL; Denise Casey, Wilmington, MA; Melisa Caughman, Columbia, SC; Brett Channing, Lake Forest, CA; Maria Coe, Seattle, WA; Thomas Couch, Bulloch County, GA; Penelope Culbreth-Graft, Colorado Springs, CO; John Duffy, University of Alaska, AK; Donald Duncan, Conover, NC; Joellen Earl, GovHR USA, IL; Timothy Etson, Fayetteville, GA; Richard Fasano, Winter Garden, FL; Indhira Gagnon, Anaheim, CA; Diana Gallego, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Sam Gaston, Mountain Brook, AL;

Timothy Gomez, Paradise Valley, AZ; Bradley Hanson, Mondovi, WI; Autron Hayes, Sylvester, GA; Bryan Hill, Fairfax County, VA; Kelly Houghteling, Windsor, CO; Monika Hudson, University of San Francisco, CA; Adnan Javed, Haines City, FL; Josh Jones, CPS HR Consulting, NV; William Jones, Mequon, WI; Haley Kadish, Albuquerque, NM, Jay Kimble, Mariposa County, CA; Christal Kliewer Weber, Lee's Summit, MO; Neil Krutz, Sparks, NV; Ocea Lattimore, Tampa, FL; Raini Layne, Plano, TX; Scott Lazenby, Lake Oswego, OR; Mark Levin, Indiana University Student Chapter, IN; Shanna Lodge, Upper Uwchlan, PA; Barbara Matthews, Westminster, MD; P. Michael Paules, Monrovia, CA; Greg Preece, Oakland, CA; Joseph Resendez, Taylor, TX; Jamie Robichaud, Prairie Village, KS; Iliana Rodriguez, San Mateo County, CA; Kevin Rutherford, Hanover, MA; Laureen Ryan, Carlsbad, CA; Laura Sanders, University of North Texas, TX; Christian Sigman, Brookhaven, GA; David Swindell, Arizona State University, AZ; Joanne Tang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, VA; Danielle Verwahren, Bellevue, WA; Amanda Wilson, Mills College, CA; Evan Xu, City and County of San Francisco, CA; Robert Yehl, Valdosta State University, FL.

 

Awards Evaluation Committee

Committee Chair: Nathan Johnson, Scottsbluff, NE.

Committee Vice Chair: Victoria Brazitis, Bothell, WA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Christopher Coleman, Needham, MA; Edward Driggers, Greer, SC.

New Committee Members: Mary Furtado, Catawba County, NC; Michelle Graham, Pearland, TX; Gloria Molleda, Rosemead, CA; Nathaniel Pagan, Owensboro, KY; Keshwer Patel, Waterloo, ON, Canada; Robert Richardson, Canandaigua, NY; Shanna Sims-Bradish, Richardson, TX.

 

Conference Evaluation Committee

Committee Chair: Lea Eriksen; Long Beach, CA.

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

New Committee Members: Lisa Brown, West Chester, OH; Cori, Burbach, Dubuque, IA; David Burman, Willistown, PA; David Corliss, Castle Rock, CO; Scott Elliott, Pitt County, NC; Simon Farbrother, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Laura Fitzpatrick, Chesapeake, VA; Gerald Giaimis, Saddle River, NJ; Henry Hill, Frisco, TX; Hyun Kim, Fife, WA; Matthew Leight, University of West Florida, FL; Emily Lewis, Charlotte County, FL; Lindsey Luft, Ardsley, NY; Tyler Marr, Fort Collins, CO; Tony Mazzucco, Norwood, MA; Peter Melan, Easton, PA; Eoghan Miller, Newport News, VA; Anna Mitchell, Parkville, MO; Trevor Owens, Indiana University, IN; Sean Pederson; Bonner Springs, KS; Michael Pleus, Deland, FL; Frederick Presley, Stafford County, VA; Ib Rasmussen, Faxe, Denmark; Alison Ream, Cedar Hill, TX; Nathaniel, Rudy, Hallowell, ME; Jay Shambeau, West Bend, WI; John Shaw, CTS Group, MO; Ryan Snow, Roosevelt, UT; Russell Taylor, Thomas, MI; Taylour Tedder, Leavenworth, KS; Valmarie Turner Loudoun County, VA; Matthew Watkins, Bloomfield, NJ; Jeffrey Weckbach, Colerain, OH; Stephen Williams, Conroe, TX.

 

Conference Planning Committee

Committee Chair: Victor Cardenas, Novi, MI.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Patrick E. Klein, Kansas City, MO.

New Committee Members: Eugene Anderson, SUEZ North America; Thomas Bakaly, Beach Cities Health District, CA; Kirk Bednar, Brentwood, TN; James Bennett, Biddeford, ME; Rebecca Berger, Atchison, KS; Tanisha Briley, Cleveland Heights, OH; David Burman; Willistown, PA; Angela Carrier, Institute of Public Service-Municipal Technical Advisory Service, TN; Michael Cassady, Mount Prospect, IL; Kayla Chadwick, Butler, WI; Justin Clifton, Sedona, AZ; Scott Colby, Plainville, CT; Ricardo Cortes, Seguin, TX; Elisa Cox, Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Jason Damweber, Takoma Park, MD; Steven Diers, Charles City, IA; Eugene Dvornick, Georgetown, DE; Stuart Ed, Las Cruces, NM; David Ellis, Wake County, NC; Lea Eriksen, Long Beach, CA; Rolando Fernandez, Austin, TX; Kate  Fitzpatrick, Needham, MA; William Fraser, Montpelier, VT; Shanalee Gallagher, Evanston, IL; Donna Gayden, Fairburn, GA; Mike Goodrich, Fairfax County, VA; Matthew Greeson, Worthington, OH; James Ha, eCivis, Inc., CA; Carla Hansen, Walnut Creek, CA; Jim Hanson, Atlantic Beach, FL; Regina Hargraves, ICMA-RC, DC; Michael Harmon, Spearfish, SD; Dennis Harward, TownCloud, Inc., CO; Tobin Hawkins, Cigna, TX; Leslie Herring, Eudora, KS; Nathan Johnson, Scottsbluff, NE; Walter Johnson, Moultonborough, NH; Patrick Klein, Kansas City, MO; Mary Koester, Homer, AK; Jennifer Lances, Reno, NV; Maria Lasday, Bannockburn, IL; Raoul Lavin, Tallahassee, FL; Richard Leadbeater, Esri, MD; Carolyn Lorentz, Golden, CO; Lindsey Luft, Ardsley, NY; Jonathan Lynn, Tyrone, GA; Leonard Matarese, Center For Public Safety Management, LLC, NY; Opal Mauldin-Jones, Lancaster, TX; Alexander McIntyre, Menlo Park, CA; Thomas Miller, National Research Center, Inc., CO; Gary Mixon, Sumter County, SC; Werner Muenger, Pell City, AL; Scott Neal, Edina, MN; Terri Parker, Winterville, NC; Travis Parrish, CALEA, VA; Shawanna Qawiy, Clarkston, GA; Benjamin Reeves, Santaquin, UT; Joshua Reny, South Portland, ME; Lauren Rose, Sachse, TX; J. Scott Sellers, Kyle, TX; Christopher Senior, Cohasset, MA; Tanya Spiegel, Ontario, CA; Becky Starnes, Austin Peay State University, TN; Eileen Stein, West Linn, OR; Lori Steinberg, Cigna, CT; Mary Lou Tanner, Burlington, ON, Canada; Russell Taylor, Thomas, MI; Pamela Ulrich Harrison County, MS; Tracey Virtue, NEOGOV, CA; Bucoda Warren, Tacoma, WA, Matthew Watkins, Bloomfield, NJ; Maya Williams, El Cerrito, CA.

 

Digital Strategies Advisory Board

Committee Chair: Pamela Davis, Richland County, SC.

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

New Committee Members: Mark Abeles-Allison, Bayfield County, WI; Leslie Beauregard, Charlottesville, VA; Heidi Behrends Cerniwey, Tumwater, WA; Evan Berrett, Eagle Mountain, UT; Benjamin Bitter, Florence, AZ; Alex Carmichael, Montreat, NC; Austin Gilley, Abilene, KS; Whitney Hale, Deschutes County, OR; Jason Jones, Guilford County, NC; Yuejiao Liu, Austin, TX; Miranda Lutzow, Waterford, CA; Ednasha McCray, Greensboro, NC; Heather McGowan, Washington, DC; Andrew Pederson, Bayside, WI; Lori Sassoon, Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Douglas Shontz, State College, PA; Bryce Wilson, San Diego, CA; Louise Wyatt, Albemarle County, VA.

 

Government 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: Martha Bennett, The Metro Council, OR.

New Committee Members: Allen Barnes, Stephenville, TX; Shawn Bell, Fountain Inn, SC; Dawn Buckland, Paradise Valley, AZ; Joseph Carey, Vernon Hills, IL; Casey Cook, Florida City and County Management Association, FL; Amy Fitzgerald, Oak Ridge, TN; Jennifer Hoffman, City and County of Broomfield, CO; Yoko Igawa, Foothill Transit Zone, CA; Michael Kaigler, Chatham County, GA; C. Bradley Kaye, Midland, MI; Derrik Kennedy, Mansfield, CT; Jerry Newfarmer, Management Partners, Inc., OH.

 

ICMA Welcome Ambassadors

Committee Chair: Yaidee Castillero Fox, Hickory, NC.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Karen Pinkos, El Cerrito, CA.

New Committee Members: Moses Amidei, Wadsworth, IL; Brett Baker, Baker & Associates, NE; Emerson Barker, Wake County, NC; Michael Bennett, Fruita, CO; Laura Biery, Beverly Hills, CA; Austin Bleess, Jersey Village, TX; Christopher DiFiore, Liberty University, VA; Denise Fitzgerald, Scott, PA; Joseph Gall; Sherwood, OR; Paulette Hartman, North Richland Hills, TX; Cheryl Hughes, Palmdale, CA; Ajbinur Islam, North South University Student Chapter, Bangladesh; Steven Jones, Montevideo, MN; Scot Lahrmer, Amberley, OH; Justin Lawson, University of Southern California, CA; Chris Lohr, Riverside, OH; Taylor Lough, Richardson, TX; Eliza Manchester, South San Francisco, CA; Molly Mehner, Cape Girardeau, MO; Anna Mitchell, Parkville, MO; Susan, Montenegro, Leslie, MI; Ratna Okhai, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Christopher Orlea, Pearland, TX; Gabe Reaume, Saginaw, TX; Michelle Rivera, McAllen, TX; Mark Rohloff, Oshkosh, WI; Trish Stiles, Bennett, CO; Susan Thorpe, Yuma County, AZ; Michael Walters Young, Franklin, TN.

 

International Committee

Committee Chair: Michele Meade, Maplewood, NJ.

Committee Vice Chair: Marc Landry, Moncton, NB, Canada.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: W. Lane Bailey, Salisbury, NC.

New Committee Members: Hafiz Akram SUNY College at Brockport Student Chapter, NY; Courtney Christensen, Mission Hills, KS; Gabriel Engeland, Sierra Madre, CA; C. Scott Johnson, Cincinnati, OH; Raoul Lavin; Tallahassee, FL; Michael Mallinoff, Charles County, MD; Willie Morales, Springfield, MA; Andrew Neiditz South Sound 911, WA; David Niemeyer, Tinley Park, IL; Sharon Ragoonan, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL; LaSheila Yates, Cedar Rapids, IA.

 

Research and Policy Advisory Board

New Committee Members: Thomas Bakaly, Beach Cities Health District, CA; Adam Brown, Ontario, OR; Richard   Brown, Somerset, MA; Roger Campbell, Maryville, TN; Robert Corder University Park, TX; Toby Cotter, Bullhead City, AZ; Edwin Daley, Front Royal, VA; Frances David, Oakland, CA; John Dean, Ovilla, TX; Shannon DeLong, Whittier, CA; Holden Ferguson, University of Tennessee, TN; Shanalee Gallagher, Evanston, IL; Mike Goodrich, Fairfax County, VA; Autron Hayes, Sylvester, GA; Ajbinur Islam, North South University Student Chapter, Bangladesh; Betsy Keller  , El Paso County, TX; Molly Mehner, Cape Girardeau, MO; Jodi Miller Durham County, NC; Angela Sims-Ceja, Aurora, CO; Cynthia Steinhauser, Frankfort, KY; Bradford Townsend, Schiller Park, IL; Peter Troedsson, Albany, OR; Bryce Wilson, San Diego, CA; LaSheila Yates, Cedar Rapids, IA.

 

Smart Communities Advisory Board

Committee Chair: Amy Ahner, Glenview, IL.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Matthew Hart, West Hartford, CT; Frans Mencke, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

New Committee Members: Erum Afsar, Alberta Environment and Parks, AB, Canada; Michael Ashford, Arizona State University, AZ; Lisa Brown, Johnson Controls, Inc., WI; Larry Burks, West Chester, OH; Susan Cosner, Iowa Area Development Group, IA; Chantal Gaines, Palo Alto, CA; Marina Giloi, MC2 Consulting, WA; Tyler Goodman, Prescott, AZ; Sheyi Ipaye, Forest Hill, TX; Shawn Lewis, Longmont, CO; Benjamin McCready , Geneva, IL; Jelani Newton, Silver Spring, MD; Alison Ortowski, Southlake, TX; Andrew Pederson, Bayside, WI; Francine Ramaglia, Florida Atlantic University, FL; Wayne Reed, Georgetown, TX; Jennifer Robinson, SAS Institute Inc., NC; Mario Saldamando, Goodyear, AZ; Lori Sassoon, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Melissa Sieben, Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City, KS; Angela Sims-Ceja, Aurora, CO. David Swindell, Arizona State University, AZ; Michael Trimble, Austin, TX; Lakita Watson, Suffolk, VA.

 

Sustainable Communities Advisory Committee

Committee Chair: Laura Allen, Berlin, MD.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Wally Bobkiewicz, Evanston, IL.

New Committee Members: Robert Alexander, Madison University, VA; Jamal Baskin, University of Central Florida, FL; Sylvia Carrillo-Trevino, Corpus Christi, TX; Richard Gertson, Garland, TX; Julia Glanz, Salisbury, MD; Marc Kurbansade; Allen TX; Gregory Lippincott, West Rockhill, PA; Evan Miller, Rehoboth Beach, DE; Thomas Moton, Rocky Mount, NC; Sara Ott, Aspen, CO; Alelia Parenteau, Santa Barbara, CA, Alisha Reis, Adams County, CO.