In June 2017, ICMA President-elect David Johnstone, city manager, Candiac, Québec, Canada, appointed individuals to serve on ICMA member committees and task forces. Other stakeholders, including state and affiliate associations, designated additional representatives to the ICMA Conference Planning Committee. New committee and task force members will begin their terms of service at the 103th annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. These newly appointed committee members are listed below by committee and name. A complete list of committee task force members will be available on the Current Committees page on the ICMA website after October 23, 2017, the date when their appointments become official.

More than 200 members have been appointed or designated to serve on committees and task forces.

New Groups

Assistant Manager’s Task Force

Committee Co-Chairs: Christopher Coleman, Needham, MA; Reina Schwartz, San Pablo, CA.

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

New Committee Members: Cynthia Alamillo, Manzanita, OR; Samantha Argabrite, Simi Valley, CA; Melissa Au-Yeung, Laguna Hills, CA; Shannon Beaucaire, Beaucaire Consulting Services, NM; William Beith, Gilberts, IL; Troy Bell, West Lafayette, IN; Michelle Clark, Virginia Beach, VA; Joellen Earl, Gov HR USA, IL; Marvin Fletcher, Pflugerville, TX; Stephanie Garrabrant-Sierra, Tracy, CA; Jessica Guinn, Dunwoody, GA; Andrew Haines, Newark, DE; Matthew Hankins, Rocky Mount, VA; Paulette Hartman, North Richland Hills, TX; René Hernández, Florida International University, FL; Jestin Johnson, Athens-Clarke County GA; Amanda Kaufman, Marion, IA; Andrew Keys, Lodi, CA; Christal Kliewer Weber, Lee’s Summit, MO; David Larson, Pleasant Grove, UT; Leo Lew, Pinal County, AZ; Athanasia Lewis, Collerville, TN; Taylor Lough, Richardson, TX; Alison Ortowski, Southlake, TX; Scott Pickup, New Rochelle, NY; Daneil Porta, Cartersville, GA; Steven Ross, Blacksburg, VA; Glen Salyer, Lee County, FL; Jill Silverboard, Clearwater, FL; Monica Spells, Beaufort County, SC; Jermel Stevenson, Garland, TX; Robyn Steward, Worthington, OH; Michelle Tucker, Wind Point, WI; Dan Weinheimer, Routt County, CO; Angel Wright-Lanier, Mooresville, NC.

Smart Communities Advisory Board

Committee Chair: Amy Ahner, Glenview, IL.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Matthew Hart, West Hartford, CT.

New Committee Members: Erum Afsar, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Michael Ashford, Arizona State University, AZ; Lisa Brown, Johnson Controls, Inc., WI; Susan Cosner, Iowa Area Development Group, IA; Chantal Gaines, Oakland, CA; Marina Giloi, King County, WA; Tyler Goodman, Prescott, AZ; Sheyi Ipaye, Forest Hill, TX; Benjamin McCready, Normal, IL; Alison Ortowski, Southlake, TX; Andrew Pederson, Bayside, WI; Francine Ramaglia, Florida Atlantic University, FL; Jennifer Robinson, SAS Institute, Inc., NC; Lori Sassoon, Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Michael Trimble, Austin TX.

Ongoing Groups

Advisory Board On Graduate Education

Committee Chair: Sam Gaston, Mountain Brook, AL.

Committee Vice Chair: Robert Blair, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE; Raymond Cox, University of Akron, OH.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Stephanie Mason, Doylestown, PA.

New Committee Members: Ljubinka Andonoska, University of Texas at El Paso, TX; Scott Andrews, Smyrna, GA; Samantha Argabrite, Simi Valley, CA; David Beach, West University Place, TX; Timothy Beinert, Hermiston, OR; Abraham Benavides, University of North Texas, TX; Alexander Briseno, St Mary’s University, TX; Justin Brugger, Fort Wayne, IN; Roger Campbell, Maryville, TN; Maria Carrillo-Perez, Coon Rapids, MN; Roger Caves, San Diego State University, CA; Brian Chapman, Vassar, MI; Joseph Colangelo, Shelburne, VT; Elaine Colarusso, Anna Maria College Online, RI; Bob Cowell; Roanoke, VA; Ian Coyle, Livingston County, NY; Peter Crichton, Auburn, ME; John Duffy, University of Alaska, AK; Michael Dutton, Bridgewater, MA; James Fisher, Forney, TX; Mitchell Foster, Winneconne, WI; Jessica Guinn, Dunwoody, GA; Michael Hanson, Eagle Lake, MN; Stephen Harding, Northwestern University, IL; Hunter Harris, Southlake, TX; James Haston, Laguna Hills, CA; Troy Holt, Rocklin, CA; Monika Hudson, University of San Francisco, CA; Tony Hunter, Marana, AZ; Chelsea Jackson, Douglasville, GA; Jason Jones, Guilford County, NC; Haley Kadish, Novak Consulting Group, OH; Roger Kemp, Meriden, CA; Michael Land, Coppell, TX; Scott Lazenby, Lake Oswego, OR; Louis Leone, Kiowa, KS; Mark Levin, Indiana University, IN; Kate Lewis-Larkin, Evanston, IL; Miranda Lutzow, Waterford, CA; J. Thomas McCarty, Stillwater, MN; David Mitchell, Bernalillo County, NM; Brian Murphy, Plainfield, IL; Kimberly Nelson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC; Karl Nollenberger, Gov HR USA, WI; Alexandra Orologas, Oakland, CA; Natalie Parker, University of Pennsylvania, PA; Wayne Parker, Provo, UT; P. Michael Paules, Dana Point, CA; Alan Pennington, Matrix Consulting Group, IL; James Pennington, Lexington, SC; John Perry, Woodridge, IL; Gabe Reaume, Denison, TX; Dannette Robberson, Parker, CO; Mark Ryckman, Corning, NY; Clifford Sanders, West Palm Beach, FL; Fatima Mahmoud Sanz, University of Pennsylvania, PA; Sally Slook, Upper Merion, PA; Carl Smart, Alachua County, FL; Becky Starnes, Austin Peay State Unversity, TN; Eileen Stein, West Linn, OR; Mary Strenn, League of California Cities, CA; Kevin Sweet, Maynard, MA; Kurt Thurmaier, Northern Illinois University, IL; James Thurmond, University of  Houston, TX; Anthony Tolstedt, Douglas, WY; Michelle Tucker, Wind Point, WI; Tim Wolff, Lake Isabella, MI; Angel Wright-Lanier, Mooresville, NC; Aaron Zavala, Mesquite, TX.
 

Awards Evaluation Committee

Committee Chair: Mary Furtado, Catawba County, NC.

Committee Vice Chair: Nathan Johnson, Scottsbluff, NE.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Ed Driggers, Greer, SC; Frans Mencke, Hoorn, NH

New Committee Members: Jack Benzaquen, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC, Canada, Victoria Brazitis, Lakewood, WA; Raymond Keller, Lake Zurich, IL; Jonathan Lynn, Tyrone, GA; Corrin Spiegel, Davenport, IA; Matthew von der Hayden, Egg Harbor, NJ.

Conference Evaluation Committee

Committee Chair: Mitchell Foster, Winneconne, WI.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Lon Pluckhahn, Marion, IA.

New Committee Members:  Andy Anderson, Palm Bay, FL; Richard Baron, Coconino County, AZ; Richard Bates, Rockport, ME; Matthew Benoit, Huntsville, TX; Benjamin Brezina, Frisco, TX; Sallie Ann Burnett, Alliance for Innovation, SC; Randy Colborn, Garland, TX; Robert Daigle, Dude Solutions, NC; Lea Eriksen, Long Beach, CA; Jeffrey Fiegenschuh, Rantoul, IL; Shanalee Gallagher, Mills College, CA; Jason Garza, Austin, TX; John Goodwin, Canandaigua, NY; Robert Hamud, MuniServices, LLC, CA; Michael Hanson, Eagle Lake, MN; Regina Hargraves, ICMA-RC, DC; Paulette Hartman, North Richland Hills, TX; Tobin Hawkins, Cigna, TX; Randall Heye, Ennis, TX; Laurie Hokkanen, Victoria, MN; Ron Holifield, Strategic Government Resources, TX; Heath Jenkins, Stanley, NC; Betsy Keller, El Paso County, TX; Christine Landes, Bethel, ME; Britt Lusk, Hobbs, NM; Marianna Marysheva, Riverside, CA; Robert McGrory, Centreville, MD; Jonn Melrose, Placer County, CA; Eoghan Miller, Newport News, VA; Anna Mitchell, Trinidad, CO; Gloria Molleda, San Gabriel, CA; Rebecca Polizzotto, Mill Creek, WA; Sam Ragsdale, Temple, TX; Anna Roach, Fulton County, GA; Bridgette Smith, Dallas, TX; Jermel Stevenson, Garland, TX; Erin Walker-Anderson, OpenGov, Inc., CA; Ralph Wise, Hebron, OH; Robert Wood, West Lake Hills, TX.

Conference Planning Committee

Committee Chair: James Malloy, Town of Westborough, MA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Jimmy Jayne, Flagstaff, AZ.

New Committee Members: Patrick Banger, Gilbert, AZ; Girard Beaudin, Pleasanton, CA; Kelli Bourgeois, Columbia Heights, MN; Jane Brautigam, Boulder, CO; Melissa Bridges, Little Rock, AR; Kristin Byars, Sandy Springs, GA; Yulia Carter, Half Moon, Bay, CA; Joseph Casey, Chesterfield County; Michael Cassady, Mount Prospect, IL; Donald Cawby, Osawatomie, KS; Jane Christenson, Redmond, WA; Brent Clark, Broken Bow, NE, Kevin Cowper, Auburn, AL; Robert Daigle, Dude Solutions, NC; Phylis Dickerson, Little Rock, AR; Timothy Ellis,  Gabriel Engeland, Sierra Madre, CA; Goodlettsville, TN; Denise Fitzgerald, Scott, PA; Andrew Fortune, Grand Prairie, TX; Mitchell Foster, Winneconne, WI; Elizabeth Fox, Keene, NH; William Fraser, Montpelier, VT; Nijah Fudge, Alliance for Innovation, AZ; Sebastien Gagnon, Chateauguay, QC, Canada; Ed Garnett, Library Systems & Services, LLC, MD; Leon Gaumond, Sturbridge, MA; Genesis Gavino, Dallas, TX; Dan Gifford, West Burlington, IA; Tim Gleason, Decatur, IL; Robert Green, Auburndale, FL, W. Roger Gwinn, Ferguson Group, LLC, DC; Brant Hanson, Ephraim, UT; Regina Hargraves, ICMA-RC, DC; Dennis Harward, TownCloud, Inc., CO; Cody Howell, Buxton, TX; Derik Kennedy, Town of Westerly, RI; Alejandra Lopez, San Antonio, TX; Barbara Matthews, Westminster, MD; Timothy Mattingly, Florence, KY; Larry Mattson, Yakima Valley Conference of Governments, WA; Alexander McDonald, Millburn, NJ; Daniel Mears, La Plata, MD; Jennifer Moody, Murfreesboro, TN; Will Morat, Vallejo, CA; Scott Morelli, South Portland, ME; Deborah Morton, Richmond, VA; Deirdre Murphy, San Antonio, TX; Erick Norenberg Milford, DE; Aaron Oppenheimer, Sun Prairie, WI; Craig Owens, Clayton, MO; Ryan Pelletier, Aroostook County, ME; Pamela Polk, Collinsvile, OK; Steven Powers, Salem, OR; Jeffrey Repp, Boiling Spring Lakes, NC; Kimberly Richardson, Evanston, IL; Frances Robustelli, Walnut Creek, CA; Lorena Rodriguez, El Paso County, TX; Dottie Schindlinger, BoardDocs, GA; Stephanie Schmidt, IBTS, GA; Jonathan Simons, Myrtle Beach, SC; Tanya Spiegel, Ontario, CA; Lori Steinberg, Cigna, CT; Richard Sun, Hampstead, QC, Canada; Russell Taylor, Thomas, MI; Steven Taylor, Sherburne County, MN; Patrick Titterington, Troy, OH; Jini Turri, Cloudcroft, NM; Pamela Ulrich, Harrison County, MS; Kathleen Walpole, Clark County, NV; Justin Weiland, Dell Rapids, SD.

Digital Strategies Advisory Board

Committee Chair: Toby Cotter, Bullhead City, AZ.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Dennis Hovenden, Frankston, VIC, Australia.

New Committee Members: Pamela Davis, Richland County, SC; Austin Gilley, Rose Hill, KS; Kevin Knutson, Management Partners, Inc., OH; Miranda Lutzow, Waterford, CA; Mary McClure University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC; Dale Neef, DNA Data Solutions, CT; Lisa Peck, Highland, IL; Andrew Pederson, Bayside, WI; Alan Pennington, Matrix Consulting Group, IL; Douglas Petroshius, Waukegan, IL; Dale Phillips, DeKalb County, GA; Juan Rodriguez, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Glen Salyer, Lee County, FL; Lori Sassoon, Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Taylor Valley, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC; Samantha Yung, San Diego, CA.

Government Affairs and Policy Committee

Committee Chair: Jonathan Lewis, County of Sarasota, FL.

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

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Martha Bennett, The Metro Council, OR.

New Committee Members: Kimiko Black Gilmore, Kansas City, MO; Mark Browne, Alamo Heights, TX; Aaron Burnett, Keokuk, IA; Yaidee Castillero Fox, Hickory, NC; Heather Cousin, Thousand Oaks, CA; Michael Dutton, Bridgewater, MA; Tim Gleason, Decatur, IL, Robert Harrison, Issaquah, WA; James Johnson, Gulf Shores, AL, Tony Mazzucco, Adams, MA; Michael Sykes, Scappoose, OR; AJ Wilson, California League of Cities, CA.

ICMA Welcome Ambassadors Committee

Committee Chair: Yaidee Castillero Fox, Hickory, NC.

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

New Committee Members: Cynthia Alamillo, Manzanita, OR; Allen Barnes, Stephenville, TX; Joseph Carey, Vernon Hills, IL; Susan Cluse, Balch Springs, TX; Scott Colby, Plainville, CT; Edwin Daley, Hopewell, VA; Stephanie Dawkins, Geneva, IL; Phyllis Dickerson, Little Rock, AR; Amber Drlik, Reno, NV; Courtney Easley, Pompano Beach, FL; David Ellis, Wake County, NC; Christine Gendell, ICMA, DC; Marina Giloi, King County, WA; Andrew Haines, Newark, DE; Michael Hanson, Eagle Lake, MN; Roy Hardy, Weyburn, SK, Canada; Carrie Jones, Denison, TX; Christal Kliewer Weber, Lee’s Summit, MO; Kevin Klosterboer, Round Rock, TX; Marc Landry Moncton, NB, Canada; Douglas Lewis, Pinellas Park, FL; Laura Minnich, West Covina, CA; Lorrie Pearson, Urbana, IL; James Pennington, Lexington, SC; Gabe Reaume, Denison, TX; Juan Rodriguez, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Kirsten Silveira, Fort Collins, CO; Gigi Simmons, Gainesville, FL; Monica Spells, Beaufort, SC; Jaime Tirado, Affordable Homeownership Foundation, FL, Graham Waters, Coventry, RI; Tim Wolff, Lake Isabella, MI.

International Committee

Committee Chair: Michelle Meade, Maplewood, NJ.

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

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Bruce Channing, Laguna Hills, CA; Lane Bailey, Salisbury, NC.

New Committee Members: Andrea Arnold, Decatur, GA; Ryan Eggleston, South Fayette, PA; Opal Mauldin-Jones, Lancaster, TX; William Monahan, Integrity Public Management, LLC, OR; Kim Ryley, Torque Leadership Associates, Ltd., United Kingdom; Noor Shaikh, Aurora, CO; Cynthia Steinhauser, Frankfort, KY; C. Seth Sumner, Athens, TN; Melissa Valdez-Cummings, Cedar Hill, TX.

Sustainable Communities Advisory Committee

Committee Chair: Cynthia Steinhauser, Frankfort, KY.

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

New Committee Members: Aaron Adams, Knoxville, IA; Erum Afsar, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Laura Allen, Berlin, MD; Michael Ashford, Arizona State University, AZ; Johnathon Bazan, Dallas County, TX; Shannon Beaucaire, Beaucaire Consulting Services, NM; Timothy Beinert, Hermiston, OR; Austin Blees, Jersey Village, TX; Cori Burbach, Dubuque, IA; Michelle Clark, Virginia Beach, VA; Alan Cohen, Broward County, FL; Elaine Colarusso, Anna Maria College Online, RI; Heather Cousin, Thousand Oaks, CA; Bob Cowell, Roanoke, TX; William Crabtree, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC; Edwin Daley, Senior Advisor, VA; William DiLibero, Beeville, TX; Charles Foote, Reading, PA; Bob Hart, Corinth, TX; Shelly Huntington, Purpen Strategies, OH; Robert Ihlein, Harrisburg, PA; Aaron Kaufman, Portland State University, OR; Andrew Keys, Lodi, CA; Kelsey Lofton, University of Pennsylvania Student Chapter, PA; Barbara Matthews, Westminster, MD; Darwin McClary, Ypsilanti, MI; Carter McMillan, Charleston County, SC; Jonn Melrose, Placer County, CA; Walter Mobley, Atlanta, GA; William Monahan, Integrity Public Management, LLC, OR; John Novinson, Northbrook, IL; Michael Penicnak, Northern Illinois University, IL; Christopher Phillips, Walden University, TN; Francine Ramaglia, Florida Atlantic University, FL; Stephen Rymer, Rochester, MN; Hector Samario, Siemens, FL; Dean Shankle, Hooksett, NH; Eileen Stein, West Linn, OR; C. Seth Sumner, Athens, TN; Aaron Zavala, Mesquite, TX.