A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Bonnie Svrcek, By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the next in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Bonnie Svrcek, retired City Manager, Lynchburg, VA and Executive Director of the Virginia Women's Municipal Leadership Institute. In [...]
A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Rebecca Ryan, General Manager, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, Australia By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the next in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Rebecca Ryan, General Manager, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, Australia. In this article, Rebecca [...]
A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Maraskeshia Smith, City Manager, Santa Rosa, California By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the third in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Maraskeshia Smith, City Manager, Santa Rosa, California. In this article, Maraskeshia reflects on [...]
A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Peggy Merriss, Executive Director, Georgia City-County Management Association By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the second in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Peggy Merriss, former city manager and current Executive Director of the Georgia [...]
A Conversation with Local Government Icon: Corri Spiegel, ICMA Midwest Regional Vice President By Pamela Antil, City Manager, Encinitas, CA This interview is the first in the League's "Icons in Local Government" series. In this edition, the League caught up with Corri Spiegel, the Regional Vice President representing the Midwest on the ICMA board. In [...]
Catching Up with Katie Babits, SGR Diversity & Partner Collaboration Manager The League recently caught up with Strategic Government Resources Diversity and Partner Collaboration Manager, Katie Babits. Here is the interview: Q: Recently SGR launched SGRecruiter -- exciting stuff! Why was the portal created? Katie: SGRecruiter was launched in collaboration with Team Zac and Blue Dove [...]
The 2019 League + ICMA University Symposium Theme: Don't Just Talk About It. BE About It! What YOU Can Do To Increase Gender Equity in Local Government. By The League Editor: Join the League in collaboration with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) University for the 4th Annual Symposium from 1:00 to 5:00 PM on [...]
Joanne Lipman on Solutions For Handling Gender Inequality in the Workplace....Want to purchase a copy of Joanne's best-selling book for half the cover cost? Scroll down to the bottom of this page and click the "ADD TO CART" button. __________ NJ Goldston, Forbes.com (reprinted with permission) Right in the midst of the explosive Harvey [...]
LWG Interview with new League of Women in Government President & Aiken County, SC Assistant County Administrator, Ashley Jacobs By LWG Editor Recently, we talked with Ashley Jacobs, Assistant County Administrator - Aiken County, SC and newly elected President of the League of Women in Government. Ashley shared her thoughts on what's needed in organizations to [...]
60 Minutes: Leading by Example to Close the Gender Pay Gap The "Me Too" movement has shaken the workplace to its core. It has such power that it has come to mean more than sexual harassment. "Me Too" is now also about the issue of unequal pay between men and women. According [...]
