Meet Today's 2019 Leadership Trailblazer Finalist: Jerene Watson, City Manager, Douglas, AZ The League caught up with Top 10 Finalist Jerene Watson to talk about being named a Leadership Trailblazer and having a career in public service: Q: Congratulations on being named a finalist for the Leadership Trailblazer Award. What does it mean to [...]
Run the World: New Women in Leadership Column By Nina Vetter, District Manager, Pueblo West Metropolitan District Welcome to our new column! Thank you to ICMA and the League of Women in Government for sponsoring and supporting our column. Every month we will hear from a different ICMA member on her experience in local [...]
Announcing the Finalists for the 2019 League of Women in Government Leadership Trailblazer Award The League of Women in Government and the National Research Center, Inc. jointly announced the finalists for the 2019 Leadership Trailblazer Award. Announcing the winners, League President, Ashley Jacobs added, “Of the amazing nominees from across the country, the judges [...]
League Announces 5 New Scholarship Opportunities from Partner SGR! Apply by September 11th.... Part of the League’s mission is to increase the number of women in the most senior level positions by providing women executives—and those who seek to become them—the content, tools, and opportunities that can help serve their specific needs. To that end, [...]
League of Women in Government Announces 2019 Leadership Trailblazer Award Nominees The League of Women in Government (LWG) and National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) are proud to announce the nominees for the 2019 Leadership Trailblazer Award. This award recognizes an accomplished leader in the local government profession who has championed and inspired other women to achieve as [...]
Help Celebrate Trailblazing Women in Local Government Leadership The second annual Leadership Trailblazer Award seeks to honor accomplished women empowering others in the profession The League of Women in Government (LWG) and National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) / Polco are proud to announce the second annual Leadership Trailblazer Award. This award recognizes an accomplished woman [...]
LEAGUE NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR 2019 LEADERSHIP TRAILBLAZER AWARD The League of Women in Government (LWG) and National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) are proud to announce the 2nd Annual Leadership Trailblazer Award. This award recognizes an accomplished leader in the local government profession who has championed and inspired other women to achieve as well. [...]
HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY LEAGUE OF WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT! By Pamela Antil, League CAO & ACA, Santa Barbara, CA To celebrate the League's 4th birthday, we took a short break from our regular newsletter schedule to not only update our website, but also, to fully implement our new logo. The red swoop in the new logo [...]
League + ICMA Potential Made Possible Conference Scholarship Part of the League's mission is to increase the number of women in the most senior level positions by providing women executives—and those who seek to become them—the content, tools, and opportunities that can help serve their specific needs. To that end, the League of Women in [...]
Guest Writer Kate Fitzpatrick on The Kitchen Cabinet is Temporarily Empty – or – It’s Getting Lonely Around Here In the spring of 2014, I helped a group of eight “seasoned” local government managers join together in an effort to develop the skills necessary for maintaining our personal and professional resiliency. I was inspired by [...]