INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2024: AN INTERVIEW WITH HAZEL WETHERFORD, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, DUBLIN, CA By Katherine Barrett, Greenebarrett.com and Liz Steward, Envisio Hazel Wetherford, Deputy City Manager, Dublin, California A natural leader, Wetherford is passionate about her career.  She describes herself as a “true local government geek,” who loves giving [...]

INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2024: AN INTERVIEW WITH OPAL MAULDIN-JONES, CITY MANAGER OF LANCASTER, TX By Katherine Barrett, Greenebarrett.com and Liz Steward, Envisio Lancaster, Texas City Manager, Opal Mauldin-Jones Opal Mauldin-Jones has been city manager of Lancaster, Texas, a community in the Dallas/Fort Worth region, since Februaty 14, 2011. She has [...]

INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2024: AN INTERVIEW WITH AVIVA TEVAH, CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CAO OF PHILADELPHIA, PA By Katherine Barrett, Greenebarrett.com and Liz Steward, Envisio Aviva Tevah, Chief of Staff to CAO, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tevah began her career in New York City, working on reentry programs for individuals being [...]

INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2024: AN INTERVIEW WITH LEAGUE CO-FOUNDER PAMELA ANTIL By Katherine Barrett, Greenebarrett.com Encinitas City Manager Pamela "Pam" Antil As of 2023, some 23% of city managers, county managers, and chief administrators in the US were women according to the International City and County Management Association (ICMA) database. [...]