MEET THE 2024 LEADERSHIP TRAILBLAZER FINALIST Cori Burbach Today’s Trailblazer: Cori Burbach The League caught up with Trailblazer Finalist, Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager, Dubuque, IA 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 [...]
MEET THE 2024 LEADERSHIP TRAILBLAZER FINALIST Michelle Kivela Today’s Trailblazer: Michelle Kivela The League caught up with Trailblazer Finalist, Michelle Kivela, Town Manager, Parker, Colorado 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 [...]
MEET THE 2024 LEADERSHIP TRAILBLAZER FINALIST Sharon Subadan Today’s Trailblazer: Sharon Subadan The League caught up with Trailblazer Finalist, Sharon Subadan, City Manager of South Fulton, Georgia 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. [...]
League of Women in Government Announces 2024 Leadership Trailblazer Award Top 10 Finalists The League of Women in Government (LWG) and Polco jointly announced the finalists for the 2024 Leadership Trailblazer Award. Announcing the finalists, League President, Susan Thorpe added, “Of the amazing nominees from across the country, the judges felt these [...]
Nominations Open for the 2024 Leadership Trailblazer Award By Editor The League of Women in Government and Polco are proud to announce that nominations are now open for the 2024 Annual Leadership Trailblazer Award. The award recognizes an accomplished woman who is a leader in the local government profession and has inspired other women to [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
