Graduate Education Committee

Mr. Brandon Joseph Ford, MPA (Brandon)

ICMA Board Liaison

Assistant Township Manager

Township of Lower Merion

Ardmore, PA

Mr. James Fisher, ICMA-CM (James)

Co-Chair

City Manager

City of Levelland

Levelland, TX

Dr. Angel Wright-Lanier, ICMA-CM (Angel)

Co-Chair

Assistant City Manager

City of Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem, NC

Dr. Kimberly L. Nelson, Ph.D. (Kim)

Vice-Chair

Distinguished Professor

University of Chapel Hill - School of Government

Chapel Hill, NC

Ms. Penny Milynda Aguirre, M.Ed., MA (Penny)

Member

Director of Zoning and Community Development

City of Magee

Magee, MS

Mr. W. Lane Bailey (Lane)

Member

Salisbury, NC

Ms. Kathryn Beemer, MPA (Katie)

Member

City Administrator

City of Fennville

Fennville, MI

Dr. Mitchell Berg, Ph.D. (Mitch)

Member

Clinical Assistant Professor

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

Jaime Brown (Jaime)

Member

DEI Strategist

City of Concord

Concord, NC

Mr. Crayton Brubaker, MPA (Crayton)

Member

Community Development Program Manager

Town of Salem

Manchester, NH

Ms. Denise E. Burchard, SHRM-CP, MPA (Denise)

Member

Assistant to the Chair

Northern Illinois University Department of Public Administration

DeKalb, IL

Courtney A. Butler, MPA (Courtney)

Member

Executive Assistant

Town of Brewster

Brewster, MA

Mr. Steven Carter, MBA, CGCIO (Steven)

Member

City Manager

City of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, VA

Mr. Justin Casanova-Davis, ICMA-CM Candidate (Justin)

Member

Town Manager

Town of Bridgewater

Bridgewater, MA

Ms. Denise Y. Casey, MPA (Dee)

Member

Deputy Town Manager

Town of North Andover

North Andover, MA

Dr. Vaswati Chatterjee, Ph.D. (Vaswati)

Member

Assistant Professor

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Dr. Arnaldo Silveira Costeira, Ph.D. (Arnaldo)

Member

Dean and Director of Research

Lisbon Business and Government School

Lisbon PORTUGAL

Dr. Ian M. Coyle, ICMA-CM (Ian)

Member

President

Pracademic Partners

Livonia, NY

Mr. Peter J. Crichton, MPA (Peter)

Member

Windham, ME

Mr. Milton R. Dohoney, Jr., ICMA-CM (Milton)

Member

City Administrator

City of Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Ratna Dougherty, Ph.D. (Ratna)

Member

Assistant Professor

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

Mr. Michael M. Dutton, ICMA-CM, JD (Michael)

Member

County Manager

County of Barnstable

East Falmouth, MA

Wendy Eaton (Wendy)

Member

Program Chair

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

Ojonugwa Emmanuel (Ojonugwa)

Member

University of North Texas

Colleyville, TX

Mr. James Fisher, ICMA-CM (James)

Member

City Manager

City of Levelland

Levelland, TX

Mr. Timothy Fitzgerald, ICMA-CM (Tim)

Member

County Administrator

County of Augusta

Verona, VA

Rebecca L. Fleury, MPA, ICMA-CM (Rebecca)

Member

Battle Creek, MI

Mr. Joseph Franco, MPA (Joe)

Member

Special Assistant to the Public Works Director

City of Tacoma

Tacoma, WA

Ms. Rachel (Ray) Friedlander (Ray)

Member

Director of Economic Development

Town of Ayer

Ayer, MA

Dr. David Darrell Friedlein, II, Ed.D (David )

Member

Assistant City Manager

City of Pharr

Pharr, TX

Mr. Christopher H. Gerry (Christopher)

Member

Management Analyst

City of Palm Desert

Palm Desert, CA

Mr. Thomas A Gilligan, MPP, CPM (Tom)

Member

Research Assistant

Virginia Tech

Lovettsville, VA

Mr. Andrew Gorgey, CEO (Drew)

Member

Founder | CEO

Columbia ltd

Colorado Springs, CO

Dr. Kwasi Gyau Baffour awuah, Ph.D. (Kwasi)

Member

Academic

University of Salford

Salford- Manchester, LAN UNITED KINGDOM

Ms. Marcia Hampton, ICMA-CM (Marcia)

Member

City Manager

City of Douglasville

Douglasville, GA

Matthew Hardy, MPA (Matthew)

Member

Strategic Innovation Consultant

City of Tallahassee

Tallahassee, FL

Mr. Matthew W. Hart (Matt)

Member

Executive Director

Capitol Region Council of Governments

Hartford, CT

Ms. Kira Hayden (Kira )

Member

Student

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

Dr. Colt Jensen, Ph.D. (Colt)

Member

Assistant Professor

University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Jason Adam Jones (Jason)

Member

Stokesdale, NC

Jeffrey Kincaid, MBA (Jeff)

Member

Senior Operational Analyst

County of Lane

Eugene, OR

Mrs. Kelli King, SHRM-CP, MPA (Kelli)

Member

Human Resources Director

Town of Belmont

Belmont, MA

Mr. Robb Kolstad (Robb)

Member

Deputy City Manager

City of Thornton

Thornton, CO

Hon. Adam Kuczynski, Esq, Ph.D. (Adam)

Member

Assistant Professor

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

Mr. Raoul A. Lavin, MPA (Raoul)

Member

Co-Director MPA Program & Teaching Faculty

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Dr. Robert E. Lee, DPA (Bob)

Member

Associate Professor

Florida Gulf Coast University

Naples, FL

Dr. Julie Lester, Ph.D. (Julie)

Member

Associate Professor and MPA Program Coordinator

Valdosta State University

Tifton, GA

Mr. Tom Lundy (Tom)

Member

ICMA Senior Advisor

ICMA/NCCCMA

Hickory, NC

Dr. Bruce D. McDonald, III (Bruce)

Member

Director of the School of Public Service

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Dr. Brian Kevin McNamara (Brian)

Member

Associate Program Director & Professor of Practice

Tulane University

Rockport, MA

Dr. Patricia Mitchell, CEcD, MPA, DPA (Pat)

Member

MPA Director / Assistant Professor

Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

Ms. Ann Morgenthaler, MPA (Ann)

Member

Deputy City Manager

City of Montrose

Montrose, CO

Mr. Dylan J. Mulfinger, MPA (Dylan)

Member

City Administrator

City of Oelwein

Oelwein, IA

Alaina Murphy (Alaina)

Member

Northern Illinois University

Aurora, IL

Frankline Muthomi (Frankline)

Member

Assistant Professor

Portland State University

Portland, OR

Ms. Nancy Newton, ICMA-CM, MPA (Nancy)

Member

City Manager

City of Springfield

Springfield, OR

Ms. Ashley Palbitska, MBA (Ashley )

Member

Assistant to the City Manager

City of Highland Park

Highland Park, IL

Mr. P. Michael Paules, ICMA-CM (Mike)

Member

Dana Point, CA

Dale Robert Pazdra, MPA (Dale)

Member

Deputy City Manager

City of Coral Springs

Coral Springs, FL

Stefanie M Peel, M.Ed. (Stefanie)

Member

Assistant to the Village Manager

Islamorada Village of Islands

Islamorada, FL

Dr. Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa, Ph.D. (Evelyn)

Member

Assistant Professor

University of Central Florida

Weston, FL

Mr. Kevin Rutherford, MCPPO (Kevin)

Member

Consultant

The Executive Suite

Quincy, MA

Jim Seymour (Jim)

Member

Assistant Town Manager

Town of Fuquay-Varina

Fuquay-Varina, NC

Ms. Corrin B. Spiegel, ICMA-CM, CEcD (Corri)

Member

Davenport, IA

Ms. Eileen F. Stein, ICMA-CM (Eileen)

Member

Canby, OR

Gillian Straub (Gillian)

Member

Management Analyst

City of Issaquah

Issaquah, WA

Dr. David Swindell, Ph.D. (David)

Member

Assoc. Professor & Director

Arizona State University, Downtown Phoenix Campus

Phoenix, AZ

Dr. John M. Thompson, CPM, Ph.D., ICMA-CM, MBA, MA (John)

Member

Assistant County Administrator

County of Richland

Columbia, SC

Mr. William J. Tinsley, MPA (Jason)

Member

Assistant County Administrator

County of Fayette

Fayetteville, GA

Mr. Brian John Ulbricht, MPA (Brian)

Member

CRA Specialist

City of Clearwater

Clearwater, FL

Mr. Brian Vandenberg, MPA (Brian)

Member

Assistant to the City Manager

City of Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg, VA

Mr. Mitchell R. Vieira, MPA (Mitch)

Member

Town Administrator

Town of Rockport

Rockport, MA

Ms. Ashley Lynn Youmans, MPA (Ashley)

Member

Economic Development Director

City of Chamblee

Chamblee, GA

Ms. Judith Ann Zimomra, JD, MPA (Judie)

Member

Faculty

Ohio State University

Grove City, OH

Mr. David Lang (David)

ICMA Staff Liaison

Senior Program Manager

ICMA

Medina, OH