In June 2023, ICMA President Lan Pluckhahn, deputy city manager, Vancouver, Washington, appointed more than 200 individuals to serve on ICMA member committees. Other stakeholders, including state and affiliate associations, designated additional representatives to the ICMA Conference Planning Committee. New committee members will begin their terms of service in October this year. These newly appointed committee members are listed below by committee and name. A complete list of current committee members is available on the committees page of the ICMA website.  The list of newly appointed members listed below will be available on the website as of October 1, 2023.   

New Groups

Task Force to Update and Revise the ICMA Guide to Breaking into Local Government

Committee Chair: Brent Stockwell, Scottsdale, AZ.

Committee Vice-Chair: Amy Cunningham, Novato, CA.

New Committee Members: David Baker, Oceanside, CA; Sereniah Breland, Pflugerville, TX; Kayla Buker, Town of Garrett Park, MD; Ann Capela, West Bloomfield, MI; Elton Daniels, Rocky Mount, NC; Benjamin DeClue, Glendale, MO; Josie Dolenz, Wichita, KS; Linda Felix, County of Amherst, VA; Kimberly Garduno, Anna, TX; Gabriel Gonzalez, Shafter, CA; Jay Gsell, Batavia, NY; Linda Kelly, Pacific Coast Consultants LLC, WA; Louis Leone, Harvard, IL; Andrew Letson, County of Meeker, MN; Gabriel Lopez, Romeoville, IL; Mac Manning, Branson West, MO; Dale Markey-Crimp, Seattle, WA; Murray McGee, Moundridge, KS; Tiffany Oliva, Winston-Salem, NC; David Packard, Pleasant Grove, UT; Stacie Pratschner, Blaine, WA; Mark A Raimo, Watertown, CT; Kara Roberson, Wentzville, MO; Sophia Rome, Salinas, CA; Jonathan Royas, Santa Paula, CA; Lori Sassoon, Norco, CA; Matthew Schmitz, Independence, IA; Mike Urban, Pullman, WA; Aaron Vannoy, San Angelo, TX; Mike Veselik, Bozeman, MT; Stephen Wade, Topeka, KS; Jackie Wehmeyer, Parkland, FL; Judy Williams, County of Lane, OR.

 

Ongoing Groups

Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Committee

Committee Chair: Emily Lewis, Charlotte County, FL.

Committee Co-Chair: Marty Hughes, Kennesaw, GA.

Committee Vice Chairs: Elisa Cox, Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Chris Huot, El Paso De Robles, CA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Jeff Weckbach, Cincinnati, OH.

New Committee Members: Laura Aguilar, Sierra Madre, CA; Natalie Bess, Edgecombe County, NC; Cori Burbach, Dubuque, IA; Emily Colon, Lakeland, FL; Shannon DeLong, Whittier, CA; Joseph Devine, Salem, NH; Erris Dunston, Guilford County, NC; Elena Gamberini, Unione Reno Galliera, BO; Bret Glendening, Osawatomie, KS; Kimberly Goldener, Jasper, GA; Mike Greene, St. Clair Shores, MI; Whitney Hale, Deschutes County, OR; Mike James,  El Cajon, CA; Debra Kubitskey, Jackson County, MI; Alejandra Lopez,  San Antonio, TX; Carolyn Lorentz,  Golden, CO; Taylor Lough,  Anna, TX; Casey Lucius,  Marco Island, FL; Tiphanie Mays, Colerain Township, OH; Jocelyn Mills, Edgewater, CO; Katelyn O'Brien, Norfolk, MA; Rosylen Oglesby, Yakima, WA; Alexandra Orologas,  El Cerrito, CA; Brian Phillips, Ames, IA; Dawn Prince, Gilbert, AZ; Jennifer Reichelt,  Yuma, AZ; Jessica Rogers, Tomball, TX; Dourakine Rosarion, Montgomery County, MD; Steven Wright, Gloucester County, VA.

 

Awards Evaluation Committee

Committee Chair: James Proce, Lewisville, TX.

Committee Vice Chair: Melissa Rollins, Surry County, VA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Corri Spiegel, Davenport, IA.

New Committee Members: Joseph Carey, Carol Stream, IL; Kelli King, Belmont, MA; John Skorobohacz, ON; Corrin Spiegel, Davenport, IA; Robin Weaver, IL; Natalie Zeigler, Goose Creek, SC.

 

Conference Evaluation Committee

Committee Chair: Yvette Fields, Albany, GA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Valmarie Turner, Loudoun County, VA.

New Committee Members: Sangita Akter, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; April Albritton, Greensboro, NC; Jerome Barberio, Mamaroneck, NY; Savita Chaudhary,  Fairfield, CA; Lea Eriksen, Long Beach, CA; Christopher Hillman, Irving, TX; Daron Jordan,  Paducah, KY; Aylone Katzin, Larchmont, NY; Shirley Koo, Santa Clara Valley Water District, CA; Ken Larking, Danville, VA; W. Christopher Lochner, Hampton Township, PA; Andrew Pederson, Bayside, WI; Nathaniel Rudy, Gray, ME; Robin Shader, Bay County, FL; Kent Souriyasak, Lucas, TX; Adriana Trujillo-Villa, Orange County, FL; Lorraine Wesley, Kansas City, MO; Brandon Yoshida, Hemet, CA.

 

Conference Planning Committee

Committee Chair: Marketa Oliver, Bondurant, IA.

Committee Vice Chair: Maggie Gilman Holm, Clackamas County District Attorney's Office, OR.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Eric Stuckey, Franklin, TN.

New Committee Members: Jacob Anderson, Grimes, IA; Pamela Antil, Encinitas, CA; Jerome Barberio, Mamaroneck, NY; Justin Battles, Mustang, OK; Aaron Bentley, Salt Lake City, UT; Naomi Bolton, Weare, NH; Ron Bow, Monterey Park, CA; Carissa Bradley, Washoe County, NV; Tanisha Briley, Gaithersburg, MD; Dawn Buckland, Maricopa County, AZ; Neil Cardwell, Belgrade, MT; Terrell Cole, Kalamazoo County, MI; Jonathan DeLaBruere, Cambridge, VT; Cynthia Espinosa, San Jacinto, CA; Lee Feldman, Boca Raton, FL; Denise Fitzgerald, Scott Township, PA; Kevin Flannery, Hampton Township, PA; Assaf Frances, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel; PJ Gagajena, Moorpark, CA; Cedric Grant, New Orleans, LA; MaryAnn Hagenbucher, Longview, TX; Matthew Hart, Capitol Region Council of Governments, CT; Sara Hensley, Denton, TX; Jessica Hoffman, Wentzville, MO; Amber Holloway, Vandalia, OH; Jessica Humphries, Windsor, CO; Will Ibershof, Sultan, WA; Brooke Jenkins, Pelham, AL; William Jones, Mequon, WI; Niki Jones, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, GA; Daron Jordan, Paducah, KY; Betsy Keller, El Paso County, TX; Deborah Kendall, Gordonsville, VA; Christopher Ketchen, Lenox, MA; Philip Kiraly, Glencoe, IL; Lori LaVerriere, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Amanda Mack, Watertown, SD; Melissa Marsh, Madison Heights, MI; Lee Mastera, Dilworth, MN; Carolyn McCreary, Montgomery Township, PA; Bruce McDonald, North Carolina State University Student Chapter, NC; Molly Mehner, Collierville, TN; Chante Mitchell, Middleton, WI; Scott Morelli, South Portland, ME; William Peppers, Canton, GA; Kimberly Richardson, Peoria, IL; Matt Rivera, Brighton, CO; Carl Rush, Loudoun County, VA; Michael Sell, Greer, SC; Stephen Shallo, Bronxville, NY; Eileen Stein, Canby, OR; Lori Steinberg, Cigna, CT; Nick Valla, Township of Middletown (Levittown), PA; Taggart Wall, Winfield, KS; Angelica Wedell, Boulder, CO; Mark Whitfield, Milford, DE; Brandon Yoshida, Hemet, CA; Gerald Young, Granville, OH; Stephen Zack, Washington, DC.

 

Digital Strategies Committee

Committee Chair: Brianna Lee Sunryd, Amherst, MA.

Committee Vice Chair: Corrin Spiegel, Davenport, IA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Pamela Antil, Encinitas, CA.

New Committee Members: Xenia Bradford, CA; Savita Chaudhary, Fairfield, CA; Jesus Gomez, Norwalk, CA; Brian Hart, Person County, NC; Adam Kuczynski, Villanova University, PA; Stephen Monaghan, Nevada County, CA; Katelyn O'Brien, Norfolk, MA; Tiffany Oliva,  Winston-Salem, NC; John Ramsey, Lynchburg, VA.

 

Governmental Affairs and Policy Committee

Committee Chair: Dawn Buckland, Maricopa County, AZ.

Committee Vice Chair: Matthew Hart, Hartford, CT.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Jorge Gonzalez, Bal Harbour, FL.

New Committee Members: Branden Dross, Lafayette, OR; Lynda Foster, Tacoma, WA; Christopher Hillman, Irving, TX; Ashley Jacobs, Wake County, NC; Kevin Kearney,  Bradbury, CA; Bruce Messelt, Sherburne County, MN; Brian Moran, Baytown, TX; Sherri Neil, Portsmouth, VA; Sarah Ott, Davenport, IA; Curtis Potter, Washington County, NC; Amber Powers, Papillion, NE; Mark Ryckman, Corning, NY; Charles Smith, Moultonborough, NH; Brent Stoddard, Glendale, AZ; AJ Wilson, ICMA and California League of Cities, CA.

 

Graduate Education Committee

Committee Chair: Mark Nagel, Elko New Market, MN.

Committee Vice Chairs: Kimberly Nelson, Chapel Hill, NC; David Mitchell, Orlando, FL.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Scott Colby, Windsor, CT.

New Committee Members: Mitchell Berg, University of Minnesota Crookston, MN; Jaime Brown, Concord, NC; Kenneth Cammilleri, Narberth, PA; Vaswati Chatterjee, Villanova University, PA; Phillip Cooper, Portland State University Student Chapter, OR; Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah, University of Salford, LAN; Marcia Hampton, Douglasville, GA; Adam Kuczynski, Villanova University, PA; Robert Lee, Florida Gulf Coast University, FL.

 

Harvard Kennedy School

Committee Chair: Norton Bonaparte, Sanford, FL.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Steve Bartha, Danvers, MA.

New Committee Members: Philip Cushman, AZ; Douglas Hewett, Fayetteville, NC; Ken Larking, Danville, VA; Jennifer Lawson, Fredericton, NB; Pamela Wideman, Raftelis, NC.

 

International Committee

Committee Chair: Kelly McAdoo, Hayward, CA.

Committee Vice Chair: Cynthia Steinhauser, Rochester, MN.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Rebecca Ryan, New South Wales, Australia.

New Committee Members: Dawn Buckland, Maricopa County, AZ; Mark Crawley, Carpentaria Shire Council, QLD; Sharon Eveland, Shorewood Hills, WI; Lee Feldman, Zencity, FL; Brit Fontenot, Bozeman, MT; Bev Hendry, West Lincoln Township, ON; Sheyi Ipaye, Willis, TX; Betsy Keller, El Paso County, TX; Michele Lieberman, Alachua County, FL; Yuejiao Liu, Austin, TX; Alejandra Lopez, San Antonio, TX; Karen Pinkos, El Cerrito, CA; Gabe Reaume, Saginaw, TX; James Verbrugge, Bloomington, MN; Mark Washington, Grand Rapids, MI.

 

Smart Communities Committee

Committee Chair: Marianna Marysheva, Livermore, CA.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Jessi Bon, Mercer Island, WA.

New Committee Members: Kent Collins, Coppell, TX; Michelle Crandall, Hilliard, OH; Genesis Gavino, Dallas, TX; Jason May, Richmond, VA; Marc Pfeiffer, Bloustein Local Government Research Center, Rutgers University, NJ; Reina Schwartz, Sacramento, CA; Adriana Trujillo-Villa, Orange County, FL.

 

Sustainable Communities Committee

Committee Chair: TBD

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Doug Gilchrist, Kelowna, BC.

New Committee Members: Sheryl Bower, Garfield County, CO; Aaron Burnett, Mason City, IA; Dionne Deschenne, Port Gamble SKlallam Tribe, WA; Aaron Desentz, Mount Pleasant, MI; C. Michael Foote, Lancaster Township, PA; Geoff Fruin, Iowa City, IA; Jerry Gabrielatos, Beloit, WI; Pa Goldbeck, Des Moines, IA; Ruchi Gupta, National Louis University, IL; Thomas Hadden, West Des Moines, IA; Mark Hoppen, Gig Harbor, WA; Michael Kovacs, Fate, TX; Julie Lyons Bricker, Oakland County, MI; Michael Pleus, DeLand, FL; Ib Rasmussen, Faxe, 85; Ann Marie Townshend, Lewes, DE; Gary Williams, Carbondale, IL.

 

Veterans Committee

Committee Chair: Peter Troedsson, Albany, OR.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Dave Slezickey, The Village, OK.

New Committee Members: Siobhan Allen, Rowan County, NC; Rey Arellano, Austin, TX; Dane Bolin, Calcasieu, LA; Regan Bolli,  Covington, WA; Roger Campbell, Maryville, TN; Laurence Christian, Rehoboth Beach, PA; Ralph Clayton, Newport News, VA; Erik Colon, Chicago, IL; Philip Cushman, Quartzsite, AZ; Donald Davis, City and County of Broomfield, CO; John Dean, Waxahachie, OK; Kirk Decker, Grandview, MO; William Doerfer, Franklin County, NC; Tracey Douglas, Hyattsville, MD; Thomas Easterly, U.S. Army, PA; Benjamin Effinger, Los Angeles County, CA; Jon Frederick, Jaffrey, NH; James Gallup, Jefferson City, TN; Robert Geis, Chesapeake, VA; Michael Gent, Littleton, CO; Joseph Gilkerson, Prince William County, VA; Michael Graese, Ashland, KY; Cedric Grant, New Orleans, LA; Juan Guerra, Cape Coral, FL; Andrew Hamilton, Kelso, WA; Marcia Hampton, Douglasville, GA; Brant Hanson, Centerville, UT; Dean Huard, Village of the Hills, TX; Marty Hughes, Kennesaw, GA; Mike James, El Cajon, CA; Christine Leal, Temple, TX; Casey Lucius, Marco Island, FL; Fred Meurer, Monterey Bay Defense Alliance, CA; Jorge Morales, Austin, TX; Lance O'Bryan, Fort Knox, KY; Gary Palmer, Montgomery, TX; Alan Pennington, Matrix Consulting Group, IL; Pamela Polk, Collinsville, OK; Curtis Potter, Washington County, NC; Brian Reimers, Little Canada, MN; Dalton Rice, Mont Belvieu, TX; Randy Robertson, Luzerne County, MD; Steve Rose, Nevada County, CA; Dave Slezickey, Village, OK; Darrin Tangeman, Truro, MA; Brent Trout, Harnett County, NC; Franklin Tucker, Needham, MA; Lisa Ward, The Mercer Group, Inc., GA; Ronnie Wilson, San Antonio, TX; Corey Wybensinger, Gahanna, OH.

 

Welcome Ambassadors

Committee Chair: Jasmine Chan, Tucson, AZ.  

Committee Co-Chair: Amidei Moses, Forest Park, IL.

ICMA Executive Board Liaison: Eric Stuckey, Franklin, TN.

New Committee Members: Mark Abeles-Allison, Bayfield County, WI; Ahmed AbuLaban, Ramallah, Palestine; Anthony Cao, Irving, TX; Matthew Chidester, Half Moon Bay, CA; Jared Cobb, Mary Esther, FL; Joseph Gaa, Aberdeen, SD; Aylone Katzin, Larchmont, NY; Thomas Klein, Montgomery County, IN; Taylor Lough,  Anna, TX; Michael Mallinoff, Annapolis, MD; Samantha Mendez, University of Texas At Arlington, CA; David Miller, Springtown, TX; Richard Sun, Hampstead, QC; Michael Walters Young, Franklin, TN; Lorraine Wesley,  Kansas City, MO; James Wharton-Hess, Salem, OR; Lin Woo, University of California-Riverside, CA.