Committees
Executive and Policy Advisory Committee
International Steering Committee
Large Population Centers Steering Committee
Local Government Fellows Committee
Audit Committee
| Art Pertile, Chair | ||
| IMLA President | ||
| Partner, Olson & Olson LLP | ||
| Houston, TX | ||
| Patrick Baker | Mary Ellen Bench | Wayne Esannason |
| IMLA Director | IMLA Past President | IMLA Treasurer |
| City Attorney | City Solicitor | Village Attorney |
| Durham, NC | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Scarsdale, NY |
| Chuck Thompson | Drew Whalen | |
| IMLA Executive Director | IMLA Director | |
| Rockville, MD | City Attorney | |
| Griffin, GA |
Awards Committee
| Tyrone Cooper, Chair | Jessica Sangsvang, Young Lawyer Co-Chair | |||
| City Attorney | Assistant City Attorney II | |||
| Beaumont, TX | Fort Worth, TX | |||
| Members: | ||||
| Brad Cunningham | Cindy Harmison | Peter Letzmann | ||
| Municipal Attorney | City Attorney | Attorney at Law | ||
| Lexington, SC | Lenexa, KS | Lowell, MI | ||
| Brian Loewen | Thomas McCormick | Stephen Nick | ||
| Barrister & Solicitor | City Attorney | City Attorney | ||
| Leduc, Alberta, Canada | Raleigh, NC | Eau Claire, WI | ||
Budget and Finance Committee
| Wayne Esannason, Chair | ||||
| IMLA Treasurer | ||||
| Village Attorney | ||||
| Scarsdale, NY | ||||
| Members: | ||||
| Patrick Baker | Mary Ellen Bench | Beth Ann Childs | ||
| IMLA Director | IMLA Past President | IMLA Director | ||
| City Attorney | City Solicitor | City Attorney | ||
| Durham, NC | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Broken Arrow, OK | ||
| Joy Hulton | Art Pertile | Drew Whalen | ||
| IMLA Director | IMLA President | IMLA Director | ||
| Regional Solicitor | Partner, Olson & Olson LLP | City Attorney | ||
| Regional Municipality of York | Houston, TX | Griffin, GA | ||
By-Laws Committee
| Nancy Thompson, Chair | Members: | Monica Allen | ||
| IMLA Director | IMLA Director | |||
| City Counselor | City Attorney | |||
| Columbia, MO | Jackson, MS | |||
| Gary Ebert | Douglas Haney | Roger Horner | ||
| IMLA Director | IMLA Director | IMLA Director | ||
| Director of Law | Corporation Counsel | City Attorney | ||
| Bay Village, OH | Carmel, IN | Brentwood, TN | ||
| Rose Humway-Warmuth | JoAngela Woods | |||
| IMLA Director | IMLA Director | |||
| City Solicitor | General Counsel | |||
| Wheeling, WV | Accelerate Indiana Municipalities |
Compensation Committee
| Drew Whalen, Chair | ||
| IMLA Director | ||
| City Attorney | ||
| Griffin, GA |
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| Mary Ellen Bench | Tyrone Cooper | Art Pertile |
| IMLA Past President | IMLA Director | IMLA President |
| City Solicitor | City Attorney | Partner, Olson & Olson LLP |
| Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Beaumont, TX | Houston, TX |
| Chuck Thompson | Nancy Thompson | Sozi Tulante |
| IMLA Executive Director | IMLA Director | IMLA Director |
| Rockville, MD | City Counselor | City Solicitor |
| Columbia, MO | Philedelphia, PA |
Executive and Policy Advisory Committee
| Barbara Adams | Marianne Landers Banks | |
| Village Attorney | Assistant City Attorney | |
| Kenilworth, IL | Springfield, MO | |
| Douglas Haney | ||
| Corporation Counsel | ||
| Carmel, IN |
International Steering Committee
| Ben Griffith, Chair | Tyler Wallach, Young Lawyer Co-Chair | |||
| Board Attorney | Assistant City Attorney II | |||
| Oxford, MS | Ft. Worth, TX | |||
| Members: | ||||
| Robert Alfton | Peter Buchsbaum | Adrian Herbst | ||
| IMLA Past President | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
| Attorney | Superior Court Judge (Ret.) | Attorney | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | Stockton, NJ | Minneapolis, MN | ||
| Dwight Merriam | William Eaton | |||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | |||
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Partner |
Counsel | |||
| Hartford, CT | Long Branch, NJ | |||
| Iris Jones | Patricia Lynch | Steve Meyers | ||
| IMLA Past President | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
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Chief Business Development & Marketing Officer |
Judge | Meyers Nave | ||
| Harrisburg, PA | Reno, NV | Oakland, CA | ||
| Roger Nowadzky | Samuel Pearson | |||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | |||
| City Attorney | Legal Counsel | |||
| St. Anthony, IA | Paynesville, Liberia | |||
| Ed Sullivan | Steve Wolf | John Zimmermann | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Past President | ||
| Attorney (Retired) | Municipal Attorney | Attorney for Municipalities | ||
| Portland, OR | Mt. Healthy, OH | Park Ridge, IL |
Large Population Centers Steering Committee
| Robert Hagemann, Chair | ||||
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City Attorney |
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| Charlotte, NC | ||||
| Members: | ||||
| Buck Delventhal | Marc Hansen | Paul Kratz | ||
| Deputy City Attorney | County Attorney | City Attorney | ||
| San Francisco, CA | Montgomery County, MD | Omaha, NE | ||
| G. Foster Mills | ||||
| IMLA President-Elect | ||||
| Managing Attorney | ||||
| New York, NY |
Legal Advocacy Committee
| Rose Humway-Warmuth, Chair & Board Liaison | Rusi Patel, Young Lawyer Co-Chair | |||
| IMLA Director | Associate General Counsel | |||
| City Solicitor | Atlanta, GA | |||
| Wheeling, WV | ||||
| Members: | ||||
| Melinda Barlow | Tom Carr | Buck Delvanthal | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
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Senior Counsel |
City Attorney | Deputy City Attorney | ||
| Kelly Hart Hallman LLP | Boulder, CO | San Francisco, CA | ||
| Bill Mann | Brig Smith | Sozi Tulante | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
| Chief Deputy City Attorney | General Counsel | City Solicitor | ||
| Little Rock, AR | Middletown, CT | Philadelphia, PA | ||
Local Government Fellows Committee
| Randy Van Vleck, Chair | Marianne Landers Banks | |||
| General Counsel | Board Liaison to Committee | |||
| Santa Fe, NM | Springfield, MO | |||
| Members: | ||||
| Mary Ellen Bench | Lori Grigg Bluhm | Steve Britzman | ||
| City Solicitor/IMLA Past President | City Attorney | City Attorney | ||
| Mississauga, ON Canada | Troy, MI | Brookings, SD | ||
| Monica Buck | Stephen J. Burg | Thomas Carpenter | ||
| Assistant City Attorney | Chief Assistant City Attorney | City Attorney | ||
| Bellevue, WA | Peoria, AR | Little Rock, AR | ||
| John Dorman | Julian Grant | Frank Gummey | ||
| City Attorney | Senior Assistant City Attorney | City Attorney | ||
| Stillwater, OK | Corpus Christi, TX | New Smyrna, FL | ||
| Rose Humway-Warmuth | William Kearns | James B. Lampke | ||
| City Solicitor | Attorney at Law | Town Counsel | ||
| Wheeling, WV | Willingboro, NJ | Hull, MA | ||
| Lori Riordan | Molly Shortall | Jennifer Smout | ||
| City Attorney | Assistant City Attorney | Solicitor II | ||
| Belleuve, WA | Arlington, TX | London, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Howard Swanson | Beth Ann Childs | Nancy Yendes | ||
| City Attorney | City Attorney | City Attorney | ||
| Grand Forks, ND | Broken Arrow, OK | Blue Springs, MO | ||
| Alan Zimmet | ||||
| Shareholder | ||||
| Tampa, FL | ||||
Membership Committee
| Arthur Gutekunst, Co-Chair | Douglas Haney, Co-Chair | Caitlin Weston, Young Lawyer Co-Chair | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Director | Assistant City Attorney | ||
| Sr. Asst Corporation Counsel | Corporation Counsel | Richmond, VA | ||
| White Plains, NY | Carmel, IN | |||
| Members: | ||||
| Marianne Landers Banks | Alan Bojorquez | |||
| IMLA Director | IMLA Member | |||
| City Attorney | Partner | |||
| Big Spring, Texas | Austin, TX | |||
| Tyrone Cooper | Jeffrey Dana | Wayne Esannason | ||
| IMLA Director | IMLA Director | IMLA Treasurer | ||
| City Attorney | City Solicitor | Village Attorney | ||
| Beaumont, TX | Providence, RI | Scarsdale, NY | ||
| Wynetta Massey |
Susan Moore |
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| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | |||
| City Attorney | General Counsel | |||
| Colorado Springs, CO | Atlanta, GA | |||
| Arturo Rodriguez | Jennie Granahan Tarr | |||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | |||
| City Attorney | Chief Assistant County Attorney | |||
| Alvord, TX | Hillsborough County, FL |
Nominating Committee
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CHAIR: Randall Van Vleck |
Robert S. Croom |
Alan Bojorquez, Esq. |
| Kimberly S. Hibbard, Esq. General Counsel North Carolina League of Municipalities 308 W. Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27603 Phone: (919) 715-3936 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Byron Werry Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada City Hall P.O. Box 1790 Regina, SK S4P 3C8 Canada Phone: (306) 777-7989 Fax: (306) 777-6818 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Personnel Committee
| Tyrone Cooper, Chair | ||||
| IMLA Director | ||||
| City Attorney | ||||
| Beaumont, TX | ||||
| Members: | ||||
| Mary Ellen Bench | Wayne Esannason | |||
| IMLA Past President | IMLA Treasurer | |||
| City Solicitor | Village Attorney | |||
| Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Scarsdale, NY | |||
| Wynetta Massey | Jennie Granahan Tarr | |||
| IMLA Director | IMLA Director | |||
| City Attorney | Chief Assistant County Attorney | |||
| Colorado Springs, CO | Hillsborough, FL | |||
Program Planning Committee
| Mark Hayes, Co-Chair | Barbara Adams, Co-Chair & Board Liaison | Members: | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | Laurie Cohen | ||
| Director of Legal Services | Village Attorney | IMLA Member | ||
| Arkansas Municipal League | Kenilworth, IL | Village Attorney | ||
| Wellington, FL | ||||
| Members: | ||||
| Robert Croom |
John Gallagher |
Leah Hayes | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
| Deputy General Counsel | Executive Director | Attorney | ||
| South Carolina Association of Counties | Louisiana City Attorneys Association | Houstion, TX | ||
| Ralph Hildebrand | Timothy Hollister | Jim Lampke | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
| Corporate Counsel- Metro Vancouver Legal Dept. | Town Attorney | Town Counsel | ||
| Burnaby, BS, Canada | Colchester, CT | Hull, MA | ||
| Patricia Link | Duke McDonald |
Karen McDonald |
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| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
| Staff Attorney | Assistant City Attorney | City Attorney | ||
| Austin, TX | Springfield, MO | Fayetteville, NC | ||
| Rusi Patel | Deidra Penny | Arthur Pertile | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA President | ||
| Associate General Counsel | First Assistant City Attorney | Attorney | ||
| Atlanta, GA | Houston, TX | Houston, TX | ||
| Hilary Ruley | S. Mujeeb Shah-Khan | Ken Smith | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
| Chief Solicitor | City Attorney | Executive Director | ||
| Baltimore, MD | Monroe, NC | Alabama League of Municipalities | ||
| Randall Van Vleck | Jessica O'Connor, Young Lawyer Co-Chair | |||
| IMLA Member | Staff Attorney | |||
| General Counsel | Griffin, GA | |||
| New Mexico Municipal League | ||||
| Ex-Officio Members: | ||||
| Teresita Ponticello | Bryan Scott | |||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | |||
| Assistant City Attorney | Assistant City Attorney | |||
| Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas, NV | |||
State League Department
Vision 2020 Committee
| Patrick Baker, Chair | Arthur Gutekunst, Co-Chair | Mary Ellen Bench, IMLA Past President | ||
| City Attorney | Sr. Asst Corporation Counsel | City Solicitor | ||
| Durham, NC | White Plains, NY | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Members: | ||||
| Barbara Adams | Debra Bechtel | Laurie Cohen | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
| Village Attorney | County Attorney | Village Attorney | ||
| Kenilworth, IL | Newton, NC | Wellington, FL | ||
| Elias George, Young Lawyer Co-Chair | Douglas Haney | Silvia Kinch | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Director | IMLA Member | ||
| Depuy City Attorney | Corporation Counsel | Chief | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | Carmel, IN | Montgomery County, MD | ||
| James Lampke | Andrew Mai | Jody Malmstrom | ||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | IMLA Member | ||
| Town Counsel | County Attorney | Associate County Attorney | ||
| Hill, MA | Osceola County, FL | Montgomery County, MD | ||
| Sean McLaughlin | Heather Price | |||
| IMLA Member | IMLA Member | |||
| Assistant City Attorney | County Attorney | |||
| Lenexa, KS | Caroline County, MD | |||
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