Committees

Audit Committee

Patrick Baker, Chair
IMLA Past President
City Attorney
Charlotte, NC

Committee Members

Barbara A. Adams
IMLA Past President
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
City Attorney
Troy, Michigan

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA Treasurer
City Attorney
Bristow, Oklahoma

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Jeff Dana
IMLA President
City Solicitor
Providence, Rhode Island

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Immediate Past President
City Solicitor
Wheeling, West Virginia

Amanda Karras
Executive Director / General Counsel
IMLA

Susana Alcala Wood
IMLA President-Elect
City Attorney
Sacramento, California

Awards Committee

Brad Cunningham, Chair
IMLA Director
Town Attorney
Pelion, South Carolina

Committee Members

Barbara A. Adams
IMLA Past President
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association

Renee Garcia
City Solicitor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Peter Letzmann
Attorney at Law
Lowell, Michigan

Brian Loewen
Barrister & Solicitor
Leduc, Alberta, Canada

Stephen Nick
City Attorney
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Kimberly M. Rehberg
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Durham, North Carolina

Budget and Finance Committee

Beth Anne Childs, Chair
IMLA Treasurer
City Attorney
Bristow, Oklahoma

Committee Members

Barbara A. Adams
IMLA Past President
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
City Attorney
Troy, Michigan

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Jeff Dana
IMLA President
City Solicitor
Providence, Rhode Island

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Immediate Past President
City Solicitor
Wheeling, West Virginia

Susana Alcala Wood
IMLA President Elect
City Attorney
Sacramento, California

By-Laws Committee

Nancy Thompson, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
City Counselor
Columbia, Missouri

Kim Rehberg, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Durham, North Carolina

Committee Members

Shauna Billingsley
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Franklin, Tennessee

Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Director
Managing Attorney
Bojorquez Law Firm PLLC

James Benjamin
IMLA Director
County Attorney
Baltimore County, Maryland

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA Treasurer
City Attorney
Bristow, Oklahoma

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Immediate Past President
City Solicitor
Wheeling, West Virginia

Brian Loewen
IMLA Director
Director of Legal Services
Lethbridge, Alberta

Randall Van Vleck
IMLA Director
Village Attorney
Milan, New Mexico

Canadian Programming

Monica Ciriello, Chair
Director Municipal Law and Licensing
Hamilton, Ontario

Committee Members

Leanne Davis
Executive Director – Ethics Hearing Board
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jeff Dorocak
IMLA Director
Assistant City Attorney
Las Vegas, Nevada

Kirsten Franz
Director of Litigation, Legal Services
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Margaret Robertson
Attorney
Mesa, Arizona

Jeannine Williams
IMLA Director
Assistant City Attorney
St. Petersburg, Florida

International Steering Executive Committee

Committee Members

Carlos Alvarado-Jorquera
Municipal Attorney
Carlos Alvarado Law PC

Mary Ellen Bench
IMLA Past President
Counsel
Dentons

Ann Davison
City Attorney
Seattle, Washington

Ben Griffith
Board Attorney
Oxford, Mississippi

Keanan M. Hall
Assistant City Attorney
Fort Worth, Texas

Nancy Thompson
IMLA Director
City Counselor
Columbia, Missouri

Tyler Wallach
Senior Counsel
Jackson Walker LLP

Steve Wolf
Municipal Attorney
Mt. Healthy, Ohio

Legal Advocacy Committee

Morgain Patterson, Chair & Board Liaison
IMLA Director
Director of Municipal Law and Training
Kentucky League of Cities

Chris Balch, Co-Chair
Balch Law Group
Brookhaven, Georgia

Committee Members

Myriam Kasper
Deputy Corporation Counsel –
Appeals Division
Chicago, Illinois

Chris Mosley
Senior Assistant Attorney- Section Chief
Fort Worth, Texas

Rusi Patel
General Counsel
Georgia Municipal Association

Brig Smith
General Counsel
Middletown, Connecticut

Paul Zarefsky
Deputy City Attorney
San Francisco, California

Local Government Fellows Committee

Randy Van Vleck, Chair
IMLA Director
Village Attorney
Milan, New Mexico

Committee Members

Chris Balch
Balch Law Group
Brookhaven, Georgia

Marianne Landers Banks
Owners
Law Offices of Marianne Landers Banks

Christopher R. Behrens
City Attorney
Appleton, Wisconsin

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
City Attorney
Troy, Michigan

Scott Brandt-Erichsen
Partner
Keene & Currall, P.P.C.

Steve Britzman
City Attorney
Brookings, South Dakota

Monica Buck
Assistant City Attorney
Bellevue, Washington

Thomas Carpenter
City Attorney
Little Rock, Arkansas

Robin Cross
Partner
Messer Fort McDonald

Sharon Dickgrafe
Chief Deputy City Attorney
Wichita, Kansas

John Dorman
City Attorney
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Lisa Glover
Town Attorney
Cary, North Carolina

Douglas Hoffer
Assistant City Attorney
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Past President
City Solicitor
Wheeling, West Virginia

Stephen Kemp
Assistant City Attorney
Avondale, Arizona

James B. Lampke
Town Counsel
Hull, Massachusetts

William Mann
Senior Litigation Counsel
Arkansas Municipal League

Molly Shortall
Assistant City Attorney
Arlington, Texas

Eric Shytle
General Counsel
Municipal Association of South Carolina

Wynetta Massey
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Colorado Springs, Colorado

James McKechnie
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Wichita Falls, Texas

Sheri Russell
City Attorney
Lake Jackson, Texas

Howard Swanson
City Attorney
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Alan Zimmet
Shareholder
Bryant Miller Olive P.A.

Membership Committee

Arthur Gutekunst, Co-Chair
Sr. Asst Corporation Counsel
White Plains, New York

Shauna Billingsley, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Franklin, Tennessee

Committee Members

Marianne Landers Banks
Owner
Law Offices of Marianne Landers Banks

Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Director
Partner
Austin, Texas

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Victor Flores
City Attorney
Mission, Texas

Jennifer Hunter
Partner
Lerners LLP

Katie Jackson
City Attorney
Manhattan, Kansas

Wynetta Massey
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Colorado Springs, CO

Rebecca McCuaig
Chief Legal Counsel
Accelerate Indiana Municipalities

Thomas Powers
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Charlotte, North Carolina

Wendy Walberg
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jeannine Williams
IMLA Director
Assistant City Attorney
St. Petersburg, Florida

New Lawyers Committee

Todd Sheeran, Chair
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Herriman, Utah

Sofia Hernandez, Co-Chair
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Durham, North Carolina

Committee Members

Iliana Castillo Daily
Assistant City Attorney
San Antonio, Texas

Stephen Grim
Assistant City Attorney
Newport News, Virginia

Kathleen McDaniel
IMLA Fellow
City Attorney
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Blake Pennington
Assistant City Attorney
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Nominating Committee

Tyrone Cooper, Chair
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Committee Members

Mary Ellen Bench
IMLA Past President
Attorney
Dentons

DeWitt “Mac” McCarley
Village Attorney
Misenheimer, North Carolina

Darren Shulman
City Attorney
Upper Arlington, Ohio

Eric Shytle
General Counsel
Municipal Association of South Carolina

Personnel Committee

Wynetta Massey, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Jeannine Williams, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
Assistant City Attorney
St. Petersburg, Florida

Committee Members

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA Treasurer
City Attorney
Bristow, Oklahoma

Jeffrey Dana
IMLA President
City Solicitor
Providence, Rhode Island

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
City Attorney
Troy, Michigan

Paige Mims
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Plano, Texas

Morgain Patterson
IMLA Director
Director of Municipal Law and Training
Kentucky League of Cities

Deidra Norris Sullivan
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Houston, Texas

Jennie Granahan Tarr
IMLA Director
Hillsborough County Hospital Authority

Nancy Thompson
IMLA Director
City Counselor
Columbia, Missouri

Susana Alcala Wood
IMLA President-Elect
City Attorney
Sacramento, California

Program Planning Committee

Barbara A. Adams, Co-Chair
IMLA Past President
General Counsel
Illinois Local Govenment Lawyers Assoc.

S. Mujeeb Shah-Khan, Co-Chair
Shah-Khan Law, PLLC

Committee Members

James R. Benjamin Jr.
IMLA Director
County Attorney
Baltimore County, Maryland

Monica Ciriello
Director of Licensing & By-law Services
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Brad Cunningham
IMLA Director
Municipal Attorney
Lexington, South Carolina

Lina E. James
Deputy City Attorney
Charlotte, North Carolina

Elissa Jacobs
Senior Counsel
New York City, New York

Jim Lampke
Town Counsel
Hull, Massachusetts

Patricia Link
Staff Attorney
Austin, Texas

Duke McDonald
Assistant City Attorney
Springfield, Missouri

Karen McDonald
City Attorney
Raleigh, North Carolina

Rusi Patel
General Counsel
Georgia Municipal Association

Hilary Ruley
Chief Solicitor
Baltimore, Maryland

Kelly Schwab
City Attorney
Chandler, Arizona

Todd Sheeran
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Herriman, Utah

Amanda Stanley
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Topeka, Kansas

Susan Trevarthen
Member, Chair of Public Land Use and Zoning Practice
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman

Randy Van Vleck
IMLA Director
Village Attorney
Milan, New Mexico

State League Department

Rusi Patel, Chair
General Counsel
Georgia Municipal Association

Patricia Beety, Vice Chair
General Counsel
League of Minnesota Cities

John Wilkerson, Recorder
General Counsel
Arkansas Municipal League

Morgain M. Patterson, Board Liaison
Director of Municipal Law and Training
Kentucky League of Cities

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Awards Committee

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Budget and Finance Committee

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By-Laws Committee

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Canadian Programming

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International Steering Executive Committee

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Legal Advocacy Committee

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Local Government Fellows Committee

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Membership Committee

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New Lawyers Committee

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Nominating Committee

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Program Planning Committee

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