Committees

Audit Committee

Patrick Baker, Chair
IMLA Past President

Committee Members

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

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
Troy, Michigan

Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Treasurer
Buda, Texas

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA President-Elect
Bristow, Oklahoma

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Jeff Dana
IMLA Immediate Past President
Providence, Rhode Island

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Past President
Wheeling, West Virginia

Amanda Karras
Executive Director / General Counsel
IMLA

Susana Alcala Wood
IMLA President
San Jose, California

Awards Committee

Brad Cunningham, Chair
IMLA Director
Pelion, South Carolina

Committee Members

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

Lora Cubbage
Greensboro, North Carolina

Renee Garcia
IMLA Director
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Peter Letzmann
Lowell, Michigan

Paige Mims
IMLA Director
Plano, Texas

Stephen Nick
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Kimberly M. Rehberg
IMLA Director
Durham, North Carolina

Budget and Finance Committee

Alan Bojorquez, Chair
IMLA Treasurer
Buda, Texas

Committee Members

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

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
Troy, Michigan

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA President-Elect
Bristow, Oklahoma

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Jeff Dana
IMLA Immediate Past President
Providence, Rhode Island

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Past President
Wheeling, West Virginia

Susana Alcala Wood
IMLA President
San Jose, California

By-Laws Committee

Nancy Thompson, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
Columbia, Missouri

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

Committee Members

James Benjamin
IMLA Director
Baltimore County, Maryland

Shauna Billingsley
IMLA Director
Franklin, Tennessee

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA President-Elect
Bristow, Oklahoma

Jeff Dorocak
IMLA Director
Las Vegas, Nevada

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Past President
Wheeling, West Virginia

Brian Loewen
IMLA Director
Lethbridge, Alberta

Randall Van Vleck
Milan, New Mexico

Canadian Programming

Rebecca Hall-McGuire, Chair
Deputy City Solicitor
Vaughan, Ontario

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Leanne Davis
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jeff Dorocak
IMLA Director
Las Vegas, Nevada

Kirsten Franz
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Renee Garcia
IMLA Director
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jeannine Williams
IMLA Director
St. Petersburg, Florida

International Steering Executive Committee

Carlos Alvarado-Jorquera
Carlos Alvarado Law PC

Mary Ellen Bench
IMLA Past President
Dentons

Benjamin Griffith
Oxford, Mississippi

Keanan Matthews-Hall
Fort Worth, Texas

Nancy Thompson
IMLA Director
Columbia, Missouri

Tyler Wallach
Jackson Walker LLP

Steve Wolf
Mt. Healthy, Ohio

Legal Advocacy Committee

Morgain Patterson, Chair & Board Liaison
IMLA Director
Kentucky League of Cities

Chris Balch, Co-Chair
Balch Law Group

Committee Members

Myriam Kasper
Chicago, Illinois

Christopher Mosley 
Fort Worth, Texas

Rusi Patel
IMLA Director
Georgia Municipal Association

Brig Smith
Middletown, Connecticut

Victoria Wong
San Francisco, California

Local Government Fellows Committee

Tamara Niles, Co-Chair
Englewood, Colorado

Meredith Ladd, Co-Chair
Carrollton, Texas

Committee Members

Chris Balch
Balch Law Group

Marianne Landers Banks
Law Offices of Marianne Landers Banks

Christopher R. Behrens
Appleton, Wisconsin

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
Troy, Michigan

Monica Buck
Bellevue, Washington

Thomas Carpenter
Little Rock, Arkansas

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA President-Elect
Bristow, Oklahoma

Robin Cross
Messer Fort McDonald

Sharon Dickgrafe
Wichita, Kansas

John Dorman
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Lisa Glover
Cary, North Carolina

Douglas Hoffer
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Past President
Wheeling, West Virginia

Stephen Kemp
Avondale, Arizona

James B. Lampke
Lampke & Lampke

William Mann
Arkansas Municipal League

Wynetta Massey
IMLA Director

Sheri Russell
Lake Jackson, Texas

Molly Shortall
Arlington, Texas

Eric Shytle
Municipal Association of South Carolina

Howard D. Swanson
Gilby, North Dakota

Membership Committee

Shauna Billingsley, Chair
IMLA Director
Franklin, Tennessee

Committee Members

Marianne Landers Banks
Law Offices of Marianne Landers Banks

Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Treasurer
Buda, Texas

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Jeff Dana
IMLA Immediate Past President
Providence, Rhode Island

Arthur Gutekunst
White Plains, New York

Jennifer Hunter
Lerners LLP

Katie Jackson
Manhattan, Kansas

Wynetta Massey
IMLA Director

Rebecca McCuaig 
Accelerate Indiana Municipalities

Thomas Powers
Charlotte, North Carolina

Darren Shulman
IMLA Director
Upper Arlington, Ohio

Wendy Walberg
IMLA Director
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jeannine Williams
IMLA Director
St. Petersburg, Florida

New Lawyers Committee

Todd Sheeran, Chair
IMLA Director
Herriman, Utah

Committee Members

Taylor Brown
Bloomington, Indiana

Ruth Coccio
Providence, Rhode Island

Sarah Laws
Durham, North Carolina

Jill McFarland
Plano, Texas

Lucy Ohlsen
Portland, Oregon

Jason Rosser
Durham, North Carolina

Darren Shulman
Upper Arlington, Ohio

Nominating Committee

Patrick Baker, Chair
Retired City Attorney
North Carolina

Committee Members

Barbara A. Adams
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers (ILGL) Association

Tyrone Cooper
Retired City Attorney
Texas

Tamara L. Niles
City Attorney
Englewood, Colorado

Eric Shytle
General Counsel
Municipal Association of South Carolina

Personnel Committee

Wynetta Massey, Co-Chair
IMLA Director

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

Committee Members

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA President-Elect
Bristow, Oklahoma

Jeffrey Dana
IMLA Immediate Past President
Providence, Rhode Island

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
Troy, Michigan

Paige Mims
IMLA Director
Plano, Texas

Morgain Patterson
IMLA Director
Kentucky League of Cities

Deidra Norris
Houston, Texas

Jennie Granahan Tarr
IMLA Director
Hillsborough County Hospital Authority

Nancy Thompson
IMLA Director
Columbia, Missouri

Susana Alcala Wood
IMLA President
San Jose, California

Program Planning Committee

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

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

Committee Members

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

Brad Cunningham
IMLA Director
Lexington, South Carolina

Amanda Guille-Hinman
Wilsonville, Oregon

Rebecca Hall-McGuire
Vaughan, Ontario

Elissa Jacobs
New York City, New York

Jim Lampke
Lampke & Lampke

Patricia Link
Austin, Texas

Beth Manley
Iowa State Association of Counties

Karen McDonald
Raleigh, North Carolina

Rusi Patel
IMLA Director
Georgia Municipal Association

Hilary Ruley
Baltimore, Maryland

Kelly Schwab
Chandler, Arizona

Todd Sheeran
IMLA Director

Herriman, Utah

Amanda Stanley
IMLA Director
Topeka, Kansas

Susan Trevarthen
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman

Randy Van Vleck
Milan, New Mexico

State League Department

Patricia Beety, Chair
General Counsel
League of Minnesota Cities

John Wilkerson, Vice Chair
General Counsel
Arkansas Municipal League

Ben Mount, Recorder
General Counsel
North Carolina League of Municipalities

Rusi Patel, Board Liaison
General Counsel
Georgia Municipal Association

Scholarship Review Committee

IMLA Charles W. Thompson, Jr. Local Government Law Scholarships

Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Treasurer
Buda, Texas

Erich Eiselt
IMLA

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Past President
Troy, Michigan

Benjamin Mount
North Carolina League of Municipalities

Stephen Louis
New York Law School

 

DeWitt F. “Mac” McCarley Scholarship

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA President-Elect
Bristow, Oklahoma

Erich Eiselt
IMLA

Sofia Hernandez
Durham, North Carolina

Bill Mann
Arkansas Municipal League

Thomas Powers
Charlotte, North Carolina

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