Audit Committee
Art Pertile, Chair
Partner, Olson & Olson LLP
Houston, TX
Committees
- Audit Committee
- Awards Committee
- Budget and Finance Committee
- By-Laws Committee
- Compensation Committee
- Executive and Policy Advisory Committee
- International Steering Committee
- Large Population Centers Steering Committee
- Legal Advocacy Committee
- Local Government Fellows Committee
- Membership Committee
- Nominating Committee
- Personnel Committee
- Program Planning Committee
- State League Department
- Vision 2020 Committee
Committee Members
Chuck Thompson
IMLA Executive Director
Rockville, MD
Drew Whalen
IMLA Immediate Past President
City Attorney
Griffin, GA
Patrick Baker
IMLA President
City Attorney
Charlotte, NC
Barbara Adams
IMLA Treasurer
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association
Douglas Haney
IMLA Director
Corporation Counsel
Carmel, IN
Awards Committee
Tyrone Cooper, Chair
IMLA President-Elect
City Attorney
Beaumont, TX
Committee Members
Mia Bautista
City Attorney
Moscow, ID
Brad Cunningham
Municipal Attorney
Lexington, SC
Peter Letzmann
Attorney at Law
Lowell, MI
Brian Loewen
Barrister & Solicitor
Leduc, Alberta, Canada
Stephen Nick
City Attorney
Eau Claire, WI
Kimberly M. Rehberg
City Attorney
Durham, NC
Budget and Finance Committee
Barbara Adams, Chair
IMLA Treasurer
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association
Committee Members
Drew Whalen
IMLA Immediate Past President
City Attorney
Griffin, GA
Patrick Baker
IMLA President
City Attorney
Charlotte, NC
Art Pertile
Partner, Olson & Olson LLP
Houston, TX
Beth Ann Childs
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Owasso, OK
Joy Hulton
IMLA Director
Regional Solicitor
Regional Municipality of York
By-Laws Committee
Nancy Thompson, Chair
IMLA Director
City Counselor
Columbia, MO
Committee Members
Tyrone Cooper
IMLA President-Elect
City Attorney
Beaumont, TX
Beth Anne Childs
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Owasso, OK
Jeffrey Dana
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Providence, RI
Gary Ebert
Director of Law
Bay Village, OH
Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Wheeling, WV
JoAngela Woods
General Counsel
Accelerate Indiana Municipalities
Compensation Committee
Drew Whalen, Chair
IMLA Immediate Past President
City Attorney
Griffin, GA
Committee Members
Chuck Thompson
IMLA Executive Director
Rockville, MD
Tyrone Cooper
IMLA President-Elect
City Attorney
Beaumont, TX
Jennie Granahan Tarr
IMLA Director
Chief Assistant County Attorney
Hillsborough County, Florida
Wynetta Massey
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Colorado Springs, CO
Nancy Thompson
IMLA Director
City Counselor
Columbia, MO
Byron Werry
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Executive and Policy Advisory Committee
Committee Members
Barbara Adams
IMLA Treasurer
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association
Marianne Landers Banks
Assistant City Attorney
Springfield, MO
Douglas Haney
IMLA Director
Corporation Counsel
Carmel, IN
International Steering Committee
Ben Griffith, Chair
Board Attorney
Oxford, MS
Tyler Wallach, Co-Chair
Assistant City Attorney II
Ft. Worth, TX
Committee Members
Robert Alfton
IMLA Past President
Attorney
Minneapolis, MN
Peter Buchsbaum
Superior Court Judge (Ret.)
Stockton, NJ
William Eaton
Counsel
Long Branch, NJ
Adrian Herbst
Attorney
Minneapolis, MN
Iris Jones
IMLA Past President
Chief Business Development & Marketing Officer
Harrisburg, PA
Patricia Lynch
Judge
Reno, NV
Dwight Merriam
Partner
Hartford, CT
Steve Meyers
Meyers Nave
Oakland, CA
Roger Nowadzky
City Attorney
St. Anthony, IA
Samuel Pearson
Legal Counsel
Paynesville, Liberia
Ed Sullivan
Attorney (Retired)
Portland, OR
Steve Wolf
Municipal Attorney
Mt. Healthy, OH
John Zimmermann
IMLA Past President
Attorney for Municipalities
Park Ridge, IL
Large Population Centers Steering Committee
Robert Hagemann, Chair
Charlotte, NC
Committee Members
Leanne Guzman
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Fort Worth, TX
Marc Hansen
County Attorney
Montgomery County, MD
Paul Kratz
City Attorney
Omaha, NE
G. Foster Mills
IMLA Past President
Managing Attorney
New York, NY
Legal Advocacy Committee
Rose Humway-Warmuth, Chair & Board Liaison
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Wheeling, WV
Rusi Patel, Co-Chair
Associate General Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Committee Members
Marcel Pratt
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Philadelphia, PA
Tom Carr
City Attorney
Boulder, CO
Bill Mann
Chief Deputy City Attorney
Little Rock, AR
Brig Smith
General Counsel
Middletown, CT
Paul Zarefsky
Deputy City Attorney
San Francisco, CA
Local Government Fellows Committee
Randy Van Vleck, Chair
IMLA Director
General Counsel
Santa Fe, NM
Committee Members
Marianne Landers Banks
Board Liaison to Committee
Springfield, MO
Mary Ellen Bench
IMLA Past President
City Solicitor
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Troy, MI
Steve Britzman
City Attorney
Brookings, SD
Monica Buck
Assistant City Attorney
Bellevue, WA
Stephen J. Burg
Chief Assistant City Attorney
Peoria, AR
Thomas Carpenter
City Attorney
Little Rock, AR
Beth Ann Childs
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Owasso, OK
John Dorman
City Attorney
Stillwater, OK
Douglas Hoffer
Assistant City Attorney
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Wheeling, WV
William Kearns
Attorney at Law
Willingboro, NJ
James B. Lampke
Town Counsel
Hull, MA
William Mann
Senior Litigation Counsel
Arkansas Municipal League
Wynetta Massey
City Attorney
Colorado Springs, CO
Sheri Russell
City Attorney
Lake Jackson, TX
Molly Shortall
Assistant City Attorney
Arlington, TX
Jennifer Smout
Solicitor II
London, Ontario, Canada
Howard Swanson
City Attorney
Grand Forks, ND
Nancy Yendes
City Attorney
Blue Springs, MO
Alan Zimmet
Shareholder
Tampa, FL
Membership Committee
Arthur Gutekunst, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
Sr. Asst Corporation Counsel
White Plains, NY
Douglas Haney, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
Corporation Counsel
Carmel, IN
Caitlin Weston, Co-Chair
Assistant City Attorney
Richmond, VA
Committee Members
Marianne Landers Banks
City Attorney
Big Spring, Texas
Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Director
Partner
Austin, TX
Tyrone Cooper
IMLA President-Elect
City Attorney
Beaumont, TX
Jeffrey Dana
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Providence, RI
Wayne Esannason
Village Attorney
Scarsdale, NY
J. Alvin Leaphart
County Attorney
Incorporated County of Los Alamos
Wynetta Massey
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Colorado Springs, CO
Susan Moore
General Counsel
Atlanta, GA
Arturo Rodriguez
City Attorney
Alvord, TX
Jennie Granahan Tarr
IMLA Director
Chief Assistant County Attorney
Hillsborough County, FL
Nominating Committee
DeWitt McCarley, Chair
Village Attorney/Partner
Misenheimer, North Carolina
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
Committee Members
Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Director
Managing Attorney
Bojorquez Law Firm PLLC
Leah Simon
General Counsel
Texas Municipal League – Multi State Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool
Amanda Stanley
IMLA Director
General Counsel
League of Kansas Municipalities
Herbert Thiele
County Attorney – Retired
Leon County, FL
Personnel Committee
Tyrone Cooper, Chair
IMLA President-Elect
City Attorney
Beaumont, TX
Committee Members
Jeffrey Dana
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Providence, RI
Marcel Pratt
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Philadelphia, PA
Wynetta Massey
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Colorado Springs, CO
Jennie Granahan Tarr
IMLA Director
Chief Assistant County Attorney
Hillsborough County, FL
Program Planning Committee
Barbara Adams, Co-Chair & Board Liaison
IMLA Treasurer
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association
Jessica O’Connor, Co-Chair
Staff Attorney
Griffin, GA
Committee Members
Debra Bechtel
County Attorney
Catawba County, NC
Laurie Cohen
Village Attorney
Wellington, FL
Brad Cunningham
Municipal Attorney
Lexington, SC
John Gallagher
Executive Director
Louisiana City Attorneys Association
Leah Simon
General Counsel
Austin, TX
Timothy Hollister
Town Attorney
Colchester, CT
Silvia Kinch
Division Chief
Montgomery County, MD
Jim Lampke
Town Counsel
Hull, MA
Lorelei Lein
General Counsel
Alabama League of Municipalities
Patricia Link
Staff Attorney
Austin, TX
Duke McDonald
Assistant City Attorney
Springfield, MO
Karen McDonald
City Attorney
Fayetteville, NC
Rusi Patel
General Counsel
Georgia Municipal Association
Arthur Pertile
Partner, Olson & Olson LLP
Houston, TX
Gregory P. Priamos
IMLA Director
County Counsel
County of Riverside, CA
Hilary Ruley
Chief Solicitor
Baltimore, MD
S. Mujeeb Shah-Khan
City Attorney
Monroe, NC
John Schochet
Deputy City Attorney
Seattle, WA
Randy Van Vleck
IMLA Director
General Counsel
Santa Fe, NM
State League Department
Amanda Stanley, Chair
General Counsel
League of Kansas Municipalities
Lorelei Lein, Vice
General Counsel
Alabama League of Municipalities
Morgain M. Patterson, Recorder
Director of Municipal Law and Training
Kentucky League of Cities
Kelly Jean Long Pridgen, Board Liasion
IMLA Director
General Counsel
Association County Commissioners of Georgia
Vision 2020 Committee
Patrick Baker, Co-Chair
IMLA President
City Attorney
Charlotte, NC
Arthur Gutekunst, Co-Chair
IMLA Director
Sr. Asst Corporation Counsel
White Plains, NY
Elias George, Co-Chair
Deputy City Attorney
Las Vegas, NV
Committee Members
Mary Ellen Bench
IMLA Past President
City Solicitor
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Barbara Adams
IMLA Treasurer
General Counsel
Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association
Debra Bechtel
County Attorney
Newton, NC
Laurie Cohen
Village Attorney
Wellington, FL
Douglas Haney
IMLA Director
Corporation Counsel
Carmel, IN
Silvia Kinch
Chief
Montgomery County, MD
Jim Lampke
Town Counsel
Hull, MA
Andrew Mai
County Attorney
Osceola County, FL
Jody Malmstrom
Associate County Attorney
Montgomery County, MD
Sean McLaughlin
Assistant City Attorney
Lenexa, KS
Heather Price
County Attorney
Caroline County, MD
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