Committees

Audit Committee

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

Committee Members

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

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA President
City Attorney
Troy, MI

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Jeff Dana
IMLA Treasurer
City Solicitor
Providence, RI

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA President-Elect
City Solicitor
Wheeling, WV

Amanda Karras
Executive Director / General Counsel
IMLA

Drew Whalen
City Attorney
Griffin, GA

Awards Committee

Brad Cunningham, Chair
IMLA Director
Municipal Attorney
Lexington, SC

Committee Members

Mia Bautista
City Attorney
Moscow, ID

Peter Letzmann
Attorney at Law
Lowell, MI

Brian Loewen
Barrister & Solicitor
Leduc, Alberta, Canada

Stephen Nick
City Attorney
Eau Claire, WI

Kimberly M. Rehberg
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Durham, NC

Budget and Finance Committee

Jeff Dana, Chair
IMLA Treasurer
City Solicitor
Providence, RI

Committee Members

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

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA President
City Attorney
Troy, MI

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Bristow, Oklahoma

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Past President
Retired City Attorney

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA President-Elect
City Solicitor
Wheeling, WV

By-Laws Committee

Nancy Thompson, Chair
IMLA Director
City Counselor
Columbia, MO

Committee Members

Shauna Billingsley
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Franklin, TN

Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Director
Managing Attorney
Bojorquez Law Firm PLLC

Beth Anne Childs
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Bristow, Oklahoma

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA President-Elect
City Solicitor
Wheeling, WV

Randall Van Vleck
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Kirtland, New Mexico

Canadian Programming

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

International Steering Executive Committee

Tyler Wallach, Chair
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Ft. Worth, TX

Committee Members

Mary Ellen Bench
IMLA Past President
Counsel
Dentons

Ann Davison
City Attorney
Seattle, WA

Ben Griffith
Board Attorney
Oxford, MS

Keanan M. Hall
Assistant City Attorney
Fort Worth, TX

David Warner
Principal Counsel
Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission

Steve Wolf
Municipal Attorney
Mt. Healthy, OH

Legal Advocacy Committee

Chris Balch, Chair & Board Liaison
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Brookhaven, Georgia

Rusi Patel, Co-Chair
Associate General Counsel
Atlanta, GA

Committee Members

Tom Carr
County Counsel
Washington County, Oregon

Diana Cortes
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Philadelphia, PA

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
City Attorney
Kirtland, New Mexico

Committee Members

Chris Balch
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Brookhaven, Georgia

Marianne Landers Banks
Springfield, MO

Christopher R. Behrens
City Attorney
Appleton, Wisconsin

Mary Ellen Bench
IMLA Past President
City Solicitor
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA President
City Attorney
Troy, MI

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

Steve Britzman
City Attorney
Brookings, SD

Monica Buck
Assistant City Attorney
Bellevue, WA

Thomas Carpenter
City Attorney
Little Rock, AR

Beth Ann Childs
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Owasso, OK

Robin Cross
Partner
Messer Fort McDonald

Crista Cuccaro
Assistant City Attorney
Durham, North Carolina

Sharon Dickgrafe
Chief Deputy City Attorney
Wichita, KS

John Dorman
City Attorney
Stillwater, OK

Lisa Glover
Town Attorney
Cary, North Carolina

Douglas Hoffer
Assistant City Attorney
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Rose Humway-Warmuth
IMLA President-Elect
City Solicitor
Wheeling, WV

William Kearns
Attorney at Law
Willingboro, NJ

Stephen Kemp
Assistant City Attorney
Avondale, AZ

James B. Lampke
Town Counsel
Hull, MA

William Mann
Senior Litigation Counsel
Arkansas Municipal League

Molly Shortall
Assistant City Attorney
Arlington, TX

Eric Shytle
General Counsel
Municipal Association of South Carolina

Jennifer Smout
Solicitor II
London, Ontario, Canada

Wynetta Massey
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Colorado Springs, CO

James McKechnie
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Wichita Falls, Texas

Sheri Russell
City Attorney
Lake Jackson, TX

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

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

Committee Members

Marianne Landers Banks
City Attorney
Big Spring, Texas

Alan Bojorquez
IMLA Director
Partner
Austin, TX

Tyrone Cooper
IMLA Immediate Past President
City Attorney
Beaumont, TX

Victor Flores
City Attorney
Brownsville, TX

Jennifer Hunter
Partner
Lerners LLP

Katie Jackson
City Attorney
Manhattan, KS

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

Bryan Scott
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Las Vegas, Nevada

Jennie Granahan Tarr
IMLA Director
Hillsborough County Hospital Authority

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

New Lawyers Committee

Todd Sheeran, Chair
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Herriman, UT

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

Committee Members

Iliana Castillo Daily
Assistant City Attorney
San Antonio, TX

Stephen Grim
Assistant City Attorney
Newport News, VA

Kathleen McDaniel
IMLA Fellow
City Attorney
Sun Prairie, WI

Blake Pennington
Assistant City Attorney
Fayetteville, AR

Nominating Committee

Sheryl King Benford, Chair
Chief Legal Officer
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Committee Members

Tom Carr
County Counsel
Washington County, Oregon

Morgain Patterson
Director of Municipal Law & Training
Kentucky League of Cities

Kimberly Rehberg
City Attorney
Durham, North Carolina

Leah Simon
General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer
TML Health Benefits Pool

Personnel Committee

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

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

Committee Members

Jeffrey Dana
IMLA Treasurer
City Solicitor
Providence, RI

Lori Grigg Bluhm
IMLA President
City Attorney
Troy, MI

Paige Mims
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Plano, Texas

Deidra Norris Sullivan
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Houston, TX

Jennie Granahan Tarr
IMLA Director
Hillsborough County Hospital Authority

Nancy Thompson
IMLA Director
City Counselor
Columbia, Missouri

Byron Werry
IMLA Director
City Solicitor
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Susana Alcala Wood
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Sacramento, CA

Program Planning Committee

S. Mujeeb Shah-Khan, Chair
City Attorney
Monroe NC

Committee Members

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

James R. Benjamin Jr.
County Attorney
Baltimore County, MD

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

Brad Cunningham
IMLA Director
Municipal Attorney
Lexington, SC

Elissa Jacobs
Senior Counsel
New York City, NY

Jim Lampke
Town Counsel
Hull, MA

Lorelei Lein
IMLA Director
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

Hilary Ruley
Chief Solicitor
Baltimore, MD

Kelly Schwab
City Attorney
Chandler, Arizona

Todd Sheeran
IMLA Director

City Attorney
Herriman, UT

Ken Smith
Retired-Executive Director
Alabama League of Municipalities

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

Randy Van Vleck
IMLA Director
City Attorney
Kirtland, New Mexico

State League Department

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

Rusi Patel, Vice Chair
General Counsel
Georgia Municipal Association

Patricia Beety, Recorder
General Counsel
League of Minnesota Cities

Lorelei Lein, Board Liaison
IMLA Director
General Counsel
Alabama League of Municipalities

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