Leadership

Officers

President

Ted Ellis, Mayor, Bluffton, Indiana

First Vice President

Marie Lopez Rogers, Mayor, Avondale, Arizona

Second Vice President

Chris Coleman, Mayor, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Immediate Past President

James E. Mitchell, Jr., Councilmember, Charlotte, North Carolina

Past Presidents

John DeStefano, Jr., Mayor, New Haven, Connecticut
James C. Hunt, Councilmember, Clarksburg, West Virginia
Ronald O. Loveridge, Mayor, Riverside California
Brian J. O'Neill, Councilmember, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Board Members
 

Tennell Atkins, Council Member, Dallas, Texas
David Baker, Mayor, Kenmore, Washington
Peter Baynes, Executive Director, New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials
Ralph E. Becker, Mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah 
Dan Besse, Council Member, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Carl Brewer, Mayor, Wichita, Kansas
Julián Castro, Mayor, San Antonio, Texas 
Nancy J. Chaney, Mayor, Moscow, Idaho
Melodee Colbert Kean, Mayor Pro Tem, Joplin, Missouri
Sandra Colvin Roy, Council Member, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Richard Byrd Conlin, Councilmember, Seattle, Washington 
Joy Cooper, Mayor, Hallandale Beach, Florida
Doug Echols, Mayor, Rock Hill, South Carolina 
Daniel P. Gilmartin, Executive Director, Michigan Municipal League 
Rap Hankins, Council Member, Trotwood, Ohio 
Melvin L. (Kip) Holden, Mayor-President, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Edna Branch Jackson, Mayor Pro Tem/Alderman At-Large, Savannah, Georgia 
Jacquelyn E. Johnson, Councilwoman, East Orange, New Jersey
Dwight C. Jones, Mayor, Richmond, Virginia
Dennis Kavanaugh, Councilmember, Mesa, Arizona
Kevin J. Kramer, Councilman, Louisville, Kentucky
Randon K. Lane, Mayor, Murrieta, California
Jesse Matthews, Council Member, Bessemer, Alabama 
Mike McCarty, Executive Director/CEO, Association of Washington Cities 
Keith McDonald, Mayor, Bartlett, Tennessee
Mark Mitchell, Councilmember, Tempe, Arizona
Garret Nancolas, Mayor, Caldwell, Idaho
Robert D. Newell, Mayor, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Bernard C. Parks, Councilmember, Los Angeles, California
Gregory S. Pettis, Council Member, Cathedral City, California
Dan Ross, Executive Director, Missouri Municipal League 
Bernita Sims, Council Member, High Point, North Carolina
Michael Sittig, Executive Director, Florida League of Cities, Inc. 
Carolyn Stager-Strecker, Executive Director, Oklahoma Municipal League, Inc.
Betty L. Taylor, Council President, Eugene, Oregon 
Yvonne Taylor, Executive Director, South Dakota Municipal League 
Henry E. Wilson, Council Member, Hurst, Texas
Murry K. Witcher, Alderman, North Little Rock, Arkansas
George C. Wright, Jr., Delaware League of Local Governments
Matt Zone, Council Member, Cleveland, Ohio

2012 Advisory Council

Advisory Council Members

• Margaret Barrett-Simon, Council Member, Jackson, Mississippi 
• Conrad W. Bowers, Mayor, Bridgeton, Missouri 
• William G. Brooks, Mayor, Belle Isle, Florida
• Michael Cathey, Alderman, Senatobia, Mississippi
• Mildred C. Crump, Council Member At-Large, Newark, New Jersey
• Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor, Somerville, Massachusetts
• Deborah Denard Delgado, Councilwoman, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• Gretchen Driskell, Mayor, Saline, Michigan
• Doug Echols, Mayor, Rock Hill, South Carolina
• Samuel J. Ferreri, Mayor, Greenacres, Florida
• Margaret E. Finlay, Councilmember, Duarte, California
• Carolyn L. Floyd, Mayor, Kodiak, Alaska
• Donald A. Groesser, Mayor, Ralston, Nebraska
• Jeanne Harris, Councilmember, Vancouver, Washington
• Deborah A. Hill, Councilmember, Warrensville Heights, Ohio
• Ruth Hopkins, Councilmember, Prairie Village, Kansas
• Ted Jennings, Mayor, Brewton, Alabama
• Michael E. Johnson, Councilmember, Phoenix, Arizona
• Martin Jones, Council Member, Conyers, Georgia
• Helen Kawagoe, City Clerk, Carson, California
• Alan Kemp, Executive Director, Iowa League of Cities
• Conrad Lee, Deputy Mayor, Bellevue, Washington
• Myron Lowery, Council Chairman, Memphis, Tennessee
• Daisy W. Lynum, City Commissioner, Orlando, Florida
• Cynthia Mangini, Councilmember at Large, Enfield, Connecticut
• Henry F. Marraffa, Jr., Councilmember, Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Michael McGlynn, Mayor, Medford Massachusetts
• Don Moler, Executive Director, League of Kansas Municipalities
• Joe Moore, Alderman, Chicago, Illinois
• Garret L. Nancolas, Mayor, Caldwell, Idaho
• Frank C. Ortis, Mayor, Pembroke Pines, Florida
• Tzeitel Paras-Caracci, Mayor, Duarte, California
• Elizabeth C. Paterson, Mayor, Mansfield, Connecticut
• Willie J. "Bill" Pitt, Council Member, Wilson, North Carolina
• Daniel S. Pocek, Mayor, Bedford, Ohio
• Luis Quintana, Councilman At Large, Newark, New Jersey
• Sonja Reece, Councilmember, Normal, Illinois
• Ed P. Reyes, Councilmember, Los Angeles, California
• Sergio Rodriguez, Alderman, New Haven, Connecticut
• Steve Salazar, Councilmember, Dallas, Texas
• Audwin M. Samuel, Councilmember, Beaumont, Texas
• Sedalia L. Sanders, Councilmember, El Centro, California
• Ron Schmitt, Council Member, Sparks, Nevada
• Ken Strobeck, Executive Director, League of Arizona Cities and Towns
• Marian B. Tasco, Councilwoman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Richard Traini, Assembly Chair, Anchorage, Alaska            
• Evelyn Woodson, Councilor, Columbus, Georgia