State Municipal Leagues

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The 49 state municipal leagues occupy a special position within the National League of Cities. As founding members of NLC, they continue to play an important role guiding the organization's priorities and serving as a link to cities in their state. Through intense collaboration, the state municipal leagues and NLC work to strengthen local leadership, influence federal policy and drive innovative solutions.

State Municipal League Directory

ALABAMA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES
Ken Smith, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1270 (535 Adams Avenue - 36104)
Montgomery, Alabama 36102
(334) 262-2566; kens@alalm.org

ALASKA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Nils Andreassen, Executive Director
One Sealaska Plaza, Suite 200
Juneau, Alaska 99801
(907) 586-1325; nils@akml.org

LEAGUE OF ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS
Tom Belshe, Executive Director
1820 West Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
(602) 258-5786; tbelshe @azleague.org

ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Mark Hayes, Executive Director
P.O. Box 38 (301 W. 2nd Street - 72114)
North Little Rock, Arkansas 72115
(501) 374-3484; mhayes@arml.org

LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
Carolyn Coleman, Executive Director
1400 K Street, 4th Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
(916) 658-8200; ccoleman@cacities.org

COLORADO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Kevin Bommer, Executive Director
1144 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 831-6411; kbommer @cml.org

CONNECTICUT CONFERENCE OF MUNICIPALITIES
Joe Delong, Executive Director
900 Chapel Street, 9th Floor
New Haven, Connecticut 06510-2807
(203) 498-3030; jdelong@ccm-ct.org

DELAWARE LEAGUE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Carl Luft, Executive Director
P.O. Box 484
Dover, Delaware 19903-0475
(302) 678-0991; cfluft@udel.edu

FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES
Michael Sittig, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1757 (301 South Bronough, Suite 300 - 32301)
Tallahassee, Florida 32302-1757
(850) 222-9684; mikesittig@flcities.com

GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
Larry Hanson, Executive Director
201 Pryor Street, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 688-0472; lhanson@gacities.com

ASSOCIATION OF IDAHO CITIES
VACANT, Executive Director
3100 South Vista Ave, Suite 310
Boise, Idaho 83705
(208) 344-8594; schristensen @idahocities.org

ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Brad Cole, Executive Director
P.O. Box 5180 (500 E. Capitol Avenue - 62701)
Springfield, Illinois 62705-5180
(217) 525-1220; bcole@iml.org

ACCELERATE INDIANA MUNICIPALITIES
Matthew C. Greller, Chief Executive Officer
125 W. Market Street, Suite 100
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 237-6200; mgreller@aimindiana.org

IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES
Alan Kemp, Executive Director
500 SW 7th Street, Suite 101
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-4111
(515) 244-7282; alankemp@iowaleague.org

LEAGUE OF KANSAS MUNICIPALITIES
Erik Sartorius, Executive Director
300 S.W. 8th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66603-3912
(785) 354-9565; esartorius@lkm.org

KENTUCKY LEAGUE OF CITIES, INC.
J.D. Chaney, Executive Director & CEO
100 East Vine Street, Suite 800
Lexington, Kentucky 40507-3700
(800) 876-4552; jchaney@klc.org

LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
John Gallagher, Executive Director
P.O. Box 4327 (700 North 10th Street - 70802)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821
(225) 344-5001; jgallagher@lma.org

MAINE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
Steve Gove, Executive Director
60 Community Drive
Augusta, Maine 04330
(207) 623-8428; sgove@memun.org

MARYLAND MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Scott A. Hancock, Executive Director
1212 West Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
(410) 268-5514; scotth@mdmunicipal.org

MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
Geoffrey Beckwith, Executive Director
One Winthrop Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 426-7272; gbeckwith@mma.org

MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Dan Gilmartin, Executive Director
1675 Green Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
(734) 662-3246; dpg@mml.org

LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES
Dave Unmacht, Executive Director
145 University Avenue, West
St. Paul, Minnesota 55103-2044
(651) 281-1200; dunmacht@lmc.org

MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Shari Veazey, Executive Director
600 East Amite Street, Suite 104
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
(601) 353-5854; shari1@mmlonline.com

MISSOURI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Dan Ross, Executive Director
1727 Southridge Drive
Jefferson City, Missouri 65109
(573) 635-9134; dross@mocities.com

MONTANA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS
Tim Burton, Executive Director
P.O. Box 7388 (700 W. Custer Ave - 59602)
Helena, Montana 59604-7388
(406) 442-8768; tim.burton@mtleague.net

LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA MUNICIPALITIES
L. Lynn Rex, Executive Director
1335 L Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
(402) 476-2829; lynnr@lonm.org

NEVADA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Wesley Harper, Executive Director
520 South Curry Street
Carson City, Nevada 89703
(775) 882-2121; wharper @nvleague.org

NEW HAMPSHIRE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
Margaret Byrnes, Executive Director
P.O. Box 617 (25 Triangle Park Drive - 03301)
Concord, New Hampshire 03302-0617
(603) 224-7447; mbyrnes@nhmunicipal.org

NEW JERSEY STATE LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES
Michael Darcy, Jr., Executive Director
222 West State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08608
(609) 695-3481; mdarcy @njlm.org

NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
AJ Forte, Interim Executive Director
P.O. Box 846 (1229 Paseo de Peralta - 87501)
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0846
(505) 982-5573; ajforte @nmml.org

NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF MAYORS AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS
Peter A. Baynes, Executive Director
119 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12210
(518) 463-1185; peter@nycom.org

NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES
Paul A. Meyer, Executive Director
North Carolina League of Municipalities
434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 715-4000; pmeyer@nclm.org

NORTH DAKOTA LEAGUE OF CITIES
R. Blake Crosby, Executive Director
410 E. Front Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58504-5641
(701) 223-3518; blake@ndlc.org

OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Kent Scarrett, Executive Director
175 South Third Street, Suite 510
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 221-4349; kscarrett@omlohio.org

OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Mike Fina, Executive Director
201 North East 23rd Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
(405) 528-7515; mfina@oml.org

LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES
Mike Cully, Executive Director
P.O. Box 928 (1201 Court Street, N.E. , Suite 200 - 97301)
Salem, Oregon 97308
(503) 588-6550; mcully@orcities.org

PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Rick Schuettler, Executive Director
414 North Second Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
(717) 236-9469; rschuettler@pml.org

RHODE ISLAND LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS
Brian Daniels, Executive Director
1 State Street, Suite 502
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
(401) 272-3434; bdaniels@rileague.org

MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Todd Glover, Executive Director
P.O. Box 12109 (1411 Gervais Street - 29201)
Columbia, South Carolina 29211
(803) 799-9574; tglover @masc.sc

SOUTH DAKOTA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Yvonne Taylor, Executive Director
208 Island Drive
Ft. Pierre, South Dakota 57532
(605) 224-8654; Yvonne@sdmunicipalleague.org

TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Margaret Mahery, Executive Director
226 Capitol Blvd., Room 710
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-1894
(615) 255-6416; mmahery@tml1.org

TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Bennett Sandlin, Executive Director
1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400
Austin, Texas 78754-5128
(512) 231-7400; Bennett@tml.org

UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS
Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
50 South 600 East, Suite 150
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
(801) 328-1601; cdiehl@ulct.org

VERMONT LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS
Maura Carroll, Executive Director
89 Main Street, Suite 4
Montpelier, Vermont 05602-2948
(802) 229-9111; mcarroll@vlct.org

VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Michelle Gowdy, Executive Director
P.O. Box 12164 (13 East Franklin Street - 23219)
Richmond, Virginia 23241
(804) 649-8471; mgowdy@vml.org

ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITIES
Peter King, CEO
1076 Franklin Street SE
Olympia, Washington 98501-1346
(360) 753-4137; peterk@awcnet.org

WEST VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Travis Blosser, Executive Director
2020 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, West Virginia 25311
(304) 342-5564; tblosser@wvml.org

LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN MUNICIPALITIES
Jerry Deschane, Executive Director
131 W. Wilson St. Suite 505
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
(608) 267-2380; jdeschane@lwm-info.org

WYOMING ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES
J. David Fraser, Executive Director
315 West 27th Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
(307) 632-0398; dfraser @wyomuni.org

Events

2020 State League Executive Directors and Presidents Fly-In
February 5-6, 2020
Washington, DC

2020 State League Staff Workshop
July 22-24, 2020
New Orleans, LA

2020 State League Directors Workshop
August 4-7, 2020
Santa Fe, NM

NLC's Private Discussion Groups for State Municipal Leagues

NLC hosts online discussion groups for state municipal league staff to network, ask questions and share ideas with their colleagues around the country. League directors and staff may subscribe to multiple lists.

NLC has created the following private discussion groups available only to state league directors and staff:

Executive Directors - a discussion list for executive directors only.
Deputy Executive Directors - a discussion list for deputy executive directors only.
Executive Assistants - a discussion list for executive assistants.
Communications - a discussion list on state league communications issues, including newsletters/magazines, public affairs, etc.
Convention Planning - a discussion list on convention and meeting planning.
Education and Training - a discussion list on education and training programs, certification programs, etc.
Federal Legislative Issues and Reports - a discussion list on federal issues and legislation affecting municipalities.
Human Resources - a discussion list on human resources issues.
State Legislative - a discussion list to share information on state legislative issues and advocacy activities for the state legislative sessions.
Membership Services - a discussion list on issues affecting membership recruitment and retention and marketing of services and programs to prospective members.
Research - a discussion list on research-related and policy development issues. Also a vehicle for NLC to inform state leagues about new reports, data collections, and other research materials that NLC has collected and for state leagues to send out notices of new reports and publications.
Technology - a discussion list to share information on state league technology issues and applications, including home pages, networks, etc.
State & Local Legal Center - this discussion list will enable league directors and league attorneys to receive more direct communication from the State and Local Legal Center on legal issues and federal court cases that are of importance to local governments.

To subscribe to a state league staff discussion list, contact Lenna Wilson at lwilson@nlc.org.

Steering Committee

The State League Steering Committee is composed of eight state league executive directors, each representing a region of the country, and who also serve, by virtue of their positions on the steering committee, as members of the NLC Board of Directors. The responsibilities of the steering committee include:

serving as the principal contact mechanism with NLC on issues relating to state league-NLC policy questions;
acting as a sounding board and feedback system to NLC regarding its services and activities;
making decisions on behalf of state leagues about scheduling, location, and program content for the state league directors summer meeting, the state league staff workshop, and other league staff meetings and training sessions;
selecting league directors to represent state leagues on various NLC committees where league representation is requested or sought, such as NLC's Advisory Council; and
assisting in shaping NLC's overall service program for state leagues.

The members of the steering committee represent each of the eight NLC geographic regions. Each of the committee members is elected for two-year terms by the league directors in their respective regions at the annual league directors summer meeting, with half of the members changing each year. A chairman of the committee is elected by the members of the incoming steering committee at the annual summer meeting of the league directors.