Twenty-three county leaders from across the United States have been selected to participate in the Ninth Annual County Leadership Institute, a rigorous four-day program offered in partnership with Cambridge Leadership Associates. The leadership program will take place June 3-7, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Known for enhancing the capacity of county officials to identify and implement innovative solutions to the complex challenges facing county government in the 21st century, this year’s program will focus closely on the demands of personal leadership in a new era of government, one characterized as a “permanent crisis” by CLI Program Developer and Cambridge Leadership co-founder Marty Linsky.
“The county officials who participate in the Institute get information, ideas, and perspectives they can’t get anywhere else,” said Larry Naake, Executive Director of NACo.
This year's participants include:
Jon Bowerbank, Russell County, Virginia
Janet Wolf, Santa Barbara County, California
Don Rosier, Jefferson County, Colorado
Joseph Kantz, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Joe Vene, Beltrami County, Minnesota
Howard Hunter, Hertford County, North Carolina
Dee Robinson, Lea County, New Mexico
David Nicholson, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Mandy Metzger, Coconino County, Arizona
Jon Campbell, Allegan County, Michigan
Connie Hickman, Navarro County, Texas
Mary Stern, Yamhill County, Oregon
Lavada Williamson, Ritchie County, West Virginia
Kitty Jung, Washoe County, Nevada
Gordon Cruickshank, Valley County, Idaho
Willie Lightfoot, Monroe County, New York
David Sauter, Klickitat County, Washington
Grover Robinson, Escambia County, Florida
Helen Holton, Baltimore City, Maryland
Mark Luttrell, Shelby County, Tennessee
Ben Rodgers, Linn County, Iowa
Derrick Surrette, Mississippi
Kathie Wasserman, Alaska