On the Move - Feb. 20, 2017

NACo Staff

• Cheryl Burnett is NACo’s new County Solutions and Innovations Department director. Burnett previously served as the communications director and deputy staff director for Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe.  Within the policy arena, she focused on child sex trafficking, pay for success models and performance-based management.  Cheryl also worked for the City of Beverly Hills as public relations manager. She will oversee the following practice areas: health, human services and justice; community and economic resiliency; technology innovation, and corporate relations and sponsorships.
• Jeff Morningstar, has joined NACo as its new information technology (IT) director. He will oversee all IT functions including network administration, database management, Help Desk, and system application support.  He will serve as the liaison to NACo’s Information Technology and Geospatial Information System (GIS) committees.  Before joining NACo, Jeff was the director of IT at the American Federation of Teachers. Prior to that, he was the director of IT at Legal Services Corporation.
• Hadi Sedigh, associate legislative director for justice, participated in the Vera Institute of Justice’s roundtable titled “Reimagining Prison” on Feb.  8 in Washington, D.C.
• Brian Bowden, associate legislative director for health, served as a panelist discussing the future of Medicaid under the Trump Administration at the 28th Rural Health Policy Institute sponsored by the National Rural Health Association Feb. 7.
• Jack Peterson, associate legislative director for human services, presented a legislative update at the County Commissioners Association of West Virginia conference in Kanawha County, Feb. 12–13.
• Matt Chase, executive director, was a featured speaker at the Association of Minnesota Counties Legislative Conference Feb. 15–17 in Ramsey County.
• Linda Langston, strategic relations director, represented NACo at the National Academy of Science Roundtable meeting Feb. 15–17.

 

In the News

• Testimony by Grant County, Okla. Commissioner Cindy Bobbitt before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Feb. 8,  was highlighted in the story “Senate Panel Told P3s Won’t Work for Rural Areas, Tax-Exempts Are Key,” published by The Bond Buyer Feb. 8.
• NACo’s associate legislative director for justice and public safety, Hadi Sedigh, was interviewed by the Albuquerque Journal for the story “Jails face detainer request muddle,” published online Feb. 10.