On the Move - March 20, 2017

NACo Officers, County Leaders

• NACo officers were on the road … again … representing the association at the County Supervisors Association of Arizona’s Board meeting March 16 (Second Vice President Greg Cox); the Iowa State Association of Counties Spring School in Polk County, March 9–10 (President Bryan Desloge); and the West Virginia Association of Counties Annual Conference in Kanawha County, March 5–7 (First Vice President Roy Charles Brooks). The officers spoke about the importance of NACo membership and gave updates on the federal budget and the opioid epidemic.

 

NACo Staff

• Christina Iskandar is NACo’s new program director at the newly created Counties Futures Lab. Christina has assumed overall responsibility for management, quality control and on-time delivery of forums and other types of knowledge management projects.  Before joining NACo, she served as the director of scheduling and advance for the office of the secretary of the Department of Agriculture. 
• Erin Knight is the new affiliate services manager.  Erin will serve as primary point of contact for the several organizations to which NACo subleases space and provides association management services.  Before joining NACo, she held several positions with the U.S. Green Building Council, including exhibition manager, education delivery services manager and education program planner. 
• Kyle Cline is the new regional development manager for U.S. Communities.  Kyle will be based in Indianapolis and will serve as a liaison with state association sponsors, support U.S. Communities sales and support team assist in the assessment, structure and roll out of new programs.  Prior to NACo, Kyle served as policy advisor for the Indiana Farm Bureau and general manager for the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy. 
• Daria Daniel was a featured speaker at the “Outlook on Our Federal Programs” session during the 2017 Council of State Community Development Agencies (COSCDA) Program Managers Conference March 14 in Washington, D.C.