NACo on the Move - Oct. 5, 2015

NACo Officers, County Officials

NACo First Vice President Bryan Desloge was a featured speaker at the Nevada Association of Counties Annual Conference in Clark County (Las Vegas), Sept. 29–Oct. 1. 

King County, Wash. Executive Dow Constantine was among local leaders who met in Seattle with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, Sept. 22 on the first leg of Xi’s U.S. trip. Constantine said they discussed King County’s commitment to combating climate change and the opportunity for the U.S. and China to cooperate to create solutions to their greatest shared global challenge. 

NACo Staff

Rob Hagans has joined NACo as its new chief financial officer. Hagans has more than 35 years of work experience in nonprofits, the public sector and financial management. Most recently, he was the executive vice president and chief financial officer for AARP. Prior to AARP, he served as finance director for Prince George’s County, Md. 

Joel Griffin begins a stint at NACo’s Financial Services Corporation (NACo FSC) as a new program manager where he will be responsible for managing NACo’s Retirement Institute and the NACo Deferred Compensation Program. Before joining NACo, Griffin worked as a research associate with The Heritage Foundation. There he conducted extensive research on tax, federal spending and economic policy. 

Hadi Sedigh has been appointed as the new associate legislative director for the Justice and Public Safety Policy Steering Committee in addition to being the primary legislative staff liaison to the Human Services and Education Policy Steering Committee, and the Immigration Task Force. Before joining NACo, Sedigh was the legislative fellow in the office of Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.J.). 

Jack Peterson has moved to the Legislative Affairs Department as a legislative assistant. Peterson will support the Human Services and E d u c a t i o n Policy Steering Committee and serve as the primary staff liaison to the Veterans and Military Services Committee. Previously, he supported NACo’s association management services for the National Association of County Veteran Service Officers and the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies. Before joining NACo, Peterson worked as a government relations associate for Urban Swirski & Associates 

Jacob Terrell, former legislative assistant, has been named the new associate legislative director for the Telecommunications and Technology Policy Steering Committee. 

Prior to joining NACo, Terrell spent seven years working on Capitol Hill  in a number of capacities including as a congressional aide for Sens. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and John McCain (R-Ariz). During his time on Capitol Hill, he worked on issues related to cybersecurity, homeland security, education, the judiciary and welfare. 

Emilia Istrate, research director, represented NACo at the International Economic Development Council Conference, Oct. 2–6 in Anchorage Borough, Alaska. She was also the keynote speaker at the Idaho Association of Counties Annual Conference, held Sept. 28–30 in Ada County (Boise).