On Nov. 6, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Commissioner Jane Campbell was elected the first female mayor of Cleveland. Campbell, a NACo board member, has been an active member of the Association, chairing the Labor and Employee Benefits Steering Committee in 1999 and 2000 and currently serving as the chair of the NACo Welfare Reform Task Force. She also served as a member of the LUCC Steering Committee, the Membership Committee and was vice chair of the Human Services and Education Task Force in 1998.

On Oct. 25-26, Steve Swindeman, managing director of NACo’s Financial Services Center, attended the Iowa State Association of Counties Board of Directors meeting in Des Moines. He presented the NACo FSC programs; the deferred compensation program and the election volunteer program.

Kaye Braaten, NACo county services representative, will attend the Va. Association of Counties conference in Bath County (Hot Springs), Va. Nov. 11 and 12. NACo Membership Coordinator Josh Fudge will attend the Kentucky Association of Counties Conference in Daviess County (Owensboro), Ky. Nov. 13-15 and the Kansas Association of Counties annual conference in Sedgwick County from Nov. 17-19. Andrew Goldschmidt, NACo director, membership and marketing, will be at the Missouri Association of Counties Nov. 18-20, in Miller and Camden counties (Osage Beach), Mo.