On the Move - July 11, 2016

NACo Officers, County Officials

• Broward County, Fla. Commissioner Chip LaMarca; Salt Lake County, Utah Mayor Ben McAdams; Robin Pfohman, program manager, Community Resilience + Equity, King County, Wash. were among the featured panelists at the State of Resilience Leadership Forum and Community Workshop June 28–29.The event, hosted by the ResilientAmerica Roundtable of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, brought together federal agency leaders, local leaders and those with demonstrated resilience leadership from industry and nonprofit organizations to discuss effective efforts that enhance resilience.

 

NACo Staff

• Jack Peterson has been promoted to associate legislative director in the NACo Legislative Department. In the new position, Peterson will staff the Human Services and Education Steering Committee. Previously, he served as a legislative assistant in the department.
• Linda Langston, director of strategic relations and past NACo president, was also a featured panelist at the State of Resilience Leadership Forum and Community Workshop, June 28–29.
• Matt Chase, executive director, and Andrew Goldschmidt, membership marketing director, represented NACo at the Florida Association of Counties Annual Conference and Educational Exposition June 28 – July 1 in Orange County, Fla.
• Sharon Russell, senior program manager, NACo FSC, testified at a public hearing in Easton, Md., hosted by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s Commission to Modernize State Procurement.