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Cristina White City Administrator City of Warrenville Tell us about your journey into the profession: I had a non-traditional path into local government. After pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Dominican University, I spent several months interviewing for human resources positions with private sector companies. I was sharing my struggles to find… Read More about IAMMA SPOTLIGHT: Cristina White, City Administrator, City of Warrenville

Andrew Lichterman Assistant Village Manager/Director of Community Development Village of Deerfield Tell us about your journey into the profession: After graduating from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in political science I wasn’t sure which direction to go. A family friend, who also happened to be the Mayor of Skokie, invited me to lunch… Read More about IAMMA SPOTLIGHT: Andrew Lichterman, Assistant Village Manager, Village of Deerfield

Allison Matson Village Administrator Village of Wauconda Tell us about your journey into the profession: The suburb where I went to high school was in a post-WWII planned town, Park Forest. The original story of Park Forest, the community’s racial desegregation in the 1950s, and finally its redevelopment and revitalization efforts in the 90s piqued… Read More about IAMMA SPOTLIGHT: Allison Matson, Village Administrator, Village of Wauconda

Sharon Tanner Assistant Village Manager Village of Glencoe Journey into the profession: It's a winding one! Steve Jobs once said that you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backward. And that's definitely true for my journey into the profession. In hindsight, I can clearly see that my dots started… Read More about IAMMA SPOTLIGHT: Sharon Tanner, Assistant Village Manager, Village of Glencoe

Tune in to learn about all of the new, exciting ways to get the most out of your IAMMA membership!Date- Thursday, Oct. 6Time: NoonLink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83520604718… Read More about Webinar - What's Next: IAMMA

George Issakoo Assistant Village Manager Village of Brookfield Journey into the profession: During my undergraduate career at DePaul University, I developed a deep passion for international affairs and geopolitical studies.  As a first-generation Assyrian-American, I already had a knack for speaking multiple languages, was naturally interested in global politics, and had dreams and aspirations of… Read More about IAMMA SPOTLIGHT: George Issakoo, Assistant Village Manager, Village of Brookfield

Craft breweries are driving tourism, transforming industrial districts, and anchoring revitalization downtown. Chicagoland has the most breweries of any U.S. City. Join your friends at IAMMA from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays this summer to learn more about this growing sector of the Illinois economy. Planning to attend? Please RSVP for any of… Read More about Summer Economic Development Series

Scott Niehaus Village Manager Village of Lombard Journey into the Profession:  I like to say that my first foray into public service was during my summer job experience while in college.  For three (3) years from 1990 through 1992 I came home from Augustana College and worked Public Works for the City of Elmhurst.  During… Read More about IAMMA SPOTLIGHT: Scott Niehaus, Village Manager, Village of Lombard

If you would like a position posted on the ILCMA website please send a position statement of one – two paragraphs (NOT A JOB DESCRIPTION) as a Word document or embedded in an e-mail to Dawn Peters at dpeters@niu.edu.  Please do not include any graphics or logos, just plain text.  Ads will be posted until the deadline stated in… Read More about Post a Job Ad