ICMA Executive Board

2026–2027 Executive Board Roster

First Row:

Cindy Steinhauser, Deputy City Manager, Rochester, Minnesota (Vice President, Central Region); Penny Postoak Ferguson, County Manager, Johnson County, Kansas (Vice President, Great Plains Region); Elisa C. Cox, City Manager, Rancho Cucamonga, California (Vice President, Western Region); Stephanie Mason, Township Manager, Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania (President Elect); Andy Pederson, Village Manager, Bayside, Wisconsin (President); Meighan Wark, Chief Administrative Officer, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Vice President, International Region); Kristy Rogers, Town Manager, Milton, Delaware (Vice President, Eastern Region); Stephanie Lucash, City Administrator, Edmonds, Washington (Vice President, Western Region); Katie Koester, City Manager, Juneau, Alaska (Vice President, Western Region); Sereniah M. Breland, City Manager, Pflugerville, Texas (Vice President, Great Plains region); Alex Lopez, Assistant City Manager, San Antonio, Texas (Vice President, Great Plains region)

Second Row:

Phil Kiraly, Village Manager, Glencoe, Illinois (Vice President, Central Region); Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager, Dubuque, Iowa (Vice President, Central Region); David Ellis, County Manager, Wake County, North Carolina (Vice President, Southern Region); Chelsea K. Jackson, Deputy City Manager, Douglasville, Georgia (Vice President, Southern Region); Jānis Lange, Chief Executive Officer, Riga City Municipality, Latvia (Vice President, International Region); Sandra Fournier, Town Manager, Mapleton, Castle Hill, and Chapman, Maine (Vice President, Eastern Region); Justin Smith, Assistant City Manager, Pelham, Alabama (Vice President, Southern Region); Brandon J. Ford, Assistant Township Manager, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania (Vice President, Eastern Region); Julia D. Novak, Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director; Lungile Dlamini, Chief Executive Officer, Municipal Council of Manzini, Eswatini (Vice President, International Region); Michael Land, City Manager, Coppell, Texas (Past President)

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2026–2027 Executive Board Meeting Schedule

October 15–18, 2026: Long Beach, California (in conjunction with the ICMA Annual Conference)
January 7–9, 2027: Palm Desert, California
March 18–20, 2027: Charleston, South Carolina
June 10–12, 2027: Bozeman, Montana
September 23–25, 2027: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (in conjunction with the ICMA Annual Conference)

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How the ICMA Executive Board Functions

ICMA’s 21-member executive board acts in the capacity of directors, overseeing the organization’s financial, member-related, and programmatic affairs, and selecting the ICMA president. The board also enforces the organization’s Code of Ethics, which governs the professional and personal conduct of the membership. Board members attend four board meetings annually.

The ICMA Executive Board is composed of the president, president-elect, past president, and 18 vice presidents. Three vice presidents are from each of the organization’s five U.S. regions (Central, Great Plains, Eastern, Southern, and Western), and three are from countries outside the United States (International region).

Presidential Selection

The ICMA Executive Board selects the president-elect each year, usually in June, from among eligible former regional vice presidents. To be eligible to serve as president-elect, one must be a former ICMA vice president who has been off the executive board for a minimum of one year and is currently working for a local government.

Nomination and Election of Regional Vice Presidents

The nominations process for ICMA regional vice presidents formally launches after the annual conference, usually in October, for the following election year. Learn more about the expectations of board service, the nominations and election process, this year's schedule, and requirements for your region.