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The Transition with Amanda Lamb, City of San Diego
As we suffer through the cold, rainy season in Oregon, ELGL thought it would be timely to catch up with one of our California members, Amanda Lamb. Amanda was an early ELGL supporter and helped raise...
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The Transition with Joe Gall, City of Sherwood
While there are many attributes ELGL appreciates about Joe Gall, what we appreciate most is you will never hear “I’m too busy” as an excuse from Joe. We often wonder how he has time for everything and...
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The Transition with Jon Skidmore, Bend Assistant City Manager
If you can’t reach your childhood dream of playing in the NHL, why not settle for second best by becoming the Bend Assistant City Manager. That’s where Jon Skidmore landed which turned out quite well,...
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The Transition with Karen Pearson, Gresham Senior HR Manager
What’s it like transitioning from working for a county to working for a city? How about returning to a five-day work week after working a four-day work week? These are the questions we had for Karen...
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The Transition with Gary Rebello, City of Milwaukie HR Director
Gary Rebello has been learning the nuisances of the public sector since April 2011 when he began working for Marion County. Before that experience, Gary had spent the bulk of his career in the private...
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The Transition with Courtney Lords, Office of Multnomah County Attorney
Courtney has taken the leap back to the public sector after spending several years at Beery Elsner. Her individual practice areas at Beery Elsner were municipal law and governance and urban renewal and...
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The Transition with Anthony Petchel, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
ELGL member Anthony Petchel is living the dream of every kid in Portland. He is working for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). While we’re sure his job is fun, he doesn’t spend his days...
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The Transition with Jennifer Lewis-Goff, Former Chief of Staff for Sen. Burdick
A former chief of staff for State Sens. Burdick and Metsger, Jen has transitioned to working as a policy analyst for Cover Oregon. Cover Oregon is a central marketplace where Oregon individuals and...
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“Two Snaps and a Hey” for ELGL Member and New Gresham HR Director Karen Pearson
Congrats to Karen Pearson who has been promoted to Gresham Human Resources Director. Karen transitioned from Clackamas County to Gresham in the last couple of years. We profiled this transition in a...
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The Transition with Patrick Preston, City of Hillsboro, Public Affairs Manager
Hillsboro names broadcast television reporter as new public affairs manager Here is an example of the circle of life of ELGL features. A few months ago, we covered the retirement of Barbara Simon,...
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The Transition with Clay Pearson, City of Pearland, TX
From Michigan to Texas, John McCarter interviews Clay Pearson about his job transition from city manager of Novi, MI to Pearland, TX. When we last heard from Clay, he was coming off the ultimate high...
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The Transition with Dustin Anderson, Town of Munster, IN
Munster’s new town manager takes in the political landscape Julie Novak, The Novak Consulting Group, tipped us off on our subject for this interview. As a 34-year old local government professional,...
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The Transition with Charlotte Colley, Village of New Concord, OH
Charlotte Colley Returns “Home” to New Concord, OH In this installment of our series, The Transition, Charlotte Colley (LinkedIn and Twitter) discusses the transition from Senior Project Manager in New...
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