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Take a few minutes to review the names on the 2026 Preliminary Service Awards list and join us in congratulating your colleagues on their well-deserved professional milestones. If you believe your name is missing or any information is inaccurate, email membership@icma.org by July 31, 2026. A new, reduced dues rate is available for CAOs/ACAOs, along with additional discounts for those in smaller communities, has been implemented. Learn more and be sure to join or renew today!

At its quarterly meeting on June 26, 2026, the ICMA Executive Board selected Stephanie Mason, township manager of Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania, as ICMA’s 2026–2027 president-elect. Mason will join the ICMA Executive Board as president-elect during the 2026 ICMA Annual Conference in Long Beach, California, on October 20, 2026.

The momentum for the 2026 ICMA Annual Conference in Long Beach continues to shatter expectations. Fresh off our record-breaking opening wave of registrations, we are thrilled to announce that acclaimed presidential historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and global leadership voice Jon Meacham will headline our Monday General Session keynote.

"Government's primary goal is different than a business. A business's goal is to make a profit. The public sector's goal is service." explains Dr. Robert Lee, professor and MPA program coordinator at Florida Gulf Coast University.

DATE & TIME Eastern Time (North America) It takes two! In this SheLeadsGov Roundtable panel discussion, women in the profession explain why mentorship matters and what it has done for their careers. Women remain underrepresented in executive local government leadership, and mentorship can play a critical role in changing that.

Due to a scheduling conflict, this webinar has been rescheduled from Tuesday, June 9 to Thursday, July 9. We apologize for any inconvenience! As we move through 2026, the lines between digital habits and physical presence have blurred.

Over 75 percent of Germantown, Tennessee, voters rejected a charter amendment that would have created a full-time mayor. The city’s charter will remain unchanged with a part-time mayor with a salary of $42,000. ICMA’s Future of Professional Management Fund provided $10,000 to the Citizens for Servant Leadership, the local organization that advocated to keep Germanton professional, efficient, and focused on serving residents.

ICMA is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2026 Local Government Excellence Awards. These distinguished honorees exemplify the very best of professional local government leadership, demonstrating creativity, innovation, and a steadfast commitment to strengthening communities. Their achievements highlight the value of professional management and its profound impact on the quality of life for residents across the globe.

I’m a management analyst in the public works department for a city government located in the East. I’m a hard-working staff person who is often a go-to person for my boss, the public works manager, as well as the public works director. Whenever I’m given an assignment or project, I stay on task and get results. Our organization has a lot of older senior managers who have just retired or are getting ready to retire.

In March 2026, a delegation of ICMA members, including the ICMA Executive Board, participated in the ICMA Global Exchange, spending five days on the Island of Ireland to learn from their counterparts and share solutions to drive meaningful change in communities around the world. The delegation spent a day in County Longford in Ireland’s Midlands, whose main economy for years has centered around peat harvesting for power generation.