On the Move - May 1, 2017

NACo Officers, County Leaders

• C-SPAN’s Washington Journal featured NACo President Bryan Desloge and Transportation Steering Committee chair Peter McLaughlin, commissioner, Hennepin County, Minn., April 27.
• Boone County, Ky. Judge/Executive Gary Moore testifies April 26 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs about the practical and fiscal impacts of unfunded mandates on counties. Photo by Hugh Clarke

 

NACo Staff

• Jonathan Shuffield is the new associate legislative director for public lands and Western Interstate Region. Shuffield has worked almost a decade on Capitol Hill as both policy director and executive director for the Congressional Western Caucus. He also served as legislative director for Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and as legislative assistant for Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.), where his primary focus was on federal lands and environmental issues.
• Andrew Hartsig, research manager, spoke at the National Forum on Public Safety and Community Development, April 18, hosted by the Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies. He discussed the challenges counties face in funding new 911 technologies.
• NACo Legislative Director Deborah Cox participated in a panel discussion focused on federal-local relations during the Trump Administration, April 21, at the International Municipal Lawyers Association’s Mid-Year Seminar.