Official Publication of the National League of Cities OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
NATION’S CITIES WEEKLY
Volume 34, Number 43 | NoVember 21, 2011
IN THIS ISSUE
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NLC Board Calls for Civility in Public
Dialogue
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Auburn Mayor Wins WIMG Leadership
Award
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Congress of Cities Concurrent
Conferences
Congress of Cities Opening General Session
Focuses on Creating Jobs, Wealth in Cities
by Laura Turner
and Cyndy Liedtke Hogan
Four speakers opened
the Congress of Cities and
Exposition in Phoenix, each
one talking about their area of
expertise through the lens of
economic development and job
creation in cities. The opening
general session featured former
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell,
Assistant to the President
and White House Director
of Intergovernmental Affairs
Cecilia Muñoz, eco-entrepre-
neur Majora Carter and actor
and author Hill Harper.
see page 10, column 1
Clockwise from top left: Assistant to the President and White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Muñoz; former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell,
actor and author Hill Harper and eco-entrepreneur Majora Carter speak at the opening general session of the Congress of Cities./ Photo by Steve Schneider
NLC Elects 2012 Officers, Board of Directors
by Amanda Straub
and Cyndy Liedtke Hogan
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NLC’s membership elected the 2012
officers and Board of Directors during
the Congress of Cities and Exposition
in Phoenix. Ted Ellis, mayor, Bluffton,
Ind., was elected president. The mem-
bership also voted Marie Lopez Rogers,
mayor, Avondale, Ariz., as first vice
president and chose Chris Coleman,
mayor, Saint Paul, Minn., as second vice
president.
All officers will serve a one-year term
in shaping NLC’s priorities and direct-
ing the organization’s advocacy, research
and membership activities.
“I am very honored to be chosen to
help lead NLC for the coming year,”
see page 8, column 1
From left to right, NLC’s 2012 officers: First Vice President Marie Lopez Rogers; President Ted
Ellis; and Second Vice President Chris Coleman./ Photo by Steve Schneider
