Atlanta reconnecting southside with 31-mile trail network
Plans include building trails and investing in greenspace to reduce air and noise pollution, heat island impacts and flooding
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Santa Barbara, California, city administrator begins role
California – Kelly McAdoo has officially begun her role as city administrator for the city of Santa Barbara. She previously worked with the city of Hayward for more than 13 years, serving as assistant city manager, city manager and chief executive officer. She brings 25
Maui County swears in finance director
Hawai’i – Marcy Martin has been sworn in as County of Maui Acting Director of Finance. Martin has nearly 25 years of experience in the Finance Department’s Real Property Assessment Division, where she started as a valuation analyst in 1995.
Bloomington, Minnesota, hires assistant city manager – internal services
Minnesota – The city of Bloomington has hired Elizabeth Tolzmann as assistant city manager – internal services. She previously served as Bloomington’s assistant city manager from 2015 to 2017. She most recently worked with Ramsey County as director of policy and planning and later
$70 million available to protect fish, aquatic animal habitat
Program works with local communities to restore rivers and to conserve aquatic resources by removing or bypassing in-stream barriers
Tuskegee University appoints president, CEO
Alabama – The Tuskegee University Board of Trustees has appointed Mark Brown, Ph.D., as the university’s 10th president and chief executive officer. Brown’s selection is the first time in Tuskegee’s nearly 143-year history that an alum will lead the university. Brown retired from the Air
Arkansas Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative names interim director
Arkansas – Carly Griffith Hotvedt (Cherokee Nation) J.D., will be interim executive director for the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI). Hotvedt will replace Erin Parker. She joined the organization as director of tribal enterprise in 2019.
Florida State University Schools selects interim executive director
Florida – The Florida State University Schools (FSUS) Board of Directors has appointed Christopher Small, Ph.D., interim executive director of FSUS. Dr. Small will take over the role from Stacy Chambers. He is the current director of the university’s online educational leadership/administration programs. Dr.
Cedar Hill, Texas, selects city manager
Texas – The Cedar Hill City Council unanimously named Melissa Valadez-Cummings city manager. Valadez-Cummings has worked with the city for more than two decades, most recently as deputy city manager. She will succeed Greg Porter on Aug. 1.
Yale selects 24th president
Connecticut – Maurie McInnis, Ph.D., currently a Yale Corporation trustee and president of Stony Brook University, will become Yale’s 24th president, succeeding President Peter Salovey. She is set to begin her tenure July 1. She received her bachelor’s degree in art history from the University
