Brad Cole is the current Executive Director of the Illinois Municipal League. Cole also served as the youngest mayor of Carbondale, Illinois, for two terms after working as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Illinois. He previously worked on the staff of Senator Mark Kirk.
Doug LinkhartPresident 
Benita A. DuranDirectorEquity and Engagement 
Mike McGrathDirectorResearch and Publications 
Lindsay SaavedraOffice Manager 
Amy SarrazinDirectorDevelopment 
Rebecca TroutDirectorAll-America City Award and Communications 
Jan BrennanSenior FellowCEO, Forward LLC 
Joseph Hoereth, PhDSenior FellowDirector of the Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) 
Mike HugginsSenior FellowRetired City Manager 
Benoy JacobSenior FellowDirector, Community Development Institute, University of Wisconsin - Madison 
Dante J. James, Esq.Senior FellowCo-Founder & Managing Partner, The Gemini Group, LLC. 
Angela LawsonSenior FellowCouncilwoman, Aurora, CO 
Councilmember David LunaSenior FellowCouncilmember, Mesa, AZ 
Lindsay M. MillerSenior FellowFounding Principal at Beyond Growth Strategies, LLC 
Larry SchoolerSenior FellowMediator, Facilitator, Public Engagement Consultant, and Educator
Mayor Patti GarrettChairMayor of Decatur, Georgia 
Angela RomansVice ChairFounding Executive Director, Innovation For Equity 
Heather A. JohnstonTreasurerFormer City Manager, City of Burnsville, MN 
Anthony SantiagoSecretarySenior Fellow, Program & Partnership Development, National League of Cities 
Hon. Mary Ann BorgesonBoard MemberNACo Immediate Past President; Commissioner, Douglas County, NE 
Teree Caldwell-JohnsonBoard MemberChair, Des Moines School Board 
Hon. Brad ColeBoard MemberExecutive Director of the Illinois Municipal League 
Maia ColeBoard MemberAssistant Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Continental Division of HCA Healthcare 
Maia ComeauBoard MemberPresident Comeau & Company 
Mayor John DaileyBoard MemberMayor John Dailey, City of Tallahassee, FL 
Johnny DuPreeBoard MemberFormer Mayor, Hattiesburg, MS 
Lee FeldmanBoard MemberPresident-Elect of the International City/Count Management Association (ICMA) 
Nicole FerriniBoard MemberChief Resiliency Officer, City of El Paso, TX 
Dr. Joshua FranzelBoard MemberManaging Director, MissionSquare Research Institute 
Mayor Barbara HallidayBoard MemberMayor, City of Hayward, CA 
Valerie LemmieFormer ChairDirector of Exploratory Research, Kettering Foundation 
Rita McNeil Danish, Esq.Board MemberPartner, Taft Law Firm, Columbus and Chicago 
Tony PeytonBoard MemberExecutive Vice President & Chief of Staff, National Center for Families Learning 
Monte RoulierBoard MemberPresident & Co-Founder Community Initiatives Inc. 
Hon. Angel TaverasBoard Member Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP 
Councilwoman Jamie TorresBoard MemberCouncilwoman, District 3, Denver, CO 
Wendy WillisBoard MemberExecutive Director, Deliberative Democracy ConsortiumMain Phone:
303-571-4343
General Email:
ncl@ncl.org
Main Address:
190 E. 9th Ave. Suite 200
Denver, CO 80203
