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 
Keiva HummelProgram DirectorCivic Engagement 
Mike McGrathDirectorResearch and Publications 
Lindsay SaavedraOffice Manager 
Rebecca TroutProgram DirectorAll-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 
Dante J. James, Esq.Senior FellowCo-Founder & Managing Partner, The Gemini Group, LLC. 
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 ChairInterim Executive Director, AchieveMission 
Heather A. JohnstonTreasurerFormer City Manager, City of Burnsville, MN 
Anthony SantiagoSecretarySenior Fellow, Program & Partnership Development, National League of Cities 
Teree Caldwell-JohnsonBoard MemberChair, Des Moines School Board 
Hon. Brad ColeBoard MemberExecutive Director of the Illinois Municipal League 
Maia ComeauBoard MemberPresident Comeau & Company 
Mayor John DaileyBoard MemberMayor John Dailey, City of Tallahassee, FL 
Lee FeldmanBoard MemberPresident-Elect of the International City/Count Management Association (ICMA) 
Nicole FerriniBoard MemberChief Resiliency Officer, City of El Paso, TX 
Mayor Barbara HallidayBoard MemberMayor, City of Hayward, CA 
Alex HannahBoard MemberManaging Vice President, Marketing & Communications, ICMA-RC 
Alicia LaraBoard MemberSenior Vice President, Impact United Way Worldwide 
Valerie LemmieFormer ChairDirector of Exploratory Research, Kettering Foundation 
Hon. Ron LoveridgeBoard MemberDirector of the Center for Sustainable Suburban Development at the University of California 
Maureen McDonaldBoard MemberPrincipal, Maureen McDonald, LLC 
Rita McNeil Danish, Esq.Board MemberPartner, Taft Law Firm, Columbus and Chicago 
Derek OkuboBoard MemberExecutive Director, Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships 
Tony PeytonBoard MemberProgram Director, C.E. and S. Foundation 
Monte RoulierBoard MemberPresident & Co-Founder Community Initiatives Inc. 
Hon. Angel TaverasBoard Member Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP 
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
