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Local Government Advisory Committee Members

Kitty Barnes (Chair)
Commissioner
Catawba County, North Carolina

Jeff Witte (Vice Chair)
Secretary of Agriculture
State of New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Gary Ward Black
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture
Atlanta, Georgia

Shawn Yanity
Chairman
Stillaguamish Tribe
Arlington, Washington

Bruce Bracker
Supervisor
Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Victoria Reinhardt
Commissioner
Ramsay County, Minnesota

Melissa Cribbins
Commissioner
Coos County, Oregon

Eric Genrich
Mayor
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Ron Poltak
Chairman, Auburn Planning  Commission
Auburn, New Hampshire

Susan Lessard
Town Manager
Bucksport, Maine

Evan Paul Hansen
House Delegate
State of West Virginia
Morgantown, West Virginia

Ryan E. MacKenzie
State Representative-
House 134th District
State of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Bill McMurray
Mayor
St. Joseph, Missouri

Steve Miller
Mayor
Fairfield, Ohio

Honorable Jose Carlos Aponte Dalmau
Mayor
Carolina, Puerto Rico

Mr. William Youngblood
Executive Director
McCandless Township Sewer Authority
McCandless, Pennsylvania

Ms. Teri Goodmann
Assistant City Manager
Dubuque, Iowa

Carmen Ramirez
Mayor Pro Tem
Oxnard, California

Mr. Jai Templeton
Board Member
West Tennessee River Basin Water Authority
Nashville, Tennessee

Carvel Lewis
Chairman
Georgetown-Quitman Consolidated
County Government
Georgetown, Georgia

Cynthia Pratt
Deputy Mayor
Lacey, Washington

Brian Fulton
County Administrator
Jackson County, Mississippi

Ben Kimbro
Council Member
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Matt Surrency
Mayor
Hawthorne, Florida


Michael Scuse
Secretary of Agriculture
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Dover, Delaware

Paul TenHaken
Mayor
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Libby Szabo
Commissioner
Jefferson County, Colorado

Jeff Branick
County Judge
Jefferson County, Texas

Eric Thompson Tehoroniathe (Bright Sky)
Tribal Chief
St. Regis Mohawk Nation
Akwesasne, New York


Mark Fox
Tribal Chairman
Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations (MHA),
New Town, North Dakota

Norm Archibald
Assistant Secretary, Board of Directors
West Central Texas Municipal Water Authority


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