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NFBPA Members: This is a reminder that the National Forum for Black Public Administrators is holding our annual election for the 2020 Board of Directors. We appreciate you taking the time to select the new leaders of our organization. You should have received a link from Eballot in your email with your voter credentials. Please cast your vote before Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 11:59 pm. The 2020 terms of the Board Officers and Members will begin on April 18, 2020. For any elections related questions, you should email help@eballot.com. If you believe that your dues were paid and you have not yet received your ballot, please email adminservices@nfbpa.org.

Congratulations to NFBPA President Anthony J. Snipes who received the Public Official of the Year Award, presented by the University of Houston's Master in Public Administration program.

Greetings NFBPA-MAC,

I am excited to kick off 2020 in full throttle, as we work to grow the chapter and bring public sector leaders together to positively impact the greater metropolitan community. Please save the date for the next NFBPA-MAC meeting to be held on January 29, 2020, at Ohio River South's downtown headquarters. During this meeting, we will introduce the 2019-2020 executive committee, discuss pertinent chapter business, and host a panel focused on the 2020 legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly, and its impact on our members. 

Please also be on the lookout for a full newsletter offering highlighting chapter activities early next week, as well as registration info for the upcoming All Chapter Meeting, and other partnership events. 


In Service,

Odie Donald II

 

MEDIA NEWS RELEASE

www.missouricitytx.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Sept. 20, 2019

CONTACT: Stacie Walker — 281-403-8530

stacie.walker@missouricitytx.gov

 

MCTX City Manager Anthony J. Snipes Selected

A Fellow by National Academy of Public Administration

 

MCTX City Manager Anthony J. Snipes has been selected by the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) for inclusion in its 2019 Class of Academy Fellows, in recognition of his years of public administration service and expertise. Induction of the 51 new Fellows will occur during the Academy’s annual Fall Meeting, which will take place Nov. 7 to Nov. 8 in Arlington, Va.

 

 In sharing the news with City Council Members at their Monday, Sept. 16 Regular Meeting, Snipes said: “I’m excited to share with everyone that I was informed today that I was elected to be a ‘National Fellow’ of the National Academy of Public Administration. There were fifty-one individuals from across the country selected and we are privileged to join an elite group of 900 Academy Fellows across the world. I am very humbled by this accomplishment, and extremely proud to serve the residents of the City of Missouri City.” He added that: “Most of the Academy’s Fellows are individuals such as governors, Congress members, professors, deans and other dignitaries, however, there are not many City managers who are a part of the organization. So I’m very happy about that designation.”

 

Snipes is a veteran municipal administrator whose career spans more than 20 years and he is CEO of operations in Missouri City, a dynamically diverse and commercially thriving community of 74,497 located in Fort Bend County and recognized as one of America’s “BEST” places to live, work, play and visit.

 

His career spans oversight in strategic initiatives that involve budgeting and performance management, public/private partnerships and organizational development. He joined the “Show Me City” on Dec. 1, 2015, after being unanimously appointed by City Council to become the municipality’s seventh chief administrative officer. He oversees about 371 full-time employees and a combined annual budget of more than $139 million.

 

Before joining Missouri City, Snipes was a municipal executive in Dayton, Ohio; Fort Worth and Austin. Highlights of his leadership in the “Show Me City” include:

 

• Managing the completion of the largest ever debt refunding by eliminating $79,695,000 of debt, saving the citizens $10.7 million in interest during the life of the bonds. This is the single largest transaction and savings the City’s ever managed;

• Initiating a High Performance Organization (HPO) framework, introducing all teams to a work culture based on the decisions and leadership of employees across all levels;

• Developing a Business Plan model strategically aligned with City Council priorities;

• Launching a Community Walk, Talk and Ride Tour to connect first-hand with the citizens and learn about their issues of interest;

• Managing creation of the City’s first 501c3 Missouri City Parks Foundation;

• Launching the conceptual planning and design of an expanded City Hall complex to feature a Veteran’s Memorial, public art, a performance venue and other specialized landmarks;

• Directing the program for the City’s first Comprehensive Plan Symposium with regional partners, including the Kinder Institute at Rice University;

• Creating a Nuisance Abatement Team to develop the philosophy, processes and means to measure the outcomes and reporting out on code enforcement initiatives;

• Managing, with elected officials and his team, the response to Category 4 Hurricane Harvey;

• Directing the Financial Services Department, which has received the Government Finance Officers Association of U.S. and Canada’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for more than 30 years as well as the GFOA’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report;

• Overseeing a renewed focus on economic development/redevelopment;

• Managing the municipality’s award-winning Quail Valley Golf Course and City Centre;

• Launching innovative new outreach programs including Community Night Out to further educate and engage citizens, and the Leadership NOW Symposium to provide ethics training and seminars for municipal employees from across the nation.

 

Announcing the 2019 NAPA participants, Academy President and CEO Terry Gerton said: “I am very pleased to welcome Anthony Snipes to the 2019 class. Our Fellows are nationally recognized for their expertise and contributions to the field of public administration, and Anthony is no exception. The 2019 class is an outstanding group that will enrich our Fellowship, especially as we unveil the Grand Challenges in Public Administration and collaborate across the field to find solutions.”

 

Selection of the Academy’s new Fellows follows a rigorous review of the individual’s contributions to the field of public administration and policy. A Fellows Nominating Committee makes its recommendations to the full Fellowship, which then votes on those individuals to be elected. The 2019 class joins more than 900 Academy Fellows—including former cabinet officers, members of Congress, governors, mayors and state legislators, as well as prominent scholars, business executives, and public administrators.

 

To learn more about NAPA and the 2019 Fellows, click this link: http://bit.ly/2m1WbPx.

 

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Learning, Leading & Connecting 

Embracing the Leader in ALL of us! 

Leadership NOW 2019 Will: 

• Provide in-depth training on topics of critical interest to 

public administrators in federal, state and local governments. 

• Present a forum for public administrators to explore solutions to key challenges facing 

the urban community and local governments nationwide and globally. 

• Support the career development of the next generation of public administrators by providing exposure and access to highly accomplished public officials and by providing tools for their success. 

 

Through a partnership with the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), NFBPA members have access to a live, online, searchable database of federal, state, foundation and corporate grants. As an NFBPA member, you can use this tool to help locate grant funding opportunities to support your community. The tool is provided free of charge as an exclusive NFBPA member benefit. To create an account and access the grant search tool, click here.

 

Members can also partner with IBTS for additional grant services at discounted rates, including assistance with grant research and writing, and grant management and administration after a grant has been awarded. Learn more about IBTS’ grant services for NFBPA members here.

 

IBTS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on strengthening communities. To learn more about IBTS’ grant services or if you have questions, contact IBTS Grants Manager Michelle Waddle at mwaddle@ibts.org.

The Mentor Program is an intensive, six-month initiative designed to foster mentoring relationships and groom black administrators for challenges of senior management positions in the public sector

Apply for the ELI Program Today!

A Professional Development Program for
Senior-Level Public Servants.


Deadline to Submit Application is July 18, 2019