___(Name)___, ___(Town)___ (see list below) has completed courses at the Iowa Municipal Professionals Institute that lead to professional certification at either the state level or through the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. The five-day Municipal Professionals Institute was conducted by Iowa State University Extension during the week of July 20-24 in Ames.
Paul Coates, ISU Extension state and local government specialist who directs the program, said topics for the session included dealing with controversy, group dynamics and team building and intergovernmental relations.
The program is sponsored by the ISU Extension Office of State and Local Government Programs in conjunction with the Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association. Instructors include ISU faculty, extension staff, bonding attorneys, accounting experts and city clerks who have completed the Institute. The Iowa State University program was one of the first offered in the United States, and is among the largest of 44 similar programs offered in other states and Canadian provinces.
Many participants in these courses have completed the educational requirements for certification through either the state certification program offered by the Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association and or the certification offered by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, which represents clerks throughout the United States, Canada and a number of foreign countries. Other participants will have the opportunity to attend again next July to complete their courses leading to certification.
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Participants in the July training included the following:
Alton: Dale Oltmans
Anita: Lindsay Jahde
Boone: Ondrea Elmquist
Brighton: Tonia Crossett
Cascade: Shelley Annis
Clear Lake: Jennifer Larsen
Clinton: Pat Van Zoo
Colfax: Brenda Harmison
Council Bluffs: Marcia Warden
Creston: Lisa Williamson
DeSoto: Marcia Thomas
Dunkerton: Brenda Thompson
Durant: Deana Cavin
Dyersville: Lori Panton
Earlham: Linette Crouch
Fort Dodge: Michelle Hefley
George: Laurie Koerselman
Gilbert: Susan Gens
Glenwood: Judith Groves
Goose Lake: Teresa Lindstrom
Humboldt: Sierra Skow
Huxley: Lisa Wheeler
Kelley: Jodi Meredith
Lamoni: Judy Harris and Barb Stuck
Larchwood: Sandi DeSmet
Lehigh: Wanda Ganeff
Long Grove: Susan Lensch Mahannah
Magnolia: SusanneVokt
Malvern: Shari Mueller
Manly: Anne Marie Stumo
Marion: Wesley Nelson
Massena: Heather Schwartz
McCallsburg: Sonia Dodd
Melbourne: Deb Mercer and Cookie Purdy
Moville: Mishelle Powell
Oakland: Marissa Lockwood
Oelwein: Barb Rigdon
Ogden: Kimberly Claypool
Panora: Joyce Calmer
Plainfield: Brittney Lentz
Pomeroy: Sarah Burke
Rolfe: Angela Schneider
Sanborn: Becki Hurtig
Schleswig: Jane Smith
Sergeant Bluff: Renee Fangman
Sibley: Kris Vipond
Spirit Lake: Janet Hasche
Stanwood: Vicki Bendixen
Strawberry Point: Deanna Dement
Wahpeton: Bonnie Roberts
Wall Lake: Marlene Anderson
West Branch: Debra Fiderlein
West Point: Diane Smith
Winfield: Savannah Finnell