MACo Staff

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Michael Sanderson - msanderson@mdcounties.org
General day-to-day management of Association operations, board of directors and Executive Committee (officers), legislative advocacy. Member of the Local Government Insurance Trust Board of Directors.

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE DIRECTOR
Leslie Velasco - lvelasco@mdcounties.org
Financial reporting, personnel issues, liaison to National Association of Counties' Financial Services Center, general office administration, telecommunications administrator, manager of Summer Conference exhibits.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Andrea Mansfield - amansfield@mdcounties.org
Legislative Affairs Issues: business affairs, elections, employee benefits and relations, finance, health, human services, intergovernmental relations, taxes and revenues, transportation and public works. Liaison to affiliates including Administrators, Aging, Engineers, Environmental Health, Health, and Human Services.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Leslie Knapp, Jr. - lknapp@mdcounties.org
Legislative Affairs Areas: education, environment, governmental liability and courts, parks and recreation, planning and zoning, public ethics and information, public safety and corrections. Liaison to affiliates including Attorneys, Corrections, and Planners.

COMMUNICATIONS & MEETINGS DIRECTOR
Ellen Clarke - eclarke@mdcounties.org
Website manager, editor of Courthouse News, Conference Director for Winter and Summer Conferences, and Attorneys/ Administrators Fall Conference. Coordinates written and oral staff testimony and bill hearings schedule. MACo liaision to Academy for Excellence in Local Governance.

RESEARCH SPECIALIST
Michele Dinkel - mdinkel@mdcounties.org
Conducts legislative research and surveys during the Legislative Session and the Interim, and other projects for local government as needed. Coordinates education sessions for conferences including affiliates and other conference administrative support. Liaison to Parks and Recreation affiliate organization.

ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Karen Lowe - klowe@mdcounties.org
Assistant to Executive Director, manages Board of Directors communications, provides support for conference registration logistics, coordinates publication of directory, database manager.

OFFICE ASSISTANT
Emily Hollis - ehollis@mdcounties.org
Manages conference registration, sponsorships, and in-house affiliate meetings. Provides support for legislative affairs during Session and Interim, publications, including managing the in-house meetings schedule.