Media Release

For immediate release: November 19, 2018

Media Contact:  Ingrid Melle, Avondale AZ PIO imelle@avondaleaz.gov 623-333-1614 

Gina Montes, Assistant City Manager for the City of Avondale, recently received the Credentialed Manager designation from ICMA, the International City/County Management Association. Gina Montes is one of over 1,300 local government management professionals currently credentialed through the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program.

ICMA’s mission is to advance professional local government through leadership, management, innovation, and ethics and by increasing the proficiency of appointed chief administrative officers, assistant administrators, and other employees who serve local governments and regional entities around the world. The organization’s 13,000 members in 27 countries also include educators, students, and other local government employees.

To receive the prestigious ICMA credential, a member must have significant experience as a senior management executive in local government; have earned a degree, preferably in public administration or a related field; and demonstrated a commitment to high standards of integrity and to lifelong learning and professional development.

Ms. Montes is qualified by 12 years of professional local government executive experience. Prior to her appointment in 2014 as Assistant City Manager of the City of Avondale, she served as Avondale’s Neighborhood and Family Services Director.  Ms. Montes previously served as Deputy Human Services Director and in other roles with the City of Phoenix for 11 years.

Ms. Montes is currently on the Boards of Director for the Arizona City/County Management Association (ACMA), Trellis, Inc., and she serves on the Governing Council for the Maricopa Integrated Health System.

For more information regarding the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program, contact Jenese Jackson at ICMA, 777 North Capitol Street, N.E., #500, Washington, D.C. 20002-4201; jjackson@icma.org; 202-962-3556.

About ICMA
ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, advances professional local government worldwide. The organization’s mission is to advance professional local government through leadership, management, innovation, and ethics. ICMA identifies leading practices to address the needs of local governments and professionals serving communities globally. We provide services, research, publications, data and information, peer and results-oriented assistance, and training and professional development to thousands of city, town, and county leaders and other individuals and organizations throughout the world. The management decisions made by ICMA's members affect millions of people living in thousands of communities, ranging in size from small towns to large metropolitan areas.

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