Bartha inducted for 3-year term as ICMA’s Northeast vice president

Steve Bartha

Danvers Town Manager Steve Bartha, president of the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association, was installed on Oct. 3 as one of six regional vice presidents serving on the executive board of the International City/County Management Association.

Bartha was elected to a three-year term as the Northeast vice president by the ICMA’s membership in June, and was inducted during the ICMA’s 109th Annual Conference in Austin, Texas.

“Being elected by my peers to serve in this role is an honor and a responsibility that I will cherish during my three-year term and beyond,” Bartha said. “I am proud to represent Danvers, Massachusetts, and the Northeast region, and beyond excited for this opportunity to give back to a profession and professional association that has given so much to me, my family, and my colleagues around the world.”

Bartha has been serving as town manager in Danvers since December 2014. He previously served as an assistant town manager in Avon, Connecticut; as a budget analyst for the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management; and as a management assistant for the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Connecticut and a bachelor’s degree in political theory and constitutional democracy from Michigan State University. He currently serves on the MMA Board of Directors and on the MIIA Health Trust Board.

As one of 18 vice presidents, three of whom are elected from the ICMA’s Northeast Region (which includes Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont), Bartha will represent the ICMA to state associations of local government management and maintain relationships among other affiliated organizations. The Northeast Region is one of five ICMA regions in the United States. Three vice presidents are also elected from countries outside the U.S.

ICMA Executive Director Marc Ott said those who serve on the ICMA Executive Board “are outstanding leaders, not only in their own communities but also in the field of professional local government management. These individuals are committed to moving our organization and our profession forward, and we appreciate the time, energy, enthusiasm, and thoughtfulness that Steve and the other newly elected members of the board will bring to ICMA.”

The ICMA’s mission is to advance professional local government management worldwide through leadership, management, innovation, and ethics. The organization’s 13,000-plus members from 34 countries include appointed chief administrative officers (city, town, and county managers), assistant and deputy administrators, and other employees who serve local governments and regional entities around the world.

The ICMA’s 21-member Executive Board acts in the capacity of directors, overseeing the organization’s financial, member-related, and programmatic affairs and selecting the board president. The board also enforces the ICMA’s Code of Ethics, which governs the professional and personal conduct of the membership. ICMA Executive Board members attend four board meetings annually, with expenses paid for by the organization.