PRESIDENT’ S MESSAGE
“ Because of the great support of the staff at the AMCTO office and fellow board members, zone executive members and the great members of our association, I felt that the fall was cushioned, if not averted altogether. I survived without any scrapes or bruises and I attribute that to all of you.”
Meet your Board Members
Angela Morgan – Zone 3 My relationship with AMCTO began after I graduated from university and was a municipal intern in the former City of Etobicoke. It was there that I was encouraged to enrol in the Municipal Administration Program( MAP). I secured a full-time position in the clerk’ s department in the City of Burlington. Being nominated as the Zone 3 representative was one of the most valuable experiences of my career. I made some wonderful friends who were mentors to me through my career. I returned to AMCTO when I became the Manager of Licensing and Enforcement in Burlington and once again, AMCTO was invaluable to my success in this position. The licensing and enforcement project team got me up to speed on the technical requirements. I had no experience in that area and had to quickly familiarize myself with the technical aspects involved in that field. I have now come full circle and I’ m back in the clerk’ s department. I hope to be able to share my knowledge and expertise to help others starting out in the career.
Stephen Huycke – Zone 4 I began working in municipal government about five years ago for the Town of Markham. Joining Markham was a significant career change for me having spent most of my post-university career working in the management and protection of intellectual property.
During my first year in Markham, I was exposed to a lot of new and challenging areas of responsibilities( elections, access and privacy, etc.) that I had never worked in before. I was encouraged to join AMCTO within weeks of starting work and quickly learned what a great resource the association is for municipal professionals.
A little over a year ago I became Aurora’ s Town Clerk. In addition to the great mentors I had at Markham, I believe that my active participation in AMCTO, whether at the zone level and as a member of the Legislative & Policy Committee, or on the Board of Directors, helped prepare me for the increased responsibility. I see my participation in Zone 4, the Legislative & Policy Committee and
Board of Directors as a small way to give back to an association that has been an important part of my career development.
John Hannam – Director at Large My involvement with AMCTO was simultaneous with my starting with the City of Thunder Bay, the MAP being a requirement of my being hired as the Assistant City Clerk. That was soon followed by my first zone meeting and in 2001, joining AMCTO’ s Legislative Committee, a group that I would spend many years with and was invaluable in growing my knowledge and understanding of municipal legislation, how it was applied and affected the work of municipal professionals in Ontario. Learning my craft has been much influenced by the interaction with AMCTO members in Zone 9, on committees, at conferences and workshops and the Board of Directors. I am a municipal professional because of AMCTO.
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