Mike Egan Speaks as CMF’s City Manager in Residence
Tripepi Smith Director Mike Egan spoke at a University of Southern California (USC) Sol Price School of Public Policy event on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Mike was the designated “City Manager in Residence” for the USC City/County Management Fellowship (CMF) two-day event.
Mike shared meals with faculty, visited classrooms and spoke to student groups. In his sessions, he addressed the challenges facing the City Management profession, leadership and ethics in decision-making, the importance of effective communications at multiple levels and emerging trends among other topics. He also answered students’ current and pointed questions about sensitive negotiations, social justice, barriers to progress, pathways to career success and much more.
“Students at USC are clearly gaining critical thinking skills that, paired with future work experience, will result in strong public leaders for decades to come. I’m sure I learned as much or more from them as they did from me,” said Mike. “We have a motto here at Tripepi Smith, ‘always be learning,’ and it rings true through our partnership with USC CMF as both a sponsor and a supporter.”
CMF also hosted a keynote panel called, “City/County Manager Panel on Local Housing Solution.” Panelists included Los Angeles County CEO Sachi Hamai, Claremont City Manager Tara Schultz and CMF Board Member Darrell George.
“Tripepi Smith seems to be in every corner of the city management community. From their support of the USC CMF to their Director serving as the City Manager in Residence, Tripepi Smith is a significant partner to the city manager community throughout California,” said John Keisler, CMF Board Member and Economic Development Director with the City of Long Beach.”USC is the leader in developing local government professionals from an academic viewpoint, and the CMF program is a great example of that leadership.”
USC CMF and Tripepi Smith partnered in November 2018 to promote CMF’s programming, resources and opportunities to its community.
About USC CMF
The City/County Management Fellowship, built upon 80 years of expertise in public administration at USC, was formed in 2006, and brings outstanding graduate students from around the world to the University of Southern California. Only a handful of elite Fellows are selected each year to receive financial, academic and professional support from prestigious faculty, staff and practitioners in the field of city and county management. The Fellowship is committed to building the future of city and county management in Southern California, across the U.S., and abroad.
About Tripepi Smith
Tripepi Smith is a marketing, technology and public affairs firm located in Orange County, CA. Its clients include for-profit, nonprofit and public agencies throughout the state of California. Its unique mix of marketing and technology prowess provide a competitive advantage for organizations seeking to leverage the Internet to achieve their communication goals. The firm also provides full content creation services, including: ghost writing, collateral development, photography, video production, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, email marketing campaigns and website design and execution. Tripepi Smith clients include: City of Culver City, City of Rolling Hills Estates, City of Tracy, City of Cupertino, City of Duarte, City of Daly City, City of La Cañada Flintridge, City of Santa Ana, City of Paramount, City of El Cerrito, City of Indian Wells, City of Yuba City, NHA Advisors, Cal Choice, California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, Rowland Water District, Valley Water Company, California Contract Cities Association, California City Management Foundation, League of California Cities, Institute for Local Government, Renne Public Law Group, Inland Empire Utilities Agency and Climatec Energy Services.