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Aspiring CAOs Connection Event
4/11/2025 - 4/11/2025
8:45 AM - 3:15 PM EST

Event Description
A full day session dedicated to those Aspiring CAOs thinking about the next steps on their journey to becoming a municipal CAO / City Manager.
Join your peers for a jam-packed day filled with great advice, networking, and hands-on workshop segments. Participants should bring a laptop or tablet.

830-900      Registration
900-915      Welcome and Participant Introductions
915-1015    Pathways to Becoming a CAO: lessons learned from experienced CAOs.
                    Laurie Kennard, OMAA President and CAO Township of Severn, and Rob Adams, CEO of Town Hall Consulting and CAO Town of Erin.

1015-1045    Opportune times in the municipal sector. Connor Dorey, CAO County of Hastings
1045-1100    Break
1100-1200    Things Councils look for in a new CAO and Recruiter Q&A. Tony Haddad, StrategyCorp, and Kartik Kumar, Legacy Executive Search
1200-1300    Networking Lunch
1300-1345    Positioning to Move Forward: Contracts, Mentoring, and Building your Brand--Scott Vokey, OMAA Executive Director 
1345-1430    Participant work on Elevator Pitch (Headline and About)    
1430-1445    Break
1445-1515    Elevator Pitch Delivery and Feedback

Pricing
Members             $25
Non-Members     $99