Mayor-elect announces transition team

Please click on image to ENLARGE photo of Lioneld Jordan announcing transition team on December 7, 2008.

MEDIA ADVISORY
For Release December 8, 2008
Mayor-Elect Lioneld Jordan today named Don Marr as chair of his Transition Team.
Marr is a former Alderman and owner of HR Factor/ BOSS Association Management Services. Other members of the group include Mary Beth Brooks, Bank of Fayetteville; Suzanne Clark, Kutak Rock; Steve Davis, Davis Business Planning; Walt Eilers, Terrapin Consulting; Cathy Foraker, AT&T; Ernestine Gibson, UA Student Support Services; Michele Halsell, UA Applied Sustainability Center; Rob Leflar, UA School of Law; Eva Madison, Littlier Mendelson; Louise Mann , environmental consultant; Adam Motherwell, UA Fulbright College; and Dede Peters , DDP Gallery.
"These are respected leaders from both the public and private sectors who have my complete confidence and whom I consider to be experts in several key areas, including city management, budget, personnel, grants, environmental concerns, and community service," Jordan said.
"I am most appreciative that they are willing to donate their time and energy to this task, and I will welcome their counsel and advice on all aspects of city administration, especially our efforts to control the budget and make city government better and more efficient, to more effectively serve the public, and to develop a comprehensive economic development plan that focuses on helping create good jobs for all our citizens."
The transition team will be working to coordinate the immediate agenda and priorities for the Jordan Administration. Marr said the citizen advisory group is dedicated to ensuring the continuity of leadership for the city government and the smooth transfer of power from the current administration to the Jordan Administration. The team will be conducting a comprehensive review of all departments and programs in the city government and interviewing the personnel who manage these important offices to assist in identifying issues confronting the new administration.
"We will keep this transition process transparent, so that you will know the details of our plans in this administration to lead the city for the next four years," Jordan added.
"While meetings of the Transition Team are not official government meetings, we will conduct our business in public and comply fully with the spirit of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act."