Longmont City Council Member Gabe Santos has been appointed to the 15-member nominating committee that will be responsible for recommending a slate of officers and board members to lead National League of Cities (NLC) in 2017.

NLC President and Joplin, Missouri, Councilmember Melodee Colbert-Kean appointed the 15-member nominating committee with one alternate. The board members will be elected during the Annual Business Meeting at the City Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, November 19, 2016.

NLC Past President and St. Paul, Minnesota, Mayor Christopher Coleman will chair the committee, which includes 12 elected city officials and three state municipal league executive directors.

Elected officials serving on the committee are:

Chris Anderson, Councilmember, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Milta Feliciano, Councilmember, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Patricia Lockwood, Mayor Pro Tem, Fenton, Michigan
Jesse Matthews, Councilmember, Bessemer, Alabama
Audwin Samuel, Councilmember, Beaumont, Texas
Gabe Santos, Councilmember, Longmont, Colorado
Mark Stodola, Mayor, Little Rock, Arkansas (Alternate)
Jenni Tan, Council President, West Linn, Oregon
Priscilla Tyson, Council President Pro Tempore, Columbus, Ohio
Randal Wallace, Councilmember, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Nan Whaley, Mayor, Dayton, Ohio
Lavonta Williams, Councilmember, Wichita, Kansas

The state municipal league executive directors serving on the committee are:

Alan Kemp, Executive Director, Iowa League of Cities
Bennett Sandlin, Executive Director, Texas Municipal League
Kimberly Winn, Executive Director, Virginia Municipal League

The National League of Cities (www.nlc.org) represents roughly 19,000 municipalities around the country representing more than 218 million Americans. 

Santos is a 15-year resident of Longmont. He was first elected to the Longmont City Council in an At Large position in 2008. He currently serves on the NLC Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO) Board of Directors. The HELO constituency group was established by NLC in 1976 to serve as a forum for communication and information exchange among Hispanic local government elected officials and NLC colleagues.

About Longmont, Colorado
Longmont, Colorado, located within Boulder County, is a 22-square-mile city with more than 300 days of sunshine and a spectacular vista of the Rocky Mountains. With a population of 90,000, Longmont sits at an elevation of 4,979 feet above sea level. With more than 1,500 acres of parks and open space, a robust craft beer scene, thriving art culture, fresh dining opportunities, and a Main Street teeming with new energy, Longmont is perfect for everyone from young families to those young at heart.  Longmont is also home to several high-tech companies and a nationally recognized school district.  Longmont is conveniently located 37 miles from Denver, 16 miles from Boulder and 30 miles from Rocky Mountain National Park.