The Do's and Don'ts of Federal Stimulus Funding Proposals

ABOUT NICK KITTLE: 

As a government performance and innovation coach with Cartegraph, Nick Kittle leads local governments through their high-performance journey and empowers them to build more effective and innovative teams, develop more efficient processes, and produce measurable, actionable results. Best-selling author of "Sustainovation: Building Sustainable Innovation in Government, One Wildly Creative Idea at a Time," Nick strives to help the communities he partners with build clear and accountable government in a way that engages citizens.

Before partnering with Cartegraph, Kittle spent over 13 years in local government, most recently serving as the chief innovation officer of Adams County, Colorado. There, he managed the organization’s performance, innovation, sustainability, business solutions, and training and development efforts—and his team proudly earned the 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Award from the Alliance for Innovation. Prior to his work in Adams County, Nick worked in roles such as public works director, administrative services director, and innovation and sustainability director—founding one of the first five civic innovation offices in the country.

Throughout his career, Kittle has owned and sold his own company, worked for Fortune 100 companies, managed 17 distinct government divisions, won three national awards for innovation, and helped implement over 65 unique or first-of-their-kind pilot projects. He is a nationally-recognized civic innovator and keynote speaker, pioneered the concept of “innovation value,” and trains local governments across the country on building sustainable innovation in government, or SustainovationTM. Kittle makes it his mission to help great people do great things.

ABOUT MARK FUNKHOUSER: 

Mark Funkhouser, president of Funkhouser & Associates, is a municipal finance expert who has spent decades in government service. As the mayor of Kansas City during the Great Recession, Mark made the tough choices to put his city on the path to fiscal sustainability. That experience, his long tenure as an auditor, and his most recent post as the publisher of Governing magazine have made him a trusted and credible advisor to government officials across the country.

Mark holds a master’s degree in social work from West Virginia University, an M.B.A. from Tennessee State University, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in public administration and urban sociology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.