City manager receives association credential
Greg McDanel
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryville City Manager Greg McDanel has received the “credentialed manager” designation from the International City/County Management Association.
According to an ICMA release, McDanel is one of only 1,400 local government management professionals currently recognized through the organization’s voluntary credentialing program.
McDanel was hired by the City Council to serve as Maryville’s top municipal administrator in 2012. He began his career in local government with the City of Independence, going on to complete a master’s degree in public administration before accepting the city manager’s position in Cherryvale, Kansas.
A native of Marshall and a 2002 graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, McDanel received the university’s Public Service Award this fall in recognition of his successful involvement with several projects, including the West Fourth Street pedestrian corridor, seen as strengthening the level of cooperation between the city and campus administration.
During his five years as Maryville’s top executive, McDanel has also played a leadership role in rebranding and marketing efforts related to Mozingo Lake Recreation Park, construction of the Watson 9 youth golf course there, and voter approval of a one-eighth-cent sales tax being used to finance construction of a new conference center at the city-owned recreation area.
Most recently, McDanel has been participating in a “voter education” campaign with regard to a proposed hotel “bed tax” that, if approved at the polls, will collect an estimated $215,000 a year for tourism and economic development efforts and a new athletics/special events complex on the Northwest campus.
He has also steered a number of major capital improvements projects, including permanent reconstructions of South Munn Avenue and South Depot Street; an ongoing runway repaving project at Northwest Missouri Regional Airport; completion of a $13.7 million mechanical sewage treatment plant in time to avoid punitive action by state and federal environmental agencies; and expansion of the city’s pedestrian and bicycle trail system.
McDanel is active in the Missouri City Manager’s Association and has been selected four times to serve as a presenter at the International Town & Gown Association annual conference.
Other professional distinctions include completion of the Mid-America Regional Council’s Leadership Academy for Local Government Executives and completion of the Mid-America Regional Council Career Manager’s Coaching Program.
McDanel has also made contributions to such organizations as the Missouri City/County Manager’s Association and the Government Finance Officers Association.
Outside his official duties, McDanel is a member of the Maryville Host Lions Club and active with the youth mentoring organization Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nodaway County.
In order to receive an ICMA credential, a member must have significant experience as a senior management executive in local government; possess an earned a degree, preferably in public administration or a related field; and show “commitment to high standards of integrity and to lifelong learning and professional development.”
“Greg has been an asset to our community since he was hired in early 2012,” said Maryville Mayor Jason McDowell. “This distinction not only shows the level of dedication he has to his field but to the City of Maryville as well.”
ICMA, which claims 10,000 members in 27 countries, has the stated mission of creating “excellence in local governance by promoting professional management worldwide and increasing the proficiency of appointed chief administrative officers, assistant administrators, and other employees who serve local governments and regional entities around the world.”
