Jodi Karow
With more than 25 years of accounting experience, Jodi brings a thoughtful, relationship-focused approach to her work as Accounting Manager for PAA. In addition to her work for PAA, Karow has spent many years as the accountant for a leading local land trust. She has also served as treasurer for two nonprofit organizations, reflecting her […]
Jan Bilgen-Craggs
Jan Bilgen Craggs is an experienced administrator, consultant, and facilitator with more than 35 years of leadership experience in higher education, municipal governance, organizational operations, and community engagement. She helps organizations navigate change by bringing people together, building trust, and aligning teams, priorities, and processes. Her experience includes recruitment and selection, strategic planning, organizational assessment, […]
Greg Buckley
Greg Buckley has 44 years of experience in local government management, with 30 of those years spent as the city manager of Two Rivers, WI (pop. 11,275, 115 employees, and a $42M annual budget). He has extensive experience in budgeting/municipal finance, capital improvement planning/management, human resources, and economic development. Prior to his work in Two […]
Peter Austin
Peter Austin brings more than 34 years of distinguished local government leadership experience to Public Administration Associates. Peter recently retired after more than two decades as County Administrator for McHenry County, Illinois (population 316,000), an Aaa-rated organization with an annual budget exceeding $280 million and approximately 1,200 employees. During his tenure, he led complex organizational […]
Keith Klafke
Keith Klafke is the current Chief of Police for the City of Portage since 2020. Keith has 24 years of law enforcement service holding several positions of leadership during his tenure which include Patrol Sergeant, Administrative Lieutenant, and Assistant Chief. Keith has managed large budgets and projects for over 10 years including countless hiring and […]
Marty Kosobucki
Marty Kosobucki has 29 years of experience working for local governments in thefield of Park, Recreation, Forestry and Facilities. He is currently the Director of Parks,Recreation and Forestry for the City of De Pere which has been routinely voted as oneof the best places to live in Wisconsin. His responsibilities include oversight andadministration of recreational […]
Tim Hanna
Tim Hanna served as the Mayor of Appleton, Wisconsin, from 1996-2020 and since then has been actively engaged in local government as a consultant with his firm Hanna Strategic Leadership Consulting (HSLC) and as the Executive Director of the Local Government Institute of Wisconsin. HSLC works with public and private sector organizations in mission and […]
Scott Mittelstadt
Scott Mittelstadt is the owner and founder of Cultural Reconstruction, LLC a consulting firm which specializes in law enforcement studies and training. Scott retired from law enforcement after more than 28 years of service in both a municipality and county. Scott has 21 years in formal leadership positions and finished his career with five years […]
Amos Mikkelson
Amos Mikkelson brings his 30 years of fire service experience to PAA. Mikkelson has served the cities of Neenah and Menasha with Neenah Menasha Fire Rescue since 1997 and has served as a Shift Commander there since 2021. He also served as the Fire Chief of the Village of Harrison, managing 70 firefighters and first […]
Karl Frantz
PAA Associate Karl Frantz has thirty-five years of municipal management experience, including thirty years as an administrator in the state of Wisconsin. Frantz obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota and his Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Washington’s Daniel Evans School of Public Affairs. He began […]