Municipal Monitor Q3 2017 | Page 16

Message From the AMCTO President A key focus of AMCTO’s mandate is supporting excellence in municipal management and ad- ministration. The Association takes great pride in supporting and celebrating its members’ com- mitment to ongoing professional development, and pur- suit of excellence in their profession. In the pages of this annual publication, we invite you to join us in celebrating the outstanding achievements of your municipal colleagues in academic excellence, attaining an AMCTO professional accreditation, a dedicated service or career excellence award, or an outstanding achievement in municipal service delivery, demonstrated through an innovative project. I hope you will be as inspired by their achievements and ongoing excellence journey, as am I. Yvonne Robert, CMO, AOMC, AMCT 14 Q3 2016  www.amcto.com Introducing 2017-2018 AMCTO President Yvonne Robert At AMCTO’s 79 th   Annual Professional Development Institute and AGM, Yvonne Robert, CMO, AOMC, AMCT, Administrator-Clerk for the Township of Elizabethtown- Kitley, was sworn in as President of AMCTO for the 2017-2018 year. Yvonne’s extensive involvement with AMCTO includes serving as a member of the Management Committee of AMCTO’s Board of Directors, as past chair of AMCTO’s Communications & Marketing Committee, and Chair of the AMCTO Nominating Committee. Yvonne Robert has successfully attained three AMCTO professional designations, the CMO, AOMC and the AMCT, demonstrating her commitment to ongoing professional excellence.