Awards & Memberships

AWARDS

Talented 25: Most Influential African Americans in Northern California; Sun Reporter Newspaper
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for response to 9/11 Attacks, U.S. Congress
Freedom Fighter (Medgar Evers) award, NAACP
Roy Wilkins Award, NAACP
Honorary Service Award, PTA (Parent Teachers Association)
Businessman of the Year, US President’s Advisory Council
Nominee, Who’s Who of US Business Leaders.
Nominee, Metropolitan Executive and Professional Directory

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

League of California Cities, President, City Managers’ Department; Regional Vice President
California City Management Foundation, Board member
Cal-ICMA, Board member
San Bernardino Association of Governments, Board member
Southern California Associated Governments, Board member
The Unforgettables Foundation (providing burial funds for child deaths), Board member
OmniTrans (commuter bus service), Board member
Municipal Management Association of Northern California, career coach, honorary lifetime member
California Public Employer Labor Relations Association, CalPELRA
California Association for Local Economic Development, CalED
Agua Mansa Industrial Corridor Authority, AMIGA
California Redevelopment Agency, CRA
National League of Cities Gang Prevention Network
Children’s Fund President’s Circle
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
Consolidated Fire Communications Agency
Asian-American Resource Center
California Association of local Building Officials

CERTIFICATIONS

Public Leadership Certificate
- Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 2019
Governmental Accounting
- University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 2015
Credentialed Manager, ICMA-CM
- ICMA (International City/County Management Association), 2014
Human Resources Senior Certified Professional, IPMA-SCP
- International Public Management Association for Human Resources, 2014
Certified Labor Relations Manager, CLRM
- CalPELRA, CA Public Employer Labor Relations Association, 2011
Project Management Professional, PMP
- Project Management Institute, 2005
Real Estate Broker
- CA Dept. of Real Estate, 2005
Emergency Medical Technician, EMT
- 1993

As a Harvard professor I supervised Kurt’s research on Policing Black America – one of the nation’s most daunting issues. Kurt enjoys big challenges and solving the unsolvable so he leverages his personal and professional experiences to produce valuable insights and perspectives for progress.

Elizabeth Hinton, Professor Harvard University
Our community was in the midst of an unsolvable problem and we hired Kurt to fix it. Even though he came from a large organization, he quickly adapted to our small community to solve the problem using small town resources and big city ideas.

Marshall "Chip" Holloway, former Vice Mayor City of Ridgecrest
Kurt has traveled to every part of the state while getting to know issues and people in the biggest and smallest communities. Combined with his insider knowledge of how state government works, he is able to bridge a gap between the state and local communities to solve the unsolvable.

Matt Cate, former Secretary, CA Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation former Executive Director, CA State Association of Counties