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Tim Pickering 2022

Tim Pickering

President and CEO

Tim Pickering, ICMA-CM, CEcD, serves as President & CEO for Interim Public Management, LLC, which provides interim department directors and city managers to cities and counties in the Southwest and which he founded in 2010.  Prior to this endeavor, he served communities for two decades in the capacity of City Manager or CEO, including the Town of Fountain Hills and Salt River Devco, both in Arizona; Collinsville and Freeburg in Illinois; and Olivette, Missouri – all in major metropolitan areas.

Mr. Pickering received his BS and Masters of Public Administration from Southern Illinois University. He is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executives in State and Local Government program, and of the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute. He has been one of the country’s approximately 1,100 Certified Economic Developers (CEcD) for 20+ years. Additionally, he has lectured on administrative topics for graduate programs at Arizona State University.

Tim served on the Board of Directors of the Arizona City/County Management Association and as President of the St. Louis Area City/County Management Association, and he received the Dr. Leo Cohen Urban Management Award. He is a 30+ year member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and is a Credentialed ICMA Manager (ICMA-CM). He has served on the Valley Leadership Board of Directors in Phoenix as well.

Mr. Pickering began Interim Public Management, LLC (IPM), in 2010 to assist communities when a transition of senior leadership occurs. IPM quickly became Arizona’s largest local government executive staffing service, featuring 250+ associates and having served such clients as Avondale, Chandler, Chino Valley, Clarkdale, Coconino County, Flagstaff, Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Marana, Maricopa, Paradise Valley, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Safford, Show Low, Tucson, and Yuma, to name a few. Beyond Arizona, IPM has served communities in Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, and Utah.  In his role as President & CEO of IPM, Mr. Pickering specializes in providing the right interim personnel for each community’s unique management transition situation.

Operating for the betterment of our communities.

Our Associates

Our associates have worked in great communities from across the country.

Arizona

Avondale
Casa Grande
Chino Valley
Coconino County
Eloy
Flagstaff
Fountain Hills
Gila County
Gilbert
Glendale
Globe
Goodyear
Lake Havasu
Marana
Maricopa
Navajo County
Oro Valley
Page
Paradise Valley
Peoria
Phoenix
Prescott
Quartzsite
Queen Creek
Safford
Salt River Pima –
Maricopa Indian Community
Scottsdale
Show Low
Sierra Vista
Snowflake
Superior
Surprise
Tusayan
Wellton
Williams
Winslow
Youngtown

California

Arvin
Fresno
Oxnard
Redlands
Riverside

Colorado

Nederland

Florida

Deerfield Beach
Orange Park

Illinois

Bloomingdale
Carol Stream
Forsyth
Freeburg
Greenville
Northbrook
Oakbrook Terrace
Oak Lawn
Olney
Westchester
Western Springs
Winfield
Woodford County

Iowa

Denison
Prairie

Kansas

Chanute
Fort Scott

Minnesota

Saint Paul

Missouri

Olivette
Richmond Heights
Sunset Hills
University City
Wentzville

North Carolina

Bessemer City
Camden County
Elizabeth City
Hyde County
Newport
Mocksville
Oriental
Selma
Southern Shores
Surry County

Ohio

Sandusky

Texas

Addison
Bryan

Virginia

Alleghany County
Flavanna County
Franklin County
Urbanna

Washington

Clallam County

Wisconsin

Altoona
Dunn County
Fox Lake
Rock County

Wyoming

Casper

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

Established in 2010

Mr. Pickering began Interim Public Management, LLC in 2010 to assist communities through the realities of changing leadership. Interim Public Management is made up of over 200 tenured city, town and village managers, public executives and department directors who have experience at over 70 municipalities and organizations in 15 states.

Founder’s Background

Tim Pickering has served communities for over two decades in the capacity of city manager or CEO, including Fountain Hills, Arizona and Salt River Devco in Arizona; Collinsville and Freeburg, Illinois; and Olivette, Missouri — all in major metropolitan areas. He served on the Valley Leadership Board of Directors in Phoenix and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council.

Tim served on the Board of Directors of the Arizona City Management Association and as President of the St. Louis City Management Association and has received the Dr. Leo Cohen Urban Management Award. He is a 25-year member of International City/County Managers’ Association (ICMA) and is a Credentialed ICMA Manager.

Mr. Pickering has his BS and Masters of Public Administration from Southern Illinois University and is a graduate of Harvard University at Cambridge’s program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute and has been one of the country’s approximately 1,100 Certified Economic Developers for seventeen years. Additionally, he has taught administrative topics in graduate programs at Arizona State University.