Joseph S. La Margo, Ma, Icma-Cm Email & Phone Number

Niles, Illinois, United States

Serve as chief executive of city government for municipality of approximately 53,000 residents and multiple leading corporate offices. Guide and train staff of 266 full-time employees within 11 departments, including Public Safety, Tax Assessment, Public Information, the Clerk’s Office, Information Technology, Transportation and Utilities, Public Works, Finance and Treasury, Parks and Recreation, Human Resources, and Community Development. Empower employees at all levels for creative problem-solving approaches to challenges. Incorporate perspectives of employees, administrators, and elected officials in making data-driven economic, political, and business decisions. Collaborate with 7-member city council, including mayor, ensuring goals are aligned with community expectations, carrying out policies, and communicating other decisions. Engage in economic development, focusing on efficiency gains, minimizing disruption to operations of city, and distinguishing between needs and wants in developing budgets and reporting requirements. Create city administrative orders and internal policies in accordance with city charter. Institute and track performance-based and measurable goals. Enable weekly idea exchange and department update forum in town hall meeting. Prepare and communicate annual report with residents.

Orland Park, Illinois

Promoted to direct operations and execute strategic plan for village with population of 60,000. Supervised staff of 289 full-time, 300+ part-time, and 700+ seasonal employees, including 5 union groups. Explored opportunities to improve community engagement while optimizing bottom line. Collaborated with village board to prioritize and implement policy directives with emphasis on cost reduction, program development, productivity improvements, and capital improvements. Provided exemplary leadership to senior directors across operational departments, including Business and Development, Information Systems, Finance, Human Resources, Parks and Grounds, the Police Department, Public Works, and Recreation. Implemented budgetary and operational process improvements and technology automations for efficiency gains.

Orland Park, Illinois, United States

Strengthened and supported village administrative and operational affairs, serving as acting village clerk in clerk’s absence. Prepared and certified official legal documents and records concerning ordinances, resolutions and contracts, easements, deeds, and bonds. Facilitated and administered surveys designed to assess community quality of life, services, and connections. Updated and maintained Land Development Code records, including original documents, petitions, notices, subdivisions, and land development files.

Chicago, Illinois

Coordinated operations for second largest revenue-generating department in Illinois, directing collection, audit, and posting of $2B in revenue to state treasury. Improved efficiency and accuracy of audit activities by implementing incident tracking database for compliance and audit prioritization. Improved rounding errors to $60K from $20-30M by designing and implementing system to auto-populate reporting of fee vs. tax revenues imposed by agency.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Organizational Leadership & Public Policy

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Served as School AmbassadorStudent Ambassador and Tutor (Business Statistics and Economics)

Senior Executive Institute

Leadership, Education & Development Program