Stephanie D. Smith, Director of Elections Services for Best, Best & Krieger, is a Master Municipal Clerk and has served on the Executive Board for the City Clerks Association of California, most recently as President in 2018-2019. With 35 years’ experience in municipal government, she worked for the cities of Paramount, Perris, Lake Forest, and Murrieta before retiring from City employment and moving to the private sector, where she heads up the firm’s Election Services division, providing Municipal Clerks with election advice and redistricting demographic and public hearing services. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and is the author of over 100 published articles on a variety of topics, including workplace change initiatives, personnel issues, business management, work/life balance, and financial planning. Her first book, ‘Values-Based Goal Setting: How to Dream Big and Live the Life You Were Meant to Live” was an Amazon #1 bestseller in the Vocational Guidance and Business & Money Short Reads categories. She trains regularly for the City Clerks Association, Master Municipal Clerk Academy, California Building Officials Association, and facilitates Athenian Dialogues throughout the western United States and virtually across the United States.

Victoria Roedig, began her local government career with the City of Chandler in 2018 working primarily in the City Clerk’s Department and Law Department. In 2023, Victoria went to the City of Scottsdale and in 2024 to the Town of Queen Creek where she currently serves as Deputy Town Clerk.

Nicole Lance, is an internationally certified coach best known for working with individuals and teams who are ready to make courageous transformations. Having spent almost 13 years in local government before wrapping up her career as an Assistant City Manager for a community of 140,000, Nicole now spends her time coaching, speaking, training, and facilitating. She is a co-founder of Arizona Women Leading Government and proudly serves on the board of Arizona’s Children Association, a statewide adoption/foster care/youth behavioral health services agency with a particular focus on LGBTQIA+ youth. Nicole is an Arizona native happily married to her husband, Sean, a high school teacher. She is a proud stepmom to a U.S. Navy Sailor and also a mom to a 5-year-old. Nicole recently released her first book, Awesome on Your Own Terms: Stop Shoulding and Start Succeeding, which hit #1 in multiple categories on Amazon. She spends her free time trying not to step on the Legos her daughter leaves dangerously hidden in the carpet. You can learn more about her at www.nicolelance.co