Rick Tadder – Bio
Rick Tadder is currently the Management Services Director for the City of Flagstaff, Arizona and he also service as the City Treasurer. Rick moved to Flagstaff Arizona from Illinois in 1987 to attend Northern Arizona University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Business. After a short period in the private section, Rick joined the City of Flagstaff in 1997 as an Accountant and has held several positions including Finance Director and Customer Service Manager prior to becoming the Management Services Director in 2015. As the Director he oversees the Finance, Purchasing, Revenue, Budget and Grants and Contacts sections for the City. Many of the functions his team oversees are debt management, financial reporting, budgeting, procurement, grants, contracts management, revenue collection, customer service, utility billing, payroll, and accounts payable.

Mark Reader – Bio
Mark Reader has served as an investment banker to Arizona Cities and Towns for the past 35-years. In that role, he has advised Stifel’s clients on the most efficient way to finance through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds on a variety of Public Infrastructure and Economic Development Projects. His experience includes general obligation bond elections and subsequent issuance, utility revenue bonds (new money and utility acquisitions), WIFA Clean Water and Drinking Water programs, public pension bonds and assistance, special assessment improvement district bonds and community facilities districts transactions for master planned communities and certain economic development projects. Stifel’s Arizona office manages approximately 75 transactions per year in Arizona which includes Cities/Towns, Counties and a significant number of transactions in the K-12 sector.

Julie Leid, P.E. – Bio
Julie Leid, P.E., is a founding partner of Peak Engineering, a Flagstaff-based civil engineering firm. Her passion is managing and designing projects that build and improve community through collaboration and teamwork. In recent years, Julie has been actively engaged in post-wildfire flood mitigation with both the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County Flood Control District, acting as an extension of staff in technical administration, design through construction. Julie, in partnership with the City team, led the delivery of the Spruce Wash suite of projects. Always engaged in community initiatives, Julie has served on regional and local boards and commissions including the Transportation Commission, Regional Plan Committee and Transportation Tax Commission.

Julie Leid, P.E. – Bio
Scott Overton, currently serves as the Public Works Director for the City of Flagstaff.   He has a master’s degree in leadership and bachelor’s degree in secondary education, industrial technology. He has 20 years of public service, as a City Council member and with Public Works, along with experience as a general contractor, running his own company, technical instructor and serving on local boards and commissions.  Scott led the emergency response for the Spruce Wash post-wildfire flooding, and he led the design and construction with the same dedication, vision and spirit.   A champion for the Spruce Wash suite of projects, Scott sets the example of how to build strong relationships through understanding and collaboration. 

Julie Leid, P.E. – Bio
Ed Schenk, serves as the Stormwater Section Director at the City of Flagstaff; he has a bachelor's in geology and a master's in water resources. Ed has over 21 years in water resources management, applied geology, and post-disaster project management as well as many publications and successfully completed construction projects. Besides riding his mountain bike adjacent to this wildfire on day 1 (oops!) he also served on the incident management team and managed many of the early post-fire projects before the larger effort took over.