Dan Gilmartin, Executive Director, Michigan Municipal League

Dan Gilmartin was appointed in March of 2005 as the seventh executive director of the Michigan Municipal League, the state’s association of cities and villages since 1899. In this role, Gilmartin has authority over the League’s programming, policy development and member services. Prior to being appointed executive director, Gilmartin served as the League’s deputy director from 2000-2005, where he lead efforts to revitalize its membership programs and design new services for cities and villages. Gilmartin also served for four years as the organization’s lead lobbyist in Lansing and in Washington, where he concentrated on a number of key issues including transportation, land use and urban redevelopment. Through his work on behalf of municipalities, Gilmartin is recognized as a statewide leader in the fields of urban revitalization, local government reform and transportation policy. Prior to joining the MML in 1996, Gilmartin served as executive director of the Conference of Western Wayne for seven years, where he worked directly with cities and townships on a number of critical issues confronting local governments.