James E. Leidlein, City Manager, City of Harper Woods

Jim has been the City Manager of Harper Woods since 1983. He has more than 25 years experience as a municipal official. He has served a term on the MML Board of Trustees, was a member of the Executive Board on the Employment Testing Consortium and is an active member of both ICMA and MLGMA. Jim had been a Trustee for the Workers' Compensation Fund from 1988 - 1995 and is now fulfilling the remainder of his term by appointment of the Board. Jim is also a political science instructor at Wayne State University.