2012 Honorees

  • Elaine M. Howle
  • Auditor
  • California State Auditor Elaine Howle's work is held in such high regard that she's been given greater responsibilities and an enhanced role in her state.
  • Joette Katz
  • Commissioner, Department of Children and Families
  • Joette Katz has cut the number of kids in institutional care by more than 70 percent. View the other seven winners here.

  • Brian Sandoval
  • Governor
  • Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval forged a compromise with his Democratic Legislature that closed Nevada’s massive $3 billion budget deficit.
  • John E. Nixon
  • Director, Dept. of Technology, Management & Budget
  • John E. Nixon left the nation's best managed state to turn Michigan's dire financial situation around.

  • Mark Rohr
  • City Manager
  • In the wake of one of the deadliest and costliest tornadoes in U.S. history, the city manager of Joplin, Mo., led one of the biggest and most efficient disaster recovery efforts in memory.
  • Bruce Hanna and Arnie Roblan
  • Co-Speakers, House of Representatives
  • The legislative sessions presided over by these bipartisan co-speakers rank as among the most productive in Oregon’s history.

  • Toni Preckwinkle
  • Board President
  • After closing a previously undisclosed $487 million budget deficit, Toni Preckwinkle then set out to fix the chronically cash-strapped county for good.

Past Honorees



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Every year since 1994, GOVERNING has honored individual state and local government officials for outstanding accomplishment by naming them Public Officials of the Year. Elected, appointed and career officials from any branch of state or local government are eligible. Our readers are invited to nominate individuals who have had a notable positive impact on their department or agency, community or state.

GOVERNING annually receives several hundred nominations from individuals in the public and private sectors. In addition, GOVERNING staff consults experts and scholars in the field, and also nominates outstanding individuals they encounter in the course of their work. Nominations are evaluated by a selection committee, which, after painstaking research, chooses the winners.

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