Murray Weed Named New Manager of Local Government Training
The Vinson Institute is pleased to welcome to its local government training team a new manager whose robust experience in local governments includes service to cities and counties in both elected and non-elected roles.
“We are thrilled to bring someone of Murray’s depth and breadth of experience in local government to this important role for the Institute,” said Laura Meadows, director of the Vinson Institute’s training programs. “His broad background of working with local government both from an elected and appointed position, his teaching experience, and his personal commitment to lifelong learning will take the local training programs to new heights.”
Murray Weed comes to the Institute from the law firm of Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP in Atlanta, where he represented city and county governments and provided specialized legal advice in all areas of local government and authority matters. He has also worked as an in-house attorney for the City of Hapeville and for Lowndes County and served as mayor pro tem of Peachtree City.
Weed has been an instructor for the Institute in training programs for the Association County Commissioners of Georgia and the Georgia Municipal Association. He has also developed and delivered courses for continuing legal education and served as a police academy instructor.
In 2010, local government courses resulted in more than 14,000 registrations. The local government training program conducts a wide variety of courses for city and county officials and employees at all levels, covering topics ranging from leadership development to planning and zoning. It also offers planning retreats to help councils, commissions, and other groups build consensus around future initiatives and the Management Development Program, an intensive training program for current and future municipal and county managers and supervisors.
