ASPA/ULV Student- Professional Dinner 

 

The Southern California Chapter of ASPA in partnership with the University of La Verne - School of Public and Business Management is pleased to present an evening of networking and discussion with former Riverside Mayor, Ronald O. Loveridge.   

 

Please join us for an evening of discussion with Mr. Loveridge on how mayors effectively work with city managers and staff and what it takes to succeed in today's public sector environment.

    

Ronald O. Loveridge, Former Mayor of Riverside

Ronald O. Loveridge has 33 years of public service – as a Riverside Councilmember beginning in 1979 and as Mayor from 1994 to 2012. He is a highly regarded regional, state and national leader. At the national level, he was very involved on the Executive Committee and Board of the National League of Cities, making policy calls and decisions on behalf of some 19,000 cities and towns across the nation. He also served as President of the National League of Cities in 2010. Mayor Loveridge is a member of the National Academy of Public Policy. His statewide and regional service has included Board roles on the broadest array of important organizations: the California Air Resources Board , California Forward Action Fund, California Competes, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Southern California Association of Governments, Western Riverside Council of Governments, and Inland Empire Economic Partnership.

A Stanford doctoral graduate, former Mayor Loveridge is currenty the Director of the Center for Sustainable Surburban Development at University of California, Riverside. Loveridge’s research investigates urban politics and public policy, particularly environmental policy. He is the author of City Managers in Legislative Politics (Bobbs-Merrill, 1971). His research has appeared in Polity, Environment and Behavior, California Air Environment, and Cry California, as well as several edited volumes.