Phil McKenney has over 30 years’ management experience and is very familiar with local government agencies, having led a county organization and having worked with numerous city governments and special districts. Mr. McKenney began his career in the resort and hospitality industry and served in executive management positions with Martha’s Vineyard as well as Keystone Resort in Colorado. Mr. McKenney later took over the helm of the Summit County Chamber of Commerce as their Executive Director. This hybrid-Chamber was the only countywide organization responsible for marketing all of Summit County, Colorado, home to Breckenridge, Keystone, and Copper Mountain resorts. Through his leadership and collaborative style, and working with the cities and county within Summit County, he led the Chamber to being a readily recognized and well-respected organization within Colorado and the Western United States. Mr. McKenney was then selected by Placer County, California to lead the merger of the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and the North Tahoe Visitors and Convention Bureau into the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association. The Resort Association is now a proactive, nationally recognized organization whose model of governance is being replicated in numerous resort communities across the western United States. Mr. McKenney joined Ms. Peckham as an executive recruiter in January 2003 and in partnership with her formed Peckham & McKenney in June 2004. He has personally conducted hundreds of national recruitments such as Town Manager, Town of Vail, Colorado; City Manager, City of Sedona, Arizona; Community Manager, The Sea Ranch, California; County Administrator, Teton County, Jackson, Wyoming; City Manager, City of Durango, Colorado; General Manager, North Tahoe Public Utility District, Kings Beach, California; and numerous public safety and department head positions as well, many for the same clients listed here. Mr. McKenney has an undergraduate degree in Recreation from Slippery Rock State College as well as a Master of Business Administration from the University of Denver.