WASHINGTON — Donald Borut announced Tuesday that he will retire as executive director of the National League of Cities at the end of 2012, after 22 years.
The NLC’s board of directors plans to begin a national search to replace him.
Borut has been involved with municipalities for more than 40 years.
Before being appointed executive director of NLC in 1990, he was deputy executive director at the International City Management Association. He began his career in municipal government in 1964 as a staff assistant in the Office of City Administrator in Ann Arbor, Mich.
“It’s been a privilege to serve as NLC’s executive director for the past 22 years and I am thankful for the opportunity to have worked on behalf of elected leaders of America’s cities and towns,” Borut said in a release. “My appreciation for those in elected office is even stronger today than when I started. The ability of local elected officials to address the unique challenges in their communities and find common ground to make decisions affecting the quality of life of their citizens reflects the fundamental strength of democratic local government.”
NLC is a self-described resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.
