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Office of Community PartnershipsOffices of the County Executive Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett |
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Nonprofit CommunityMontgomery County is home to more than 5,500 nonprofits. County Executive Ike Leggett recognizes that the County government can not alone solve the myriad of problems that face our residents. The County Executive also recognizes that without our nonprofit partners, Montgomery County would not be the just and compassionate community it is today. Ike Leggett created the Office of Community Partnerships to help strengthen the nonprofit sector in Montgomery County. One of our main partners is
Nonprofit Montgomery which works to strengthen the collective voice of the nonprofit sector in Montgomery County.
County Executive Ike Leggett has long held a deep appreciation for the value of Montgomery County's many nonprofit partners. He recognizes that the County government can not alone solve the myriad of problems that face our residents. The County Executive recognizes that without our nonprofit partners, Montgomery County would not be the just and compassionate community it is today.
Bruce Adams Director
Bruce Adams has served as the Director of County Executive Ike Leggett's Office of Community Partnerships since March of 2007. Bruce served with Ike Leggett as an elected member of the Montgomery County Council for two terms from 1986 to 1994. Bruce has served as a Senior Fellow at The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland (1995-97), a Fellow of the Kennedy Institute of Politics at Harvard University (1979), an Associate of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation (1982-86), and as National Research Director for Common Cause (1977-82). Bruce was named a 1998 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine and received the 1993 Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' Scull Metropolitan Public Service Award as "the elected official who has contributed most significantly to the enhancement of intergovernmental cooperation in the Washington Metropolitan Region." Bruce, 60, grew up in Montgomery County and now lives in Bethesda with his wife, Peggy Engel, a journalist, and their children, Emily and Hugh. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Georgetown University Law Center. For additional background, please click here. |
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