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Mateo County hackathon, Hack-SMC, and is currently helping plan
the County’s first internal “non-technical” hackathon, the San
Mateo County Employee Innovation Summit.

Julie graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco
with a BFA in Web Design and New Media.

Ken Hampian

Ken Hampian brings over 35 years of public service experience to
his work, including at the city, county and Federal levels of
government. His final 20 years of service was in San Luis Obispo, first
as the assistant city manager and later as city manager. During his
city manager tenure, he was recognized by City employees for
outstanding performance, including being selected for Employee of
the Year honors. In 2010, he left city management (voluntarily!) to
pursue a slower pace and other interests.

In the summer of 2011, Ken served as the pro-bono city manager of
the City of Bell during a time of crisis there. He has received state
and national recognition for his Bell service, including the
International City & County Manager’s Association Hall of Fame
Ethics Award and Public CEO’s City Employee of the Year, 2012.

Ken has co-authored a book, Guide to Local Government Finance
in California; he presently consults for various agencies and teaches
a leadership and public policy course at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Jack Hughes

Jack Hughes joined Liebert Cassidy Whitmore as an associate
attorney in 1996. Since then he has worked in all aspects of the firm's
labor and employment law practice.

Jack has been involved in public-sector employment law trial and
appellate court litigation on behalf of a number of cities, with
several published decisions to his credit including Robison v. City of
Manteca 78 Cal.App.4th 452, 92 Cal.Rptr.2d 748, City of Palo Alto v.
Service Employees International Union 77 Cal.App.4th 327, 91
Cal.Rptr.2d 500, and Smith v. City of Napa 120 Cal.App.4th 194, 14
Cal.Rptr.3d 908.

Jack has served as labor negotiator for city, county and special
district clients, and has represented charter cities in labor
negotiation impasse interest arbitration proceedings. He has
successfully negotiated Memoranda of Understanding involving

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