Joe Irvin, City of Sequim assistant to the city manager, has been accepted into Leadership ICMA, a two-year leadership program conducted by the International City Managers Association (ICMA).

The program is a competitive, intensive program designed to cultivate key competencies needed for successful leadership at all levels of local government management.

The core competencies addressed in the program are: leadership in local government; ethics and integrity; analytical skills; strategic planning; community building and organizational effectiveness.

Irvin is expected to complete the program in 2018.