Management Partners joins forces with Baker Tilly
Management Partners joins forces with Baker Tilly
Andrew Belknap
Managing Director
Nancy Hetrick
Managing Director
Carol Jacobs
ICMA-CM
Managing Director
Dan Keen
Director
Jacquelyn McCray
Ph.D., AICP
Director
Amy Paul
Managing Director
Jan Perkins
Managing Director
Steve Toler
Director
Jay Trevino
Director
Serving local governments together.
The strategic combination of Management Partners, a local government consulting firm, with leading advisory CPA firm Baker Tilly creates a public sector practice with the solutions and scale to help improve how local governments operate and keep up with and plan for change. This combination expands the many ways we can help local governments shape their post-pandemic communities.
Together Management Partners and Baker Tilly will continue to provide local governments with the services they need to improve their operations, including the following:
- Budgeting assistance
- Capital improvement program management
- Coaching and training
- Executive recruitment and performance evaluations
- Financial sustainability
- Interim placements
- Organization analysis
- Organizational development
- Process improvement
- Strategic planning
Helping make communities better is our passion, always has been, always will be. We needed to join with someone with that same passion. Baker Tilly has it, as well as the expanded capabilities and incredible talent to do more for our clients.Jerry Newfarmer, Partner Emeritus, Baker Tilly
By the numbers
370+
compensation-related projects since 2012
40+
states with completed projects
35+
years of experience
Featured services
Public Sector Advisory
Our mission is building strong communities.
Public Sector Executive Recruitment
As one of the nation’s largest and most experienced public sector recruitment teams, we have been delivering executive talent to government, non-profit, educational, transit, and other specialized entities for more than 30 years.
Public Sector Human Capital Advisory
Public sector leaders face unprecedented challenges finding, developing, motivating and keeping a talented, highly-engaged workforce. Our team is committed to supplying public officials with creative, practical, and cost-effective solutions to all their human capital needs.
Public Sector Performance Optimization
Delivering strategic solutions for public sector leaders
Public Sector Financial Management Advisory
Helping public leaders succeed is not just our livelihood, it is our passion.
Our professionals
Many of the professionals joining Baker Tilly from Management Partners are former local government practitioners, providing our clients with practical expertise and a shared commitment to public service.
Strategic talent management
Four important focus areas to a successful talent management approach.
CommuniTIES: a Baker Tilly public sector podcast
Podcast series dedicated to helping governmental entities protect and enhance their value.
Featured insights
Measuring and managing CIP performance
Developing a capital improvement plan (CIP) is a significant undertaking for local government leaders. In this article published in Missouri Municipal Review, Scott Meyer addresses the need for and benefits of an in-depth review of capital projects’ scope and delivery schedules, use of performance metrics and consideration of all project costs.
Beyond ethics: establishing a code of conduct to guide your council
Strong ethics are the foundation for public service. This article, authored by Rod Gould and originally published in Western City, explores how city councils can develop, maintain and monitor a code of conduct.
A better way: the facilitated CAO performance review
The performance evaluation process can be difficult for city managers, city attorneys and other top appointees in local government. Facilitated performance evaluations can be easier and more helpful for all involved, offering specific feedback and clear goals. In this article published in PM Magazine, Jan Perkins and Dan Keen look at the benefits of facilitated evaluations.
Promoting an ethical local government
How can local government leaders and city managers promote ethical behavior throughout their organization? And, what role do elected officials play in ensuring an ethical government? Jerry Newfarmer provides three viewpoints for the readers’ consideration in this article from PM Magazine.
The talent problem, revisited
Attracting and retaining talent was a significant problem for many organizations before the COVID-19 pandemic, and it continues to be a major issue across most industries. With these COVID complications in mind, Baker Tilly has updated its 2019 e-book, “The talent problem,” to reflect the modern-day environment and the new challenges that businesses face when it comes to finding and retaining talented employees.