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(Right) David Wesler, Preble County, Ohio is engaged at the Engagement that Reso-nates workshop.

Members from across the country attended NACo’s 2013 Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. Here are several highlights presented in photos taken at various events.

NACo First Vice President Linda Langston reminds NACo members that there’s a new name in town — County Solutions and Marketplace replaces the Annual Conference.

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Chris Rodgers greets Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt as other Show-Me State county officials look on. Pictured are (l-r) Stephen Holt, Jasper County; Past NACo President Karen Miller, Boone County; and Margie Bowman, Ray County.

Jodi Chaplin, AT&T director of channel marketing, thanks NACo for receiving the association’s 2013 Award for Corpo-rate Excellence.

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Back for a second year, political strategist Parag Mehta advises workshop participants on how to effectively engage in powerful communication.

Don Guzman, Maui County, Hawaii, listens intently during a session on effective communications.

Ralph Johnson, King County, Wash. security and privacy officer, takes his turn as a presenter at the a session on cyberse-curity for county officials.

Michael Jeanes, Maricopa County, Ariz., gets a friendly reaction to his questions after the workshop Does It Have to Be So Hard? Ideas to Help You Invest. The panelists are (l-r) Linda Barber, Nationwide Retirement Solutions, and Jason Smith and Ted Meyers, Nationwide Financial.

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(Left) NACo Executive Direc-tor Matt Chase and First Vice President Linda Langston show off NACo’s “Why Coun-ties Matter” ad in the popu-lar Capitol Hill newspaper, Politico to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (l).

(Right) Rhonda Plummer, Ver-non Parish, La., and Thomas Coley, Tallapoosa County, Ala., wait to speak with Liz Thorstensen, International Economic Development Council, who was a panelist at How to Improve Your Rural Economy Despite Resource Constraints.

Tom Cochran, CEO and executive director, U.S. Conference of Mayors, speaks at the NACo Board of Directors meeting.

Ryan Costello, Chester County, Pa., comments at the tax reform workshop.

(Above) NACo Past President Lenny Eliason answers a ques-tion about municipal bonds during a Capitol Hill briefing on the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds. Other panelists (l-r) at the brief-ing included Montgomery County, Md. CAO Tim Fires-tine and NACo Finance and Interfovernmental Affairs Steering Committee chair Dan Troy.

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(Left) Lynn Padgett, Ouray County, Colo., and Valerie Poindexter, Hawaii County Council, sign in for the Innova-tion Summit March 2.

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(Right) Second Vice President Riki Hokama chats with Bob Woodward backstage, while holding copies of the author’s latest book.

National League of Cities Executive Director Clarence Anthony at the Board of Directors meeting.

Sheila Kiscaden, Olmsted County, Minn., enjoys the presenta-tion at the Engagement that Resonates workshop.

(Above) The Minnesota table waits for the start of the Opening General Session; (l-r) Carol LeDoux, Anoka Coun-ty; Lisa Weik,Washington County; and Janice Callison, Hennepin County.

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(l-r) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has an impromptu talk with Kay Cashion, Dorothy Brown and Sallie Clark, officers of the Women of NACo (WON) Leadership Network.

Nothing mad about these Western state hatters: Darius Allen, Alamosa County, Colo.; Wendell Bostwick, Curry County, N.M.; and Edward Michael, Cibola County, N.M.

Helen Stone, Chatham County, Ga., speaks at the tax reform workshop.

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Boulder County, Colo. Commissioners Cindy Dominico and Deb Gardner take advantage of wi-fi access during a break.

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(Right) Bobbie Freeman, wife of Oklahoma County, Okla. Treasurer Forrest Freeman, gets her copy of The Price of Politics signed by author and associate editor of The Wash-ington Post, Bob Woodward.

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(Right) Who will be NACo’s next second vice president? The candidates (l-r) are Tim Josi, Tillamook County, Ore.; Allan Angel, Kent County , Del.; Sallie Clark, El Paso County, Colo.; and Stan Batemon, St. Clair County, Ala.

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), a former Bernalillo County, N.M. commissioner, speaks at the Women of NACo Leadership Network breakfast.

NACo President Chris Rodgers presides over NACo’s 125-member board at its Legislative Conference meeting.