By Staff
A nationwide search for a new executive director at the Maine Municipal Association has ended with the appointment of a high-profile municipal leader from one of Maine’s largest cities.
Catherine “Cathy” Conlow, who has served as city manager in Bangor since 2011 and as Orono town manager before that, was the unanimous choice to head the organization, according to James Gardner, Jr., the president of MMA’s 12-member executive committee and manager in the town of Easton.
Conlow will replace Stephen Gove, a longtime MMA executive who will retire at the end of this month after a 41-year career during which he led several MMA departments. He has served as MMA’s executive director since 2015.