Steve Veitch is a Vice President with
Voorhees Associates, specializing in both executive search and
management consulting assignments. He has 24 years of experience in
local government planning and management, including over twelve
years as a city manager. His municipal career has included
service with the City of Ames, Iowa and the Villages of Downers
Grove and Oak Brook, Illinois. He also has many years of
service as a member or chairman of appointed municipal boards and
commissions. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Planning
and Zoning Commission for the City of Chandler, Arizona.
During his tenure as Village Manager for Oak Brook, Mr. Veitch
led the implementation of a new budgeting and financial planning
process, as well as innovative processes for planning expenditures
for infrastructure maintenance and new technology, and an
objectives-based system for ongoing management of municipal
operations. His years of service as Village Manager for Oak Brook
and Downers Grove included numerous achievements in the areas of
economic development, infrastructure development, human resources
management and labor relations, historic preservation, and
improvement in the financial health of each community’s local
government. Mr. Veitch has considerable experience in
management of municipal utilities, including municipal electric
utilities, gained both during his career as a full time local
government professional and subsequently, consulting for an
electrical engineering and utility management consulting firm
located in Mesa, AZ.
Throughout his municipal career Mr. Veitch was active in
intergovernmental affairs, including leadership positions in the
DuPage County Mayors and Managers Conference as well as service to
the Illinois Municipal League. He also served on various
intergovernmental task forces including the Chicago Metropolitan
Mayors’ Caucus Task Force on Electric Reliability, a significant
effort to improve electric utility service in the Chicago
metropolitan area.
In addition to his experience in municipal government, Mr.
Veitch has also served two prominent national law firms in various
executive capacities. For six years, he served Chicago-based Schiff
Hardin LLP (210 attorneys) as its Executive Director (CAO). He
later served St. Louis-based Bryan Cave LLP (1,100 attorneys) for
seven years as Director of the firm’s Phoenix office, including
three years as Regional Director for the western U.S. and Asia. He
has significant experience in law firm administration, finance,
facilities, and human resources management including recruitment of
attorneys at middle and senior experience levels.
Mr. Veitch holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Urban Planning
and a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science with an emphasis
in Public Administration, both from Iowa State University. He
is a member of the International City/County Management
Association, Arizona City/County Management Association, Illinois
City/County Management Association, American Planning Association
and Association of Legal Administrators.