Stephen 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 service with the City of Ames, Iowa and the Villages of Downers Grove and Oak Brook, Illinois, as well as many years of service as a member or chairman of several appointed municipal boards and commissions. In addition, Mr. Veitch has 13 years of experience serving two prominent law firms in various executive capacities.

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, human resources administration and labor relations, preservation, and improvements in the financial health of each community’s local government.

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 with the Illinois Municipal League. He also worked work on various intergovernmental task forces including the Chicago Metropolitan Mayors’ Caucus Task Force on Electric Reliability, a significant effort to enhance the reliability of electric utility service in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Mr. Veitch holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Urban Planning and a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science with an emphasis on Public Administration, both from Iowa State University.  He currently serves as a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Chandler, Arizona.

In addition to his role with Voorhees Associates LLC, Mr. Veitch leads the Local Government Practice Group at K.R. Saline & Associates, PLC in Mesa, AZ.  KRSA is a multi-disciplinary engineering and management consulting firm focused on the electric utility industry and renewable energy.  Its Local Government Practice Group offers units of local government services related to energy, renewable energy (with a particular emphasis on solar energy) and a variety of other areas of their operations.