The PAR Group

Dr. Nollenberger is Vice President of The PAR Group, specializing in management consulting assignments, executive search and financial evaluation. He has over 34 years of experience in government, management consulting and private sector. He has served in management positions in eight local governments in five states.

Dr. Nollenberger has extensive leadership and chief executive experience in city and county governments. While City Manager of Muscatine, Iowa; Richfield, Minnesota; Beaumont, Texas; and Duluth, Minnesota and County Administrator of St. Louis County, Minnesota and Lake County, Illinois, he developed and implemented significant organizational changes. In addition, he implemented financial management policies and systems that stabilized the financial affairs of the communities. Dr. Nollenberger has managed organizations from 200 to 2800 employees. He also served as a Finance Director and as Assistant Finance Director in two communities in Iowa and Colorado .

Dr. Nollenberger worked as a management consultant with one of the then “big eight” accounting firms serving clients in local governments. He performed organizational studies for San Antonio , Arlington , and College Station , Texas and Bella Vista , Arkansas . He preformed privatization studies for Austin and Beaumont , Texas . He has performed executive search engagements across the country. In addition, he has been responsible for or participated in financial forecasting and revenue analysis, implementation of personnel classification/compensation programs, productivity analysis and organizational restructuring, organizational effectiveness and team building, employee participation programs, labor relations/negotiations, economic development, downtown redevelopment, and capital budgeting/bond financing. Dr. Nollenberger recently revised the 4th edition text of the ICMA publication Evaluating Financial Condition — A Handbook for Local Government.

Dr. Nollenberger has been responsible for management in the areas of personnel, police, fire, public works, airports, transit, water & sewer, parks & recreation, planning, economic development, health, civic centers, housing, solid waste, libraries, engineering, liquor stores, finance, information systems and budget & research. He has also been responsible for management in the financial areas of accounting, revenue, purchasing, treasury, and debt management.

Dr. Nollenberger received his doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Iowa .

Dr. Nollenberger has served as the President of the International City/County Management Association (1994-95). He is currently a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (chartered by Congress). He has served in numerous other association positions in city and county government and presented at numerous conferences. He has taught courses for five universities in their Master’s programs.