Friends of NACA
Together, we can drive meaningful engagement and foster a vibrant community among county administrations. We look forward to working with you to create impactful experiences that benefit our communities, our profession, and our network.
2026 NACA Friends
Corporate Partner
MissionSquare's mission is to help public employees build retirement security. We are proud to have served the public sector with quality and excellence for the past 40 years and we look forward to delivering on our mission for many years to come.
MissionSquare is a non-profit independent financial services corporation focused on providing retirement plans and related services for more than a million public sector participant accounts and approximately 9,000 retirement plans. Our mission is to help build retirement security for public employees. We deliver on our mission by focusing on service, quality, and value.
All of our retirement programs, administrative services and educational tools have been developed specifically for public sector retirement plan administrators and participants. Our client retention rate is one of the highest of any public sector retirement plan provider.
NACo EDGE delivers value-added, cost-cutting solutions to counties by evaluating their needs and harnessing the collective purchasing power of 3,069 counties with a dedicated workforce of 3.6 million employees.
Sponsor
Founded in 1982, The Ferguson Group has a proud record of success advocating on behalf of local communities. TFG is a bipartisan federal government relations consulting firm specializing in securing federal funding, authorizations, policy, and regulatory changes for our public sector, private sector and not-for-profit clients. The Ferguson Group is the largest federal representative of local governments in Washington, DC. Our professionals have earned their reputation serving on the front lines as staff to key Members of Congress, federal agencies, state offices and local governments. TFG is ready to put our knowledge, experience, relationships, and track record in federal government relations to work for you.
Zencity is the platform for community trust, purpose-built for government. By putting comprehensive and proactive community input tools, sophisticated analytics, and expert support at their fingertips, we empower government and public safety leaders with the data to make more confident, transparent, and effective decisions that earn residents’ trust. More than 350 government agencies use Zencity every day, from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Harris County, TX to Greensboro, NC, Ft. Lauderdale, and DeLand, FL.
The Partnership for Public Service is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that has worked for nearly 25 years to build a better government and stronger democracy through developing leaders, inspiring a new generation to serve, recognizing public servants and modernizing government. Its Public Service Leadership Institute has trained nearly 50,000 public servants to become more capable and responsive leaders who achieve results that benefit the public. The Institute offers open enrollment programs based on its Public Service Leadership Model for all levels of leaders – from emerging to executive – and programs tailored for specific areas of expertise that are top of mind, like artificial intelligence. They also offer tailored leadership programming from off-the-shelf trainings to fully customized sessions and coaching for teams and leaders, as well as workforce offerings in areas such as employee engagement, government performance and talent acquisition. Visit our website for more information.
Members
Established in 2018, and led by former NACA Board member Dr. Ian M. Coyle, Pracademic Partners helps organizations improve performance, and source and develop top talent, through a dynamic and responsive approach.
We provide consultative services to a range of clients, including local government organizations (such as city, county, village, and town governments) as well as non-profit and higher education institutions.
Our services encompass executive search, leadership coaching, management consulting, and training. We specialize in helping clients with talent acquisition, leadership development, organizational improvement, and capacity building.
Our goal is to support our clients in achieving their objectives and fostering excellence within their respective sectors.