2023 Civic Experience Awards Ceremony

On Demand

CivicPlus^®created the Civic Experience Awards to recognize and highlight local governments that are working hard to improve civic experiences in ways that create greater resident satisfaction and safer, cleaner, and more profitable communities.

In this recorded award ceremony, we honor this year’s top three finalists: the City of Margate, Florida, the City of Calera, Alabama, and the Village of Skokie, Illinois.

Watch to learn which community earned first place in the 2023 Civic Experience Award Competition. You’ll hear their inspiring stories of how collaboration, teamwork, and technology have come together to improve the experiences and lives of their residents.

Presenters

Jonathan Rivers

Executive Assistant

Since 2018, Jonathan has served as an Executive Assistant at CivicPlus providing c-level administrative support. Prior to this role, Jonathan worked at the Kansas Health Foundation as a public health associate program officer, and at Wichita Habitat for Humanity as their volunteer coordinator and AmeriCorps host-site manager. A proud husband to Ashley and father to Josslyn, Savannah, and Madeline. Jonathan graduated from Emporia State University with a Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences and a Master’s in Business Administration from Friends University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Emporia State University’s Alumni Association and as the Director of the Green Apple Bikes free bicycle-share program. Active mobility, Boney James, animation, travel, and brunch are his five love languages.

Brian Rempe

Chief Executive Officer

Brian Rempe graduated from Kansas State University in 2003 with a bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems and also went on to earn an MBA. He is serving as CEO at CivicPlus in Manhattan after previously holding positions of President, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Technology with the company. Currently, Brian leads more than 550 employees with the mission to make government work better through offering innovative software solutions. Brian is a member of both the Computer Science Advisory Board and the MBA Advisory Board at Kansas State University and previously served on the executive board of the local chapter of the Boys and Girls Club.