Brandon Skopek | Early Career Outreach Committee Chair
The Early Career Outreach Committee has made a few adjustments to its training schedule for the year. The originally planned fall training session will be rescheduled to spring 2025. This change allows the committee to incorporate additional resources and provide a more comprehensive experience for all participants. Please stay tuned for further details and registration information as we get closer to the new date. Additionally, the committee will be holding one final 2024 meeting in November to set goals and expectations for 2025, to finalize our session for the Winter Institute, and to continue brainstorming for our spring training session.
The Early Career Outreach Committee looks forward to sharing more updates soon and hopes to see many of you at the Winter Institute and rescheduled training session. We thank you for your continued engagement and support!
Brandon Skopek
Chair, Early Carer Outreach Committee
Assistant City Manager, Auburn Hills
Brandon Skopek is the assistant city manager with the City of Auburn Hills. He also serves as the executive director of the Auburn Hills Tax Increment Finance Authority.
Brandon has spent his career in local government as a planning and economic development professional. He is the former township planner for Highland Township, Michigan, and former assistant to the city manager and Downtown Development Authority coordinator for the City of Brighton, Michigan. Brandon was hired by the City of Auburn Hills in 2018 to the role of director of authorities, overseeing the Tax Increment Finance Authority, Downtown Development Authority, and Brownfield Redevelopment Authority. As part of the city’s succession planning efforts, Brandon was moved to the city manager’s office in January of 2021 to an interim role of assistant to the city manager in preparation for taking on the assistant city manager position in October 2021. He is a member of the Michigan Municipal Executives, International City/County Management Association, the Oakland County City Manager’s Association, and the Michigan Economic Developers Association.
Brandon’s professional interests include economic development, community engagement, and local government management. He possesses a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and Public Policy, and a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in local government management, both from Oakland University.