Coffee with MML Staff Caleb Wolf, Manager, Operations
Get to know MML’s new and longer-tenured staff a bit better in this feature that explores staff’s backgrounds, roles and unique passions with and why working for MML and its members is important to each of them. Municipal Maryland: How long have you worked for MML? Caleb: It will be four years this August. Municipal Maryland: Where did you work before? Caleb: After receiving my Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, I worked for the Community Health Resources Commission as a health policy analyst. My job was to measure and manage grant funding that addressed health disparities across Maryland. Prior to grad school, I spent seven years working with several nonprofits in youth and family services.
Caleb Wolf
Municipal Maryland: What are you currently working on? Caleb: My latest big project is capital outlay planning. I’m looking at what future capital projects we’ll need to do and figuring costs, assigning priorities and creating a long-range plan. Some examples are the need to repair the parking lot and repaint MML’s building. Municipal Maryland: Why did you come to work today? Caleb: Ultimately, I come to work every day because of the mission of MML, to strengthen and support municipal government. I believe in what our members do and being able to support them gives my job meaning. Municipal Maryland: What are your first impressions about MML and the cities and towns we serve? Caleb: We care about people. That’s what I think we all have in common. I really enjoy getting to know municipal officials from across the state, just normal people who’ve decided they want to make a difference in their community because they care. Local government really shows what is good about government. Municipal Maryland: What three things should MML members know about you? Caleb: One, I’m getting married this summer! Two, I’m a lifelong Marylander and would be happy to spend the rest of my life here. It’s a personal goal of mine to visit all 157 municipalities, but I have a long way to go. Three, I’m a single-digit handicap in golf, however, I realize that may not hold up after I get married. Municipal Maryland: What is your favorite line from a movie? Caleb: “Hope is a good thing -- maybe the best of things – and no good thing ever dies.” Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption.
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