LEWISTON – Lewiston City Clerk Kathleen M. Montejo, CMC, has been accepted into the first level membership of the IIMC Master Municipal Clerk Academy.

The academy was established to further professional education of municipal clerks and to enhance their skills as needed to meet the challenges of the office of municipal clerk. Every one to four years, academy members have to demonstrate that they have actively engaged in educational and professional participation that keeps them current with the changing events in the local government scene.

The academy member is required to obtain a specific number of points through completion of recognized institute or college courses, completion of seminars and workshops offered by other professional associations, teaching and writing in the profession, attendance at professional meetings and conferences and honors and awards received for specific achievements.

Approximately 15 percent of more than 10,300 members of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks have qualified for the Master Municipal Clerk Academy Program.

IIMC President Susan L. Morrow, MMC, municipal clerk of Plainfield Charter Township, Mich., said, “I am honored to welcome Ms. Montejo as a member in the First Level Membership of the IIMC Master Municipal Clerk Academy. She has demonstrated and obtained career development goals, which will aid her in maintaining the quality of excellence required in today’s public officials and administrators.”

Montejo has been employed with the city of Lewiston since January 1999, serving as city clerk and registrar of voters. Prior municipal service includes serving three years as Bath city clerk and seven years as Woolwich town clerk.

She received the IIMC Certified Municipal Clerk’s Award in July 1999 and was accepted into the IIMC Master Municipal Clerk Academy Program in March 2002.

Montejo has continued her education by completing IIMC-approved educational programs conducted by the New England Municipal Clerks Institute at Salve Regina University, Newport, R.I, and has completed other seminars and conferences relating to local government.

She is a member of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, Maine Association of Parliamentarians and served as past president to the Maine Town and City Clerks Association.

Montejo has been a member of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks since October 1994.