Elisa Kettunen
Director, Digitalisation and Information Society
+358 9 771 2167, +358 50 372 6789
Contact information
+358 9 771 2182, +358 50 597 0104
+358 9 771 2229, +358 50 382 3139
Riikka Komu
Communications Specialist
+358 9 771 2209, +358 44 543 1987
Responsibilities
- Communication on legal affairs
- Communication on public procurement
- developing web services
- internal communications
+358 9 771 2616
Ari Korhonen
Security and Preparedness Specialist
+358 9 771 2533, +358 44 797 1550
+358 9 771 2323, +358 50 598 7272
Paula Kosunen
EU-specialist
+358 9 771 2278, +358 50 473 3981
Responsibilities
- EU lobbying work, especially cooperation with the European Parliament
- Development of the Association's EU communication
- International networks (Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, UCLG and CEMR)
+358 9 771 2199
+358 9 771 2273, +358 50 572 4266
Mari Kuparinen
Development Manager
+358 9 771 2265, +358 44 371 9450
Responsibilities
- management of regional cooperation and networks
- reform of regional state administration and state services
- customer relationships
Paula Kurkipää
Service Manager
+358 9 771 2179
+358 9 771 2202, +358 50 372 6697
+358 9 771 2026, +358 50 596 1247
+358 9 771 2841, +358 400 460 841
+358 9 771 2157, +358 50 349 0631
+358 9 771 2714, +358 50 361 4526
+358 9 771 2250, +358 50 420 5679
Responsibilities
- Finnish Local Government Act and general municipal law
- decision-making and appeal
- Act on the Openness of Government Activities
- legal matters related to education services
+358 9 771 2098, +358 50 413 6065
+358 9 771 2142, +358 50 473 6278
+358 9 771 2773, +358 50 048 2016
Responsibilities
- local authority corporations and their control
- local authorities and the market
- competition neutrality
- company law
+358 9 771 2207
+358 9 771 2158, +358 50 438 6845
+358 9 771 2197, +358 40 570 3971
Sanna Lehtonen
Director of Local Government Finance
+358 9 771 2079, +358 50 575 9090
Erja Lindberg
Development Manager, Employment Policy drafting and implementation, EU employment policy
+358 9 771 2497, +358 50 381 4096
+358 9 771 2047, +358 50 577 2243
+358 9 771 2215, +358 50 436 7595
+358 9 771 2536, +358 50 337 6351
+358 9 771 2281
Susanna Luukinen
Communications Specialist
+358 9 771 2228
Laura Lyly
Senior Adviser
+358 9 771 2221, +358 50 439 5068
Responsibilities
- Preparation of the Association’s overall lobbying and interest representation
- Participation in the planning, implementation and monitoring of strategy work from the perspective of interest representation
- Meetings and events relating to interest representation
Henrik Lönnqvist
Manager of Urban Development
+358 9 771 2219, +358 50 312 2805
Responsibilities
- preparation and development of the Association’s urban policy work
- coordination of the Association’s internal urban policy work
- production of new urban data
+358 9 771 2860, +358 50 325 2306
Responsibilities
- municipal management
- strategic management of municipalities
- Cooperation between local government officials and elected officials
Elsa Mantere
Senior Adviser on sport, physical activity and youth
+358 9 771 2226, +358 50 565 0306
Responsibilities
- Senior Adviser, youth work and youth policy
- physical activity, sport policy, leisure activities and substance abuse prevention
+358 9 771 2178, +358 46 922 0216
Responsibilities
- Finnish Local Government Act and general municipal law
- decision-making and appeal
- openness
- municipal elections
+358 9 771 2457, +358 50 361 4855
Responsibilities
- contract law and tort law
- land use and building
+358 9 771 2223, +358 50 464 9258
+358 9 771 2645, +358 50 592 8986
Responsibilities
- economic guidance
+358 9 771 2138, +358 44 085 1738
Irmeli Myllymäki
Director, Educational Affairs
+358 9 771 2053, +358 46 921 4443
+358 9 771 2238, +358 50 472 2053
Responsibilities
- - building supervision
- - construction
- - development and lobbying related to the Land Use and Building Act
Laura Mäki
Senior adviser
+358 9 771 2262, +358 50 314 1258
Annukka Mäkinen
Development Manager
+358 9 771 2530, +358 40 594 1252
Responsibilities
- EU regional and structural policy
- national development of regions
- Baltic Sea region
Kaisa Mäntynen
Senior Adviser, Environmental Health Care
+358 9 771 2139, +358 40 703 6475
Responsibilities
- Advances the interests and development of municipalities and offers them expert services in the area of environmental health care.
- Maintains and coordinates an interactive email list for environmental health managers in municipalities.
- Participates in national projects that support local authorities’ work on indoor air quality.
+358 9 771 2037, +358 50 308 1487
Responsibilities
- legislation on land use planning and building
- legal issues relating to the digitalisation of built environment
- legal issues relating to biodiversity and nature conservation
+358 9 771 2023
+358 9 771 2076, +358 50 598 6283
+358 9 771 2121, +358 50 589 9187
+358 9 771 2648, +358 50 473 2305