Business Transformation Consultant

The City of Rogers is working to establish a dedicated stormwater utility to provide sustainable funding, strengthen flood resilience, and support responsible growth in one of the fastest-growing regions in the United States. The FUSE Executive Fellow will help the City build the organizational, financial, legal, and public-support framework necessary to transition from general-fund stormwater management to a self-sustaining utility model.

This is a two-year fellowship, with Year One focused on discovery, utility design, stakeholder alignment, and implementation planning, and Year Two focused on advancing adoption, scaling organizational capacity, and embedding long-term stormwater management systems within City operations.

Fellowship Dates:
October 26, 2026 – October 20, 2028

Salary: Executive Fellows are FUSE employees and receive an annual salary of $95,000. Fellows can also access various health, dental, and vision insurance benefits. This amount is not representative of market‑rate salaries for the experienced professionals in our program but is intended as compensation for a year of public service.

FUSE is a national nonprofit dedicated to increasing the capacity of local governments to work more effectively for communities. We embed private sector executives in city and county agencies to lead projects that improve public services and accelerate systems change. Since 2012, FUSE has led over 400 projects in 58 governments across 26 states, impacting a total population equivalent to 1 in 10 Americans.

Modern stormwater management is essential to protecting public safety, preserving property, supporting economic growth, and improving environmental quality. Across the United States, communities are experiencing increasingly frequent and severe rainfall events that place growing demands on aging drainage infrastructure and natural watershed systems. At the same time, municipalities face increasing regulatory requirements and rising costs associated with flood mitigation, infrastructure maintenance, water quality protection, and watershed restoration.

Rogers, Arkansas, is located within Northwest Arkansas, one of the fastest-growing metropolitan regions in the country. The city has made significant progress in advancing stormwater management over the past several years and now possesses many of the technical foundations necessary for long‑term success. These include a completed citywide hydraulic model, a draft Municipal Stormwater Management Plan, and a dedicated stormwater engineer responsible for technical analysis and regulatory compliance.

The City currently funds stormwater responsibilities through general revenues while continuing to meet obligations under its Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit.

Beginning in Fall 2026, the FUSE Executive Fellow will work with the Department of Community Development, Mayor’s Office, and City leadership to advance the creation of a dedicated stormwater utility for Rogers. Through this two‑year fellowship, the fellow will help the City establish the governance structures, funding mechanisms, organizational capacity, public support, and implementation strategies necessary to create a sustainable stormwater utility capable of supporting long‑term flood resilience and watershed management.

The first 90 days of the fellowship will focus on in‑depth discovery and relationship‑building. During this phase, the fellow will conduct a comprehensive listening tour with key stakeholders, including Community Development staff, Engineering, GIS, Rogers Water Utilities, Finance, the City Attorney’s Office, City Council members, regional planning organizations, Benton County officials, developers, major property owners, and community stakeholders. The fellow will review the City’s hydraulic model, draft Municipal Stormwater Management Plan, existing stormwater funding practices, regulatory requirements, and related planning documents.

Following the discovery period, the fellow will focus on designing the foundational components of a Rogers stormwater utility. This work is expected to…