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Santa Fe, Nm, Us

United States

Providing local government consulting services including goal setting and governance workshops,executive coaching and facilitated performance evaluations.

Southern California

Municipal financial and economic development services

San Francisco Bay Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Providing public safety technical services and training to local governments.

Sacramento, California Area

Teach public management classes to graduate students.

Santa Monica, Ca

Managed an 8.3 square mile world class beach city with 250,000 daytime population. This full service city operates its own police, fire, general aviation airport, regional bus system, refuse and recycling service, housing & economic development, library system, public works, advanced technology, sustainability, cultural and community development services. Santa Monica has 2,200 full time employees and a $576 million budget.Built an exceptionally strong Leadership Team. Every City department improved service levels based on objective metrics. Enhanced financial management through two year expenditure control budgeting, surgicalcost‐cutting, Measure Y approval, strengthened reserves, $30 million pay down of pensionliability, and maintenance of the City's AAA bond rating despite the loss of redevelopment.Provided unparalleled financial support for local schools and developed excellent workingrelations with Santa Monica‐Malibu Unified School District and Santa Monica College.Advanced sustainability, including 77% diversion of waste from landfills, 40%+ reduction ofimported water, bans on leaf blowers and plastic bags, 14% emissions reductions below 1990. Human service goal attainment: 5 Star rating for Library system, 20% reduction in homeless in five years, expanded senior services, 100 free cultural events annually, 38% affordable units in new housing and $1 million Bloomberg prize for the Wellbeing Project.Constructed 10 large scale, award winning capital projects and completed 85% of the $1.6 billion Phase 2 Expo Light Rail extension from Culver City to Santa Monica.Established Office of Emergency Management; Fire Dept. achieved an Insurance Service Office (ISO) Class 1 status; Crime reduction to lowest levels since early 1950s.Substantially improved infrastructure maintenance and dramatically improved response times to citizen requests for service (averaged 5 day closeout of 64,000 citizen requests per year).

Poway, Ca

Managed a 39 sq. mile city located twenty miles northeast of San Diego. Services included safety (contract law enforcement and city fire service), public works (including water, sewer and storm water utilities and 13 parks), development services, redevelopment, and community services. Administered an $80 million combined budget with 306 (FTE) employees.Set prudent fiscal course through combination of cost allocation and recovery, lean staffing, and process streamlining, while maintaining services, infrastructure, reserves and positive labor relations.Developed award‐winning workforce housing using green technology and introducing sustainable best management practices into City operations.Managed aggressive two‐year 71‐project capital improvement budget of $45 million to significantly upgrade critical infrastructure. Led major reinvestment in technology.Concerted disaster planning and preparation paid dividends in the 2007 Witch Creek Fire.Community policing, gang prevention and traffic safety resulted in the lowest crime rate in SD County.

San Rafael, Ca

Managed a full service 22 sq. mile city located 17 miles north of San Francisco. Services included police, fire, public works, planning, library and cultural services, recreation and childcare, 20 parks and abundant open space, management services and redevelopment. Administered $64 million combined budget and oversaw 450 FTE employees.Redeveloped downtown with office, retail, housing, entertainment and cultural uses:1 million sq ft office, 500,000 sq ft retail, 500 housing units, and independent film center.Employed multi‐year performance‐based expenditure control budgeting and reporting. Advanced community policing and code enforcement. Part 1 Crime reduced 23%. InitiatedHealth & Safety Team to address problem locations and behaviors. Enhanced safety, quality of life and community pride in new immigrant neighborhood of 12,000.

Monrovia, Ca

Managed a vibrant and diverse full service 16 sq mile city in northeast Los Angeles County, with police, fire, community development, public works, parks, utilities (water & sewer), recreation, library, administrative services and active Redevelopment Agency. Managed $29 million budget, $14.5 million Redevelopment Agency budget, and 253 FTE staff. Monrovia was named an All‐America City in 1995 by the National Civic League. Its Community Activist Policing was honored as one of the ten most advanced community‐based policing programs in the nation.

Walnut Creek, Ca

Duties included economic and organizational development, policy analysis, and risk management.

Master'S Degree, Public Administration

Emphasis on public management and finance

Master'S Degree, Education

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics & Political Science

Activities and Societies: Yale Political Union, Freshman Crew, New Haven Legal Aid,Magna Cum Laude