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City Manager Newsletter By

TRACKDOWN MANAGEMENT

"Providing thread to help stitch together the fabric of the City Management Community"

November, 2018 Special Page | 1 Volume No. 11: Issue No. 18

Retired longtime City of Rocklin City Manager

Dr. Carlos A. Urrutia has been honored by the City of

Rocklin by installing is name on the City’s Wall of

Recognition. This is Carlos standing by the wall.

Carlos served as the Rocklin City Manager from 1984

until his retirement in 2010. Congratulations Carlos!

The inscription reads: DR. CARLOS URRUTIA: SERVING A

NOTEWORTHY, DEDICATED 26 YEARS AS CITY MANAGER,

DR. URRUTIA’S ACUMEN IN PUBLIC FINANCE AND URBAN

PLANNING GUIDED ROCKLIN’S GROWTH PHASE TO A

FISCALLY STABLE COMMUNITY WITH SOUND

INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGH LEVELS OF SERVICE.

Women in Public Management

Part X: the “J, K & La” Cities

This is the tenth in a series of newsletter issues

listing women professionals who work in

California cities. The original objective was to

identify women in answer to the rhetorical

question: “Where are the women in city

management?” Our look at the subject has

discovered an impressive list of professional

women in California local government.

There is one “J” city: Jackson, and three “K”

cities: Kerman, King City, and Kingsburg. There

are nine cities with names that begin with “La”

from the City of La Cañada Flintridge to the City

of La Verne. We apologize in advance to those

we have omitted. Of course, we cannot include

information on those who deserve recognition if

we cannot find it. Many local government

professionals fail to post their career profiles. We

have attempted to present a good

representative list.

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City Manager Newsletter By Trackdown Management

November, 2018 Special Volume No. 11: Issue No. 18

borah Collins began her working career in Sausalito as an Administrative Assistant

with an information technology and services firm in 1983. In 1984 she went to work

as a software support technician for an on-line software systems company in Chico.

She joined the Chico city staff in 1994 as Community Services Officer (CSO), and in

2001 she took a Management Analyst with the Chico Police Department. In 2009

she moved to the City Manager's Office in a Management Analyst post. Deborah

earned a BA in social work from California State University, Chico, and an MS in law

from Champlain College.



Yvonne Kimball is the City

Manager in the City of Jackson,

California. Jackson is the county

seatin Amador County, and has

a current population of 4,651.

Jackson is named for Colonel

Alden Jackson, and was

founded in the Sierra foothills in

1848. Yvonne started her

Jackson City Manager tenure in September,

2017. She followed longtime City Manager Mike

Daley, who served in the post for 17-years prior

to his retirement. Susan Peters served as Interim

City Manager before Yvonne reported. Yvone

began her public management career as an

City Manager Intern in Palm Bay, Titusville and

Satellite Beach, Florida in 2006-2008. She was

appointed City Manager in Bowling Green,

Florida in 2008 and served there until 2011. In

2010 Yvonne was hired as the Town Manager in

the Town of Dewy-Humboldt, Arizona. She then

came to Jackson in 2017. She earned an MPA

from the University of Central Florida. In 2016 she

received a 10-year ICMA Service Award.

Yvonne has English and Mandrin language skills.

She served on the State of Arizona Governor’s

Groundwater Advisory Committee starting in

January, 2014. Yvonne is an ICMA credentialed

city/town manager (ICMA-CM).

60th Annual Municipal Seminar

Renaissance Indian Wells

May 16-19, 2019

Executive Director Marcel Rodarte

For Information call the CCCA staff at

562-622-5533

http://www.contractcities.org

Kelli Lofing, Executive Assistant

17315 Studebaker Road, No. 210

Cerritos, California 90703

City Manager Recruitment

Detailed Information Available online:

http://www.cityofbell.org/

Canididates should be experienced in senior level

municipal management. A Bachelor’s Degree is

required and a Master’s is preferred. Bilingual

canidates are encouraged to apply.

Bell is a Los Angeles County City with 35,400

residents. Applications are open until the position is

filled. Submit a city application and resume at:

[email protected]

City of Bell, 6330 Pine Avenue Bell, California 90201

Telephone No. (323) 588-6211

https://gonsalvi.com/

The firm was founded by the late former California

State Assembly Member Joe A. Gonsalves. Until his

passing, Joe, his son Anthony D. Gonsalves and

Anthony’s son Jason Gonsalves served as the first

three generation lobbying firm in Sacramento.

Anthony is a longtime member of the

California City Management

Foundation (CCMF} Board of Trustees.

Anthony, Jason and Paul Gonsalves

are expert local government lobbyists.

The firm represents fifty-plus cities and is a key player

in city legislation.

Call the “Gonsalvi” at

Telephone no. 916-441-0597

Joe Gonsalves said, "Lobbyist are like parachutes;

you don't need them often but when you do they

had better work."

925 L Street, Suite 250 Sacramento CA 95814

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http://rwglaw.com/

Roxanne Diaz, Steven L. Flower,

Peter M. Thorson, Kevin Ennis, Gregory

W. Stepanicich, Serita Young and

Craig Steele are among the City

Attorneys on the RWG staff.

RWG is committed to excellence in

the legal profession. The lawyers of choice for

clients seeking reliable, efficient, and effective legal

counsel. RWG delivers practical advice and

solutions tailored to the unique needs of public

entities.

Working seamlessly across offices in Los Angeles, San

Francisco, Orange County, Temecula and the

Central Coast. The RWG team of experts provides

the full scope of public law services.

Roxanne Diaz is a member of the Board of Trustees

of the California City Management Foundation

(CCMF).

Call RWG at telephone No. 213-626-8484

http://www.pars.org/

Since 1984 the PARS team has provided retirement

services designed specifically for each public

agency's unique needs aiming to provide superior

employee benefits while improving management

effectiveness, reducing costs, and simplifying

administration.

PARS can craft customized solutions; provide

agencies guiding through the process to achieve

bottom-line results; and redefine goals and

objectives.

Mitch Barker is the PARS Executive Vice President.

Call PARS at Telephone No. 800-540-6369

[email protected]

Kevin O’Rourke, Senior Consultant

Telephone No. 707-249-5356

[email protected]

Former Walnut City Manager and Retired South

Gate Public Works Director Bob Dickey in Yaroslavl,

Russia. Bob says, “Nice town; city logo is a bear with

an axe.” He visited the local City Hall.



Susan Turner is an

Administrative Assistant on the

Jackson city staff, and Dalacie

Blankenship is the Finance

Manager. Debbie Mackey is

the Jackson Fire Chief. On April

23, 2018 Debbie Mackey took

the oath of office as the

Jackson Fire Chief. She was with the Jackson Fire

Department for three-years as the Fire Marshal.

Debbie previously served for a number of years

with the City of Ione Fire Department, as a line

officer and as the Ione Fire Marshal. She is the

first female Fire Chief in Jackson’s municipal

history. Debbie is married to Ione Fire Chief Ken

Mackey. She earned an AA in public Safety from

San Joaquin Delta College and is in the

Leadership and Administration program of the

National Fire Academy. Debbie is a California

certified Fire Marshal and Fire Investigator.

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he

did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

–Muhammed Ali

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John Kunkel is the Kerman City Manager.

Kerman is a Fresno County city with a population

of about 13,544. The city location was a

watering tank and pump station for the

Southern Pacific Railroad line between Tracy

and Fresno. This was the start of Kerman around

1891. Carolina Camacho-Collier is the Kerman

Finance Director. Carolina joined the city staff as

Interim Finance Director in March, 2018.


Founded in 1986 by former City Manager

Larry J. Kosmont, Kosmont Companies, a certified

Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and certified Small

Business Enterprise (SBE), has earned a national

reputation and is recognized as expert in real

estate, financial advisory and economic

development services. The Kosmont firms are

committed to bringing public, private, and non-

profit organizations together to help communities

flourish. Larry has made presentations to many State

and National organizations.

Call and learn how South Gate earned a $5.1 million

Real Estate Bonus.

Mailing Address: 1601 N. Sepulveda Blvd., #382,

Manhattan Beach, California 90266

Telephone: 424-297-1070 | Fax: 424-286-4632

Market Analyses

Kosmont Companies thoroughly research the

potential for a city’s future development to be self-

sustaining. Kosmont experts will determine whether

the market holds enough existing or potential

demand for a city’s development to be viable.

“Success is about having, excellence is about

being. Success is about having money and fame,

but excellence is being the best you can be.”

–Mike Ditka

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USI helps agencies design innovative benefit

solutions and provide benefit education to

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For more information contact Gary Delaney or

Kristin Yokoyama at (424) 390-0000

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Mayra Noriega [email protected]

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“Proof of Life” Lunches

The 2018 Holiday “Proof of Life” lunch is Wednesday,

December 5 at the North Wood’s Inn Restaurant in La

Mirada. This is an archive picture of a past POL lunch

(L to R): Darrell Essex; Bill Crowe; Doug Dunlap; Paul

Philips; Greg Korduner; Gary Sloan; and Ernie Garcia.

Those RSVP’ed for December 5 include: Greg Korduner; Bud

Ovrum; Gary Sloan; Ken Caresio; Bill Crowe; Don Knabe; Wes Wolf;

Terry Matz; Chris Meyer; John Bramble; Ray Silver; Glenn Southard;

Linda Benedetti-Leal; Pat West; Jonathan Shull; Jim Barisic; Ray

Harris; Don Wagner; Tony Ybarra; Bob Dickey; John Bolan; Don

Penman; Sam Olivito; Guy Huffaker; Bill Manis; Don Vestal; Mike

Egan; Doug La Belle; Tim O’Donnell; Bob Williams; Luci Romero

Serlet; and Jack Simpson.


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Trackdown Executive Level Posse Roster:

Wade McKinney, Indian Wells City Manager & President of CCMF Michael J. Sedell, Retired Simi Valley City Manager

Larry F. Pennell, Retired City Manager, Wasco

Marcia Raines, Retired City Manager & Principal

with Public Sector Services

Kevin O’Rourke, KOLGS/PARS; Retired City Manager

Frank G. Tripepi, Retired Rosemead City Manager &

Senior Vice President, Willdan

Glenn Southard, Retired City Manager, Indio &

Claremont

Joe Goeden, Retired City Manager, West

Sacramento

Anthony D. Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son

Jason Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son

Paul Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son

Joe Tanner, Retired Vallejo City Manager

Denise Ovrom, Former City Manager &

Principal, HdL Companies

Charles G. "Guy" Huffaker, Retired Porterville CM

Vern Lawson, Retired, Lancaster

Ernesto Marquez, Former City Manager

Gary K. Sloan, Retired La Mirada City Manager

Richard D. Rowe, Retired City Manager

http://ekapr.com/

Englander Knabe & Allen is the fastest growing

public affairs firm in Southern California. EKA’s

partners Harvey Englander, Matt Knabe,

Marcus Allen, Eric Rose, Jeff McConnell and

Adam Englander provide strategic counsel. They are

expert in local government issues, from land use to

public safety, and they help build public/private

partnerships.

Matt Knabe is the Managing Partner. Matt is

a graduate of Pepperdine University, and

was a 4-year member of the Men’s Varsity

Golf Team. Matt and his family are residents

of Long Beach. Matt’s contact information

includes

Telephone Number: 213-741-1500, Ext. 520

Email: [email protected]

Another picture by

retired Coronado

City Manager

Mark

Ochenduszko.

Sunset at Scripps:

picture taken from

north of the pier.

Trackdown Posse Roster:

Gregory Korduner, Retired City Manager

Howard Chambers, Retired Lakewood City Manager

Ernie Garcia, Retired Norwalk City Manager

Dave Carmany, La Puente City Manager

Ken Bayless, Ret. GM LA Vector Control & Ret. LASD Chief

Vern Lawson, Retired, Lancaster

Don Penman, Retired City Manager, Arcadia

Anthony R. Ybarra, Retired South El Monte

Sam Olivito, California Contract Cities Association

Gary Chicots, Former South El Monte City Manager

Dr. Bill Mathis, Mathis Group

Roy Pederson, ICMA Past-President

Troy Butzlaff, Former CM; La Puente Admin. Serv. Director

Dale Geldert, Retired CDF Director

Rita Geldert, Retired Vista City Manager, Past Pres. CCMF

Gary Milliman, City Manager, Brookings, Oregon

Doug Dunlap, Retired City Manager, Pomona

Robert Dickey, Former Walnut CM & retired DPW, South

Gate

Jim Lewis, Pismo Beach City Manager, Pres. CM/LCC

Kevin Duggan, ICMA & retired City Manager; Past Pres.

CM/LCC

Rod B. Butler, Port Hueneme City Manager

Ray Harris, Ret. County Official, fmr Hawaiian Gardens CM

John C. Bolan, Cheyenne River Ranch

John F. Shirey, Retired Sacramento City Manager

Ray Taylor, City Manager, Westlake Village

Lee C. McDougal, Retired Montclair City Manager

Douglas N. La Belle, Retired Chino Hills City Manager

Ray Silver, Retired City Manager, Past Pres. CM/LCC

John P. Thompson, Retired CM, Vacaville; Past Pres.

CM/LCC

Ronald Kiedrowski, Retired City Manager

Cynthia Kurtz, Retired City Manager: Past Pres CM/LCC

Ron Stock, City Manager, Weed

Susan Simpson, In-N-Out Burger

Mark Scott, Indio City Manager

“I always stayed in tune with my

own ambitions and attitudes and

I’m still my intractable old self, for

better or worse.”

--LeRoy Neiman

Mike Piazza, 2000

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https://www.munienvironmental.com/about-us/

MuniEnvironmental, LLC (Muni Environmental) is an

expert team of educated and experienced

professionals providing consulting expertise in the

Solid Waste, Recycling and Storm water Industries.

Jeff Duhamel,

CEO/Principal

Consultant

Morgan McCarthy,

Storm water expert


MuniEnvironmental, LLC, is a team of educated and

experienced professionals providing consulting

expertise in the Solid Waste, Recycling and

Stormwater Industries.

The firm provides consulting services to

cities and other government agencies

attempting to implement

mandated regulatory requirements, as

California strives to reach the recycling goal of 75%.

MuniEnvironmental is working with the City of Manteca on

an operation efficiency study for their solid waste and

recycling operation, and is working with the City of

Industry, with their efforts to meet compliance and

implement the mandatory outreach and technical

assistance program requirements of AB 341 and AB 1826.

https://www.cacities.org/

2019 Annual City Managers’ Department

Meeting League of California Cities

February 13-February 15, 2019

San Diego, California



Kings City is a city in Monterey County on the

Salinas River 51 miles southeasterly of Salinas.

King City was incorporated in 1911. It has a

current population of about 13,870. Steve

Adams is the City Manager, and Erica Sonne

works as an Administrative Assistant and Deputy

City Clerk, Doreen Liberto Blanck is

the Community Development

Director. Andrea Wasson is a

Recreation Coordinator. From 2006

to 2009 Andrea was an Education

Coordinator at the National

Steinbeck Center. In April, 2011 she

was hired as an Education Coordinator for the

South County YMCA in Soledad. Andrea joined

the Kings City staff in October, 2012 as

Recreation Coordinator. She graduated from

Madera High School and earned a BA in

journalism and criminology from California State

University, Fresno.

www.chwlaw.us

Expert Public Agency Legal Services. Committed to

counsel that is helpful, understandable, and fairly

priced. CH&W has offices in Los Angeles and Grass

Valley in the Sierra Foothills, CH&W represents public

and private clients throughout California in

municipal law.

Michael Colantuono is Managing

Shareholder. Michael currently serves

as City Attorney for the Cities of

Auburn and Grass Valley. Members of

the CH&W firm serve as City Attorney

or General Counsel in: Auburn, Barstow, Calabasas,

Grass Valley, Lakeport, Ojai, Sierra Madre,

South Pasadena and Yountville.

Call telephone No. 530-432-7357 or 213-542-5700.

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Kingsburg is a Fresno County city with a

population of about 12,000. Kingsburg was

incorporated in 1908. The city was established as

a railroad town by the Central Pacific Railroad

when it completed the Valley Line in 1873.

Alexander J. Henderson is the City Manager.

Christina Windover is the

Director of Administrative

Services. She joined the

Kingsburg staff in July, 2015. Prior

the that she was a Program

Coordinator for the Center for

Multicultural Cooperation in

Fresno. She earned an AA from Folsom Lake

College and a BA from California State

University, Sacramento and an MPA from

California State University, Fresno.

Alma Colado is the Director of

Finance. Alma was hired in

Kingsburg in August, 2017 to

replace Finance Director

Maggie Moreno, who left the

staff earlier that year. Alma is a

Selma resident. She previously

worked in the Finance

Department in the City of Sanger. Alma earned

a BS in business administration with an emphasis

in accounting from California State University,

Fresno.

Happy November 20 Birthday Debbie Bauchop!

www.brandywinedev.com

Former Artesia City Manager Jim Barisic founded

Brandywine in 1994.

Jim and his three sons Brett Whitehead, Mark

Whitehead and David Barisic direct

Brandywine Homes.

Projects are now selling in Anaheim, Arcadia,

Monrovia, Norwalk, Torrance, Yorba Linda, coming

soon are projects in Yorba Linda, Long Beach,

La Puente and Whittier.

Call Brandywine at 949-296-2400

Bradbury Sales Center

747 Del Valle Avenue

La Puente, CA 91744

Call: 626-598-7301

Jim Barisic

of Brandywine Homes

chats with Long Beach

City Manager Pat West

at the March 28, 2018

“Proof of Life”

Brandywine Homes Corporate Office

16580 Aston Street, Irvine, California 92606

Municipal Management Association of Northern

California (MMANC) was formed in 1950. It is the

oldest and one of the largest organizations of its

kind in the nation.

https://www.mmanc.org/

[email protected] or call (855) 737-2687

950 Glenn Drive, Suite 150

Folsom, California 95630

http://www.brandywinedev.com/

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La Cañada Flintridge is a Los Angeles County

city with a population of a little more than

20,400, incorporated in 1976. It is located at the

westerly end of the San Gabriel Valley, and

home to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA.

Mark Alexander is the City Manager. Susan

Koleda is the Director of Community

Development; Ann Wilson is listed as a Division

Manager; and Emily Stadnicki is the Principal

Planner.

Rebekka Hosken is the La Cañada Flintridge

Director of Finance. She began her career as an

Administrative Assistant with the John F.

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard

University. In 1992 she became a Management

Intern in the Town of Lexington, Massachusetts.

In 1994 she was hired as the Assistant to the

Mayor in Appleton, Wisconsin. From 1999 to

2010 Rebekka worked with a management

consultant firm. In February, 2010 she went to

work for the City of Burbank as a Senior Analyst

in the Public Works Department. From 2012 to

2017 Rebekka served as Budget Officer with the

City of Simi Valley. She joined the La Cañada

Flintridge city staff as Finance Director in

November, 2017. She is a member of GFOA, and

a former member of MMASC. She earned a BA

from the University of Michigan and an MBA

from Boston University.

Another picture by retired

Coronado City Manager

Mark Ochenduszko.

http://www.stifel.com/

Stifel was founded in 1890 and has expanded to

become one of the Nation’s premier wealth

management and investment banking firms.

Stifel is ready to serve public agency financial

needs.

Stifel's Stephen Heaney, Managing Director, Public

Finance is a former member of the CCMF Board,

and serves on the Board of Advisors for the USC Sol

Price School of Public Policy.

Jose Vera is active in Southern

California city organizations.

Among the professionals on the

Northern California Stifel team are

Eric McKean, Roberto Ruiz and

James Cervantes.


https://www.icfauthority.org/

Debbie Smith, Executive Director

The Independent Cities Finance Authority is an

unaffiliated Joint Powers Authority (JPA) with the

goal of helping communities fund critical projects.

Independent Cities Finance Authority

Post Office Box No. 6740

Lancaster, California 93539-6740


[email protected]

A “Thank you” and tip of the cap to

W. Michael McCormick who has stepped down as

ICFA Board President, a position he has held since

1997; and a Board Member since 1987.

http://www.stifel.com/

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https://www.tripepismith.com/

Tripepi Smith & Associates fields a professional team

that brings a strong background in pursuit of new

and innovative approaches and skills in marketing,

and workshops in communications training.

Contact Ryder Smith or one of his colleagues

at 626-536-2173

[email protected]

Ryder Todd Smith, Founder and

President of Tripepi Smith & Associates Ryder serves on the Tustin Planning

Commission, and among other things

he is on the Board of the Rose Institute

of State and Local Government

at Claremont McKenna College.

Tripepi Smith is a provider of marketing, technology

and public affairs consulting services.

Marketing – Technology – Public Affairs

http://www.nwfg.com/

Newcomb Williams Financial Group (NWFG) is a

woman-owned affiliate of an investment banking

firm providing underwriting and financial advisory

services to cities, other public agencies, including

school districts, and non-profit corporations.

Experts in mobile home park financings, certificates

of participation, general obligation bond financings,

tax allocation refunding, revenue and expense

projections modeling, utilities and energy financings

and implementation of special tax methodologies.

Pam Newcomb,

Janees Williams and

William D'Allaird are

among the firm's

professionals.

Telephone Number: 760-860-0222

6842 Embarcadero Lane

Carlsbad, California



La Habra, incorporated in January, 1925, is an

Orange County city of about 61,600 people.

The current City Manager is Jim Sadro. Elvie

Balderrama, La Habra Human Resources

Director, began her public service career in 1988

as a Human Resources Clerk in the City of El

Monte. After working there for 18-years, Elvie

joined the La Habra staff for the next 8-years as

the Personnel and Risk Management Analyst. In

2014 she was hired as the Human Resources

Manager in Irwindale. In January, 2016, she

moved to the Colton staff to serve as the Human

Resources Director. She returned to La Habra in

her current post in August, 2017. Elvie earned a

BS from the University of La Verne.

Lucy Coelho-La Freniere is the Human Resources

Manager in La Habra.

https://www.wolfhousing.com/

Former City Administrator

Wesley Wolf, Founder

Telephone No. 213-744-0437.

[email protected]

Wolf & Company Inc., founded in 1993, provides

municipal consulting services, program

administration and oversight; and insurance

advisory serves to state and local governments,

housing finance agencies, not-for-profit

corporations, insurance companies, mortgage

bankers, investment bankers and institutional

investors in the tax exempt and taxable municipal

market.

Wolf & Company is register with the SEC and MSRB

as a municipal advisor.

Municipal Advisor Tammy Ofek

[email protected]

241 South Figueroa Street, suite 100

Los Angeles, California 90012

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La Habra Heights is a Los Angeles County city

with a population of about 5,300. Jarad

Hildenbrand is the City Manager and Fabiola

Huerta is the Assistant City Manager. The city

features open space, no sidewalks, and

encourages animal husbandry. The late Dan W.

Heil, one of the founders of Willdan

Engineering, was a longtime

resident of La Habra Heights.

Fabiola, 39, became Assistant City

Manager in 2017. She previously

served as the Assistant City

Manager.

Former City Manager Shauna Clark retired in

2016 and has joined a management consultant

firm as a Special Advisor. Shauna was the San

Bernardino City Clerk (1978-1990) and the San

Bernardino City Administrator (1990-1996) prior

to becoming the La Habra Heights City

Manager in 2008. Shauna has served as an

Adjunct Professor for California State University,

Northridge from February, 2002 to the present.

Shauna earned an AA from San Bernardino

Valley College, a BA from California State

University, Northridge, and an MBA from

California State University, San Bernardino. She

received a 25-year ICMA Service Award in 2014.

Gabriella S. Yap, who currently works as the

Deputy City Manager in Rancho Palos Verdes,

served in La Habra Heights as the Assistant to the

City Manager (2010-2011) and the Assistant City

Manager (2011-2015). Previous to La Habra

Heights, Gabriella worked for the City of Beverly

Hills (2007-2010) as a financial and budget

analyst, and the County of Los Angeles (2006-

2007). She was appointed Deputy City Manager

in Rancho Palos Verdes in 2015. After earning a

BA from the University of California, Los Angeles

(UCLA), she earned an MPA from California

State University, Long Beach. She also

completed the Berkeley Executive Seminar at

the Goldman School of Public Policy at the

University of California, Berkeley. In 2018 she

received a 10-year ICMA Service Award.



HdL was founded in 1983 by former City Manager

Robert "Bob" Hinderliter, who successfully

championed legislation allowing independent

verification of State Board of Equalization records.

HdL expanded and improved with the help of a

partnership with former City Manager

Lloyd de Llamas, the firm’s Executive Chairman.

Andy Nickerson is the President of the firm.

HdL Companies offers diverse services that include:

allocation audits, economic analysis and program

software regarding Sales Tax, and Property Tax, and

Economic Development Services.

Office: 120 South State College Boulevard

Suite 200

Brea, California 92821

http://www.willdan.com/financial/

Willdan Financial Services (WFS) can enhance city

efficiency, effectiveness, and credibility by helping

to generate revenue and optimize its administration.

Willdan, founded in 1964, is a leading nationwide

provider of value-added professional technical

services.

WFS President & CEO Mark Risco is a member of the

California City Management Foundation (CCMF)

Board of Trustees.

Call Willdan Financial at telephone No.

800-755-6864.

Mark Risco is the operating groups

President and CEO

WFS has offices in Florida,

Washington DC, South Carolina,

Texas, Arizona and Colorado


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http://www.muniservices.com/

MuniServices’ services include revenue discovery,

audit, collections, and information services to

protect public agency revenues. Avenu has

released Clearview, a software solution that allows

local governments to understand the data behind

their revenue sources. With this context, city and

county leaders may make more informed decisions

about spending, budgeting and policy.

Doug Jensen, Senior Vice President, Client Services,

is the West contact at 559-271-6800.

Fran Mancia, Vice President of

Government Relations, can be

reached at 559-288-7296.

Fran is a member of the Board of

Trustees of the California City

Management Foundation (CCMF).

Fran may be reached at:

[email protected]

Brenda Narayan, In-House Lobbyist/Research and

Reports, works with Fran:

[email protected]



La Mesa is a San Diego County city

easterly of downtown San Diego.

The city has an estimated

population of 60,000. La Mesa was

incorporated as a city in 1912.

New York Yankees Manager

Aaron Boon is a notable former La

Mesa resident. Yvonne Garrett is

the La Mesa City Manager. She previously

worked as the Executive Director of the Alpine

Community Center, 1983-2000; 17-years. She

became the La Mesa Assistant City Manager

and Director of Community Services in January,

2000, and she was appointed City Manager in

August, 2016. She earned a BA from Slippery

Rock University of Pennsylvania, and an MPA

from Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa.

“There is no better feeling than to be a role model

for girls everywhere.”

–Katrin Davidsdottir, Fittest Woman on Earth

La Mirada, incorporated in March, 1960, is a city

in southeast Los Angeles County with a

population of 49,216. Country music singer Gary

Allan called La Mirada home, as did Olympic

softball pitcher Jennie Finch. Many successful

public managers worked in La Mirada,

including: Roy Pederson, Chappie Bone, Claude

Klug, Gary Sloan, Tom

Robinson, and others. The

current City Manager in Jeff

Boynton. Anne M. Haraksin is

the La Mirada Assistant City

Manager. Anne previously

worked in Diamond Bar. Anne

is an MLB Angels and NFL Los

Angeles Rams’ fan.

Cristina Cota is the La Mirada Human Resources

Manager.

La Palma is a city in Orange County,

incorporated in 1955, and has a population of

15,568. In 2013 La Palma was ranked 31st in the

“Best places to live” among small cities (50,00 or

less) in the United States by CNN’s Money

magazine. The city was originally incorporated

as “Dairyland”, and was one of three dairy cities

in the region (the other two being Dairy Valley,

which is Cerritos, and Dairy City, which is

Cypress).

Laurie T. Murray, La Palma City Manager/City

Clerk, served as the Administrative Services

Manager in the City of Aliso Viejo starting in July,

2002. She took the same position with La Palma

in April, 2006. She was promoted to

Administrative Services Director in August, 2014.

Laurie was appointed City Manager in

November, 2015. Laurie replaced former City

Manager Ellen Volmert, who resigned. Laurie

earned a BA from Vanguard University of

Southern California.

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La Puente was incorporated in 1956, and has a

current population of about 40,377. City

Manager David Carmany has announced that

his contact will not be extended. Dave has been

with La Puente since 2013. The Administrative

Services Director is Troy Butzlaff, who is a former

City Manager in Placentia and Azusa. Colton

Human Resources Director Haydee Sainz served

as the La Puente Human Resources Manager

from March, 2010 and May, 2011. Retired Sierra

Madre City Manager Elaine I. Aguilar previously

worked as the Assistant City Manager in La

Puente.

Riverside County’s Coachella Valley resort city

La Quinta incorporated in 1982. Located

between Indian Wells and Indio, La Quinta has

a population estimate of 41,304. Frank J.

Specacek is the City Manager. The City of La

Quinta, Gem of the Desert, was awarded a 2018

Helen Putnam Award by the League of

California Cities for the Excellence in Leadership

and Development.

Karla Campos has been

the Finance Director and

Treasurer for the City of La

Quinta is since 2016. She

began her public service

career with the City of

Indio in 2008, serving in

several finance positions.

She has earned a BS and

MBA degree. In addition,

Karla has been selected

as the Chair for the

Coachella Valley California Society of Municipal

Finance Officer Chapter, where her focus is

bringing education and experienced

professionals together to discuss emerging

topics affecting government agencies. Jessica

Delgado is a Management Assistant in the La

Quinta Department staff.

La Verne is a Los Angeles

County city that incorporated

in August, 1906. It has a current

population estimate of 32,389.

La Verne flourished as a center

of the citrus industry until after

World War II. Longtime City Manager Marty

Lomeli retired as City Manager following a 23-

year tenure, and former Assistant City Manager

Bob Russi took the post in 2010. Lupe Estrella is

the La Verne Assistant City Clerk.

We try to discover as many professionals as

possible. We apologize for not being able to find

significant information on more of those that we

listed and should have listed. ***

Robert M. Christofferson (1930 – 2018)

Robert M. Christofferson passed away on November

5, 2018 at the age of 88 in Redding, California. Bob

was in failing health and had been staying at

Welcome Home Assisted Living in Redding since June

11. Bob began his public management career in

1955 as an Administrative Intern in the City of Beverly

Hills. In 1956 he was hired as the Assistant to the City

Manager in Glendale. Bob was appointed City

Manager in San Dimas in 1965 and worked in that

position until 1968 when he became the City

Administrator in the City of Covina. Bob moved to be

City Manager in Salinas in 1972, where he served for

about 11-years. In 1983 he was selected to be the

Fresno City Manager where he served until 1986. In

1987 Bob started his tenure as the Redding City

Manager. He followed Redding City Manager Bob

Courtney and was succeeded by City Manager Mike

Warren. Following his retirement in 1994, after 38-

years in public service, Bob founded the Western

Executive Search firm where he served as President

from 1994 until 2008. Bob earned a BA from the

University of California and an MPA from the

University of Southern California (USC). In 1991 he

received a 35-year ICMA Service Award. Bob served

as an ICMA Regional Vice President on the ICMA

Executive Board in 1989-1991.











Letters:

Sad news. Bob Christofferson was a real gentleman

and a true professional. He did an interim stint in

Fort Bragg after I left in 1997. He fell in love with the

Mendocino Coast and purchased a home near the

town of Mendocino. I always enjoyed the

conversations and meetings I had with him.

Gary Milliman

I knew Bob Christofferson well as a colleague when

he was City Manager in Salinas, and I was a new

first-time City Manager in Soledad. He gave good

advice then and treated me well as a new green

City Manager. I always had a high regard and

respect for him and his talent. He was

knowledgeable, tough, and a gentleman.

He was a real class act!

May you be blessed Bob!

Thank you for your message and alert to this sad

news.

David Jinkens

South Lake Tahoe, CA

I have been following your CM Newsletter for a long

time now. It is an informative bulletin that has

inspired me to take my career to the next level –

City Manager. Thanks again for taking the time to

publish this bulletin. If I can be of any assistance in

any way to help with the newsletter, please reach

out to me.

Roger Pichardo, MBA

Cheryl & Wade McKinney, Evelyn Gonsalves

and Jason Gonsalves of Joe A. Gonsalves & Son.

Wade is the Indian Wells City Manager until April,

2019 when he plans to retire.

Irvine Organizational Transformation

Thank you to those who tip us off when we error. We

need all the help we can get. When we did the “I”

cities we mistakenly omitted three important Irvine

officials: Deputy City Manager Michelle Grettenberg;

Assistant City Manager Marianna Marysheva; and

Assistant to the City Manager Gina Park. We hope

that they accept our apologies.

Michelle was a Policy Advisor in

Orange County from 2000 to

2006, when she joined the Irvine

staff as a Management Analyst.

She became the Council Services

Manager in 2007, and Assistant to

the City Manager in 2011.

Michelle was appointed Deputy

City Manager in 2017. She

earned a BS in criminal justice from California State

University, Los Angeles, and an MPA from California

State University, Fullerton.

Marianna was a Budget Director in

Oakland, 2001-2005, and then

Assistant City Manager in 2005 was

the Lynwood Assistant City

Manager. After working a year in

Maywood in finance and

management, she returned to

Oakland as Assistant City

Administrator in 2008. From 2011 to 2013 Marianna

served as the Town Manager in Mammoth Lakes. She

was the Riverside Assistant City Manager from 2015 to

June, 2018, and joined the Irvine staff in July, 2018.

She earned a BA from San Francisco State University,

and a Master’s of Public Policy from the University of

California, Berkeley.

Gina began her public service career in 1997 as a

Senior Administrative Analyst in Rancho Palos Verdes.

She was appointed Assistant to the City Manager in

September, 2004 and left Rancho Palos Verdes in

2007. She is now the Irvine Assistant to the City

Manager.

We again apologize ladies!











Picking Up the Pieces: Solvang

City Manager Brad Vidro will

retired after 13-years in the city,

the past dozen as the City

Manager. Brad is retiring after

about 35-years of public service.

He has worked as the Public

Works Director in South Lake

Tahoe, Placerville and started in

Solvang in that post. Brad began

his career as an Associate

Transportation Engineer for the

State of California in 1983. In 2018 Brad received a 30-

year ICMA Service Award. Martinez Assistant City

Manager Anne Cardwell is the new Vallejo Assistant

City Manager. Anne has been the Martinez ACM

since September, 2016. Prior to her Martinez service,

Anne worked for the City of Benicia for 13-years; her

final 3-years as Assistant City Manager. Anne earned

a BA in psychology from the University of California,

Berkeley, and a Master’s degree in educational

psychology from the University of California, Los

Angeles (UCLA). Lancaster Deputy City Manager

Jason D. Caudle will be the new City Manager

following the retirement of Lancaster City Manager

Mark Bozigian. Jason has worked as Deputy City

Manager for the past 10-years, joining the city staff in

2008. He will become City Manager on December

22. Jason previously served as the City Manager in

Tehachapi (1998-2007), and as a public

management Vice President for the predecessor firm

to Newcomb Williams Financial Group (2007-2008).

He earned a BA and MPA from California State

University, Bakersfield. Poway City Manager Tina

White will retire in May, 2019. Tina joined the Poway

staff as a Management Analyst in 2001. She has

been the City Manager for the past two years. Tina

was the Assistant City Manager in Poway from 2010

to 2016. Tina earned a BA from California State

University, San Diego. Bryan Jones has been hired as

the City Manager in the City of Eastvale. Bryan has

been the Interim City Manager since City Manager

Michele Nissen left the city to become the Corona

Assistant City Manager. Bryan previously served as

the Public Works Director in the City of Fremont in

2014, and before that he was Deputy Transportation

Director in the City of Carlsbad. Before that he held

positions in Auburn and Fresno.

“Courage, sacrifice, determination,

commitment, toughness, heart, talent,

guts. That’s what little girls are made of;

the heck with sugar and spice.”

–Bethany Hamilton, Surfer

Photo from the Past: This 1974 picture shows then-

Bellflower City Administrator Peter B. Feenstra with

guitar, Judge J. Kimball Walker, Paramount Mayor

Rich DeBie, LASD Undersheriff Ted Von Minden,

Jack A. Simpson, Los Angeles County Sheriff

Peter J. Pitchess and Judge Vince Dalsimer.

Ted Von Minden, passed away on October 12, 2018.

Ted joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s

Department on March 21, 1949 and retired as

Undersheriff on March 31, 1987. Ted was a veteran of

World War II and the Korean War. Funeral services

were held on October 25, 2018.

Following the resignation of Lincoln City

Manager Matt Brower, and after Interim

City Manager Bill Zenoni, retired

Manteca City Manager Robert F.

Adams (1996-2008) signed on as the

Lincoln Interim City Manager in July,

2018. Matt is the current City Manager

in Heber City, Utah. Since his retirement in 2008, Bob

has served in a number of interim capacities,

including: Vallejo City Manager (2009-2010), Madera

Human Resources Director (2011), Desert Hot Springs

City Manager (2013), and Public Works Director in

Coachella (2016-2017). Bob began his career with

assistant positions in Visalia and Santa Rosa, and then

served as City Manager in Dinuba (1981-1988) and

Lafayette (1988-1996). Sierra Energy Research Park

and the Area 52 Accelerator Executive Director Rob

White has been appointed to serve as the City of

Vallejo Planning and Development Services Director.

Rob has 25-years of land use and regulatory

compliance experience. Rob previously worked as

the Director of Redevelopment and Economic

Development for Livermore, and as the Assistant City

Manager in the City of Davis. He also previously

worked for the County of Sacramento.











More Pieces Picked Up: Retired City

Manager Richard Rowe recently

traveled to Elk Grove with his Southern

California S Gaugers Model Train Club to participate

at the S Fest West Train Show. Richard reports, to his

surprise he ran into retired Sacramento City Manager

John Shirey as the show. John was a vendor, and is

also a model train enthusiast. Richard says that he first

met John in the 1970’s when he has an assistant in El

Monte, and John was an assistant in Monterey Park.

Redlands City Manager N. Enrique Martinez was

recently dismissed. He had been on paid

administrative leave for about a month. The action

was announced November 6. He was accused of

sexual harassment by former Redlands Human

Resources Director Amy Hagan. Richard Edward

Watson passed away on November 6, 2018, in

Vacaville just days after his 87th birthday. Richard

was born October 24, 1931, in San Mateo. Richard

served in the United States Air Force during the 1950s,

Captain R. E. Watson was inducted into the Mach

Buster's Club for exceeding the speed of sound in his

F-86 Sabre Jet. After his military service he had a long

career in public management. He was as Assistant

City Manager in Monterey, City Manager of Millbrae,

Executive Director of the County Supervisors

Association of California in Sacramento, County

Manager of Solano County, among other positions in

city and county management. Former Martinez City

Manager Philip Vince recently returned home to the

east coast from a two- week trip to San Diego where

his daughter delivered a beautiful baby boy on

Halloween. Phil is enjoying being a first-time

Grandpa. Trackdown congratulations to Phil and his

family. Winters, California, where the City Manager is

John Donlevy is the City Manager, has set a flat rate

fine of $30 for most vehicle parking violations, with a

larger increase for parking offenses related to

disabled parking spaces and abandoned vehicles.

John says that enforcement officers will take a

relatively low-tech solution to enforcement by

chalking the tires of parked vehicles. Palo Alto Chief

Information Officer Jonathan Reichental has been

accused by Jeanne Fleming of the United Neighbors

of taking illegal trips from 2013 to 2017. Jeanne

Fleming has filed a complaint with the California Fair

Political Practices Commission. Palo Alto City

Manager James Keene defends the action of the

city’s Chief Information Officer. Those who attended

the Second Annual California Contract Cities

Association City Managers’ Summit included: Carl

Alameda, La Cañada Flintridge; Mark Alexander, La

Cañada Flintridge City Manager; Luis Alvarado,

President of the Latino Legislative Round Table; Paolo

Beltran, Lakewood; Ron Bow, Monterey Park City

Manager; David Carmany, La Puente City Manager;

Scott Charney, Signal Hill; Kevin Chun, Paramount

ACM; Dominic Corbett; Doug Corcoran; Archie

Davenport, Kosmont Companies VP; Michael Flad,

South Gate City Manager; Darrell George, Duarte

City Manager; Greg Grammer, Rolling Hills Estates

ACM; Alex Hamilton, El Monte City Manager; Ernie

Hernandez, Hawaiian Gardens City Manager; Karen

Herrera, Duarte Deputy City Manager; Ken Hira,

Kosmont Companies VP; Charlie Honeycutt, Signal

Hill City Manager; Joshua Jeffrey; Elaine Jeng, P.E.

Rolling Hills City Manager; Kevin Kearney, Bradbury

City Manager; Larry Kosmont CEO of Kosmont

Companies; Kevork Kurdoghlian; Saara Lampwalla,

Tripepi Smith; Elizabeth Marsolais; Alma Martinez, El

Monte ACM; Thaddeus McCormack, Lakewood City

Manager; Jerrid McKenna, Santa Clarita; Jorge

Morales, CCCA President; Susan Moulton; Jose

Ometeotl, Lynwood City Manager; Frank Oviedo,

Santa Clarita ACM; Arabo Parseghian, La Cañada

Flintridge; Peter Pirnejad; Doug Prichard, City

Manager in Rolling Hills Estates; Jennifer Quan,

League of California Cities; Ricardo Reyes,

Huntington Park City Manager; Marcel Rodarte,

CCCA Executive Director; Arlene Salazar, Pico Rivera

Acting City Manager; Eric Scriven; Malibu’s Elizabeth

Shavelson; Hannah Shin-Heydorn, Signal Hill; Ryder

Smith, President of Tripepi Smith; Lisa Soghor, ACM in

Malibu; Albert Sou; Ken Striplin, Santa Clarita City

Manager; Jennifer Vasquez, South El Monte City

Manager; Jose Vera of Stifel; Karen Villasenor, Tripepi

Smith; Michael Vuong, CCCA; Mark Waronek; Tom

Weiner, Walnut ACM; Rob Wishner, Walnut City

Manager; Joshua Yordt, Lakewood; Daniel

Armendariz; Jim Crawford; Gloria Molleda,

Rosemead; Ben Martinez, Baldwin Park; and Haig

Kartounian of the Edison Company.

SHORTS: *St. Helena has suspended the 10 p.m. youth

curfew for those younger than the age of 18-years.

*Congress Member Paul Cook served in the United

States Marine Corps (1966-1992) and following his

retirement as a Colonel he served as a member of

the Yucca Valley Town Council (1998-2006).

*Trackdown is happy to welcome new Posse

member Mark Scott, Indio City

Manager. *Ana Cortez, who previously

worked in West Sacramento, Richmond,

San Francisco and Alameda County, is

the finalist for the Helena, Montana City

Manager position. *Galt City Manager

Eugene Palazzo announced the hiring of Claire Tyson

as the new Galt Finance Director. *Patricia A. Dunlap

served as the Assistant City Manager in the City of

Chico between 1982 and 2005.

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