Membership Monday

April 5, 2021

Please describe your role with your County:

I wear so many hats, it is a challenge to describe them all. My primary role is to be our CAO’s backup, represent management during labor negotiations, serve as a rotating Emergency Operations Center director and support the CAO department teams in the successful execution of their work. Currently, my other duties as assigned (A.K.A. hats), include project managing a Cannabis ordinance change project and covering analyst liaison roles for several departments until capacity is realigned.

March 8, 2021

Is your glass half-full, or half-empty?

I am an eternal optimist, so I would say half-full, but sometimes you need to ask yourself why the glass is only half-full. Either you aren’t doing everything you can and operating at your highest level of efficiency, or you might be using the wrong glass.

February 22, 2021

Please describe your role with your County:

At the Sutter County Museum we have two full-time staff members and one part-time. My title is Director/Curator, but our staff is so small I do many things- everything from organizing exhibits, planning educational programs, and promoting the museum to buying for our gift shop, managing our farmers market, and cleaning our fountain. If it needs doing, I’m likely the person doing it.

February 1, 2021

Please describe your role with your County.

As Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and the Budget Director for Butte County, I serve as a liaison between a number of County Departments and the CAO and function as the Budget Director for the County. In my role as Budget Director I oversee the budget process, debt management and general fund financial forecasting.

January 4, 2021

What makes your county special?

San Francisco is the only combined City and County in California. It is also a place that has long captured the imaginations of people around the world, a favorite movie location from Hitchcock to the Avengers. San Francisco has been at the center of some of the great social movements of the last half century and our local government has led on issues ranging from LGBT rights to tenant and worker protections to climate change. From the Gold Rush until today, it has been a city where people have come to make their fortunes, pursue their dreams and change the world.

November 30, 2020

What motivated you to enter public service?

As the Director of General Services I oversee the following departments; Solid Waste, Siskiyou Power Authority, Flood Control, Airports, Transportation/Bus service, Facilities, and Communications.

I am relatively new to public service, having about three years under my belt, with the last nine months being in my current position. But, it is fascinating to see the inner workings of local governments and how larger State and Federal decisions influence us here in Siskiyou County.

November 16, 2020

What motivates you to work hard?

I work hard because 10 million people are counting on me and the County to look out for them. Many are vulnerable, and most are completely unaware I even exist. They don’t need to know me, but I feel that in some ways I do know them—because I have walked the same path that many of them are traveling. County residents, particularly those in need of services, are counting on the County to deliver on the vision set forth by our Board of Supervisors: Make investments that can transform lives. Develop and support resilient communities. Realize tomorrow’s government today.

November 2, 2020

Please describe your role with Merced County:

I am an elected member of the Merced County Board of Supervisors and I chair the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC). I serve on the Executive Committees of the Local Government Commission (LGC) and the San Joaquin Valley Policy Council, as well as the State Board of Directors for The California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions (CALAFCO).

October 12, 2020

Please describe your role with Napa County:

I manage housing and homeless services programs including Whole Person Care, homeless shelters in the county, housing navigation and placement, farmworker centers, down payment and rental assistance programs, and county investments in affordable housing development. Additionally I play a role in County communications and intergovernmental affairs with the federal, state and other local agencies, and oversee certain aspects of fire recovery and COVID-19 response activities.