Gabriel Gonzalez brings over 20 years of local government experience to his role as Gilroy’ s City Administrator. He joined the City in early 2016 from a Management Consulting role with Management Partners, a national consulting firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Previously, Gonzalez served as City Manager for the cities of Mendota and Rohnert Park, California, and Augusta, Kansas; and as Assistant City Manager for the City of El Monte, California. Gonzalez has an established track record of guiding organizations smoothly through financial and operational transformations while upholding a customer-focused approach to delivery of city services. Gonzalez holds a Master’ s Degree in Public Administration from California State University, Fresno, and a Bachelor’ s Degree in Business Administration from National University. A native of Santa Cruz, Gonzalez now lives in Gilroy where he is a member of Gilroy Rotary and looks forward to deepening community involvement.
“ I’ m gratified to be part of such an outstanding city government. Two priorities for 2017 are, at the policy level, implementing city council strategic goals; and at the organizational level, guiding City administration to invest in technology, staff development, and modernization of our business practices. For staff development there’ s succession planning, and developing and equipping employees to provide the best possible services to our community. We’ re looking to ensure our recreation and quality of life programs continue to serve all members of the community. Gilroy’ s growing community engagement improves our potential to be on the forefront as a key destination in our region.”
Gabriel Gonzalez
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2017 gmhtoday. com
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