NEWS RELEASE
After a nationwide executive search and recruitment effort that resulted in 84 applications, the Town of Paradise Valley Town Council have identified five finalists for consideration to become the Town’s next Town Manager.
The finalists, who will participate in an extensive assessment process October 21-22, include:
Kevin Burke – Mr. Burke is currently City Manager of the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, where he has served as City Manager since 2008. Mr. Burke has over 20 years of experience in city management, having previously served as City/Town Administrator in West Tawakoni (TX) and Wellington (CO), Administrative Services Director in Littleton (CO), and Deputy City Manager in Boulder (CO).
Gary Luebbers – Mr. Luebbers possesses over 25 years of local government management experience, including a total of nearly 20 years serving as City Manager for the cities of Redlands (CO), West Jordan (UT), and most recently Sunnyvale (CA), where he served as City Manager for five years before retiring from that position at the end of 2013.
Thomas Wilson – Mr. Wilson brings 35 years of local government experience with the early part of his career serving in legal positions with the Arizona cities of Tucson and Scottsdale. Mr. Wilson held the position of City Attorney for Scottsdale before moving into city management as Deputy City Manager for Tucson, and then holding City Manager positions in Tucson, Oceanside (CA), and Milpitas (CA). Mr. Wilson most recently served as Assistant City Manager for Palm Springs (CA) before retiring out of that position in 2013. Wilson resides in Scottsdale.
Daniel Worth – Following a 22-year career of active duty in the United States Army, Mr. Worth entered into city government work serving as Scottsdale’s City Engineer and Public Works Director for the past ten years. Mr. Worth also served as Scottsdale’s Acting City Manager for one year from 2012-2013. Worth resides in Scottsdale.
Joshua Wright – Mr. Wright has been serving as Town Manager for the Town of Wickenburg, Arizona for the past three years. Mr. Wright previously served the Town of Marana (AZ) as Assistant to the Town Manager and Director of Strategic Initiatives. He also serves as an Adjunct Faculty for the University of Phoenix, and has roots in Paradise Valley, having graduated from Phoenix Country Day School in Paradise Valley.
Complaint says AG candidate didn’t file as lobbyist
The Arizona Democratic Party wants an investigation into whether Republican attorney general candidate Mark Brnovich failed to register as a lobbyist in 2006, AP reports
Brnovich testified before a state Senate committee opposing a proposed law that would have barred private prison companies from accepting violent offenders from outside Arizona.
Brnovich testified on behalf of private prison company Corrections Corporation of America but didn’t register as a lobbyist until almost a year later.
The Democrats want the secretary of state’s office to investigate and send the case to the attorney general if it finds wrongdoing.
Brnovich’s campaign manager didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday evening.
Brnovich is facing Democrat Felecia Rotellini in next month’s general election.
