Verceles strikes up
Sunnyvale Metropolis Supervisor Kent Steffens final month appointed Connie Verceles as deputy metropolis supervisor.
Verceles joined the Metropolis of Sunnyvale in 2002 as a administration analyst. Since then, she’s had rising duty, serving most just lately as financial growth supervisor and assistant to town supervisor. Her key accomplishments embrace serving to full the Downtown Particular Plan, main growth of a accountable development ordinance to guard victims of wage theft and offering funds to native companies and nonprofits through the pandemic by means of the Sunnyvale Cares grant program.
“As a longtime Sunnyvale resident and metropolis worker, I care deeply about our metropolis and look ahead to persevering with to serve our vibrant neighborhood in new methods,” Verceles stated in a press release.
Klein takes initiative
Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein is considered one of 40 worldwide mayors collaborating on this yr’s Bloomberg Harvard Metropolis Management Initiative, a yearlong intensive management and administration program.
That is the sixth class of this system designed to equip mayors with government coaching to deal with advanced challenges of their cities. This system started on Sunday, July 17, with a four-day in-person coaching session in New York Metropolis.
Klein is collaborating in this system for free of charge to town.
“It’s an incredible alternative to work with and study from one another, school from Harvard Kennedy Faculty and Harvard Enterprise Faculty, and specialists from throughout the Bloomberg Philanthropies community,” the mayor stated in a press release. “I look ahead to sharing our improvements and bringing again new concepts to Sunnyvale, significantly in strategic precedence areas equivalent to reasonably priced housing, local weather motion and equitable and inclusive neighborhood engagement.”