Sarah Johnson-Rios has been named Sunnyvale’s new assistant metropolis supervisor, efficient Oct. 23.
“Sarah impressed everybody on our interview panels together with her vary of expertise and personable nature,” mentioned metropolis supervisor Kent Steffens in an announcement. “I do know she’ll be an ideal match for our group.”
Johnson-Rios has extra over 15 years’ expertise in municipal authorities administration within the areas of monetary administration, reasonably priced housing and financial improvement, public works and metropolis administration. She most lately served as assistant metropolis supervisor for the cities of Morro Bay and Paso Robles.
Previous to that job, she served as a housing administrator for the Metropolis of Raleigh, NC, and as public works administrative providers officer for the Metropolis of Santa Monica.
As Sunnyvale’s assistant metropolis supervisor, Johnson-Rios will oversee operational points and supply steerage on initiatives reminiscent of changing the town’s enterprise useful resource planning software program. Her beginning wage might be $359,000. She might be taking up from Teri Silva, who’s retiring on Sept. 28.
“Sunnyvale has an excellent repute as a well-managed, fiscally steady metropolis with an engaged neighborhood,” Johnson-Rios mentioned in an announcement. “I’m trying ahead to doing no matter I can to help a metropolis that has such vital influence on Silicon Valley and the world.”
Johnson-Rios is a Fulbright Scholar and holds a bachelor of arts from Emory College and a grasp’s diploma in public and worldwide affairs from Princeton College.