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RAFTELIS 5 <br />Rod Gould ICMA CM <br />Senior Advisor/Facilitator <br />PROFILE <br />Rod has over 35 years of management experience in local government. He <br />has served in several California cities, including City Manager in Santa <br />Monica, Poway, San Rafael, and Monrovia. He has also served as Assistant <br />City Manager of Walnut Creek, California. Prior to city management, he <br />was a senior management consultant for the firm Deloitte, Haskins, and Sells <br />and assistant director of operations for the Boston Housing Authority. <br />Rod is an expert facilitator, trainer, and organizational development <br />consultant. He provides consulting assistance to government leaders in <br />organizational analysis, leadership development, executive coaching, <br />strategic planning, team building, executive performance evaluation, and <br />governing body/staff effectiveness. <br />Rod has held leadership positions in professional associations, is a frequent <br />speaker at professional conferences, writes articles for professional journals, <br />and has received awards from professional and civic associations. In 2017, <br />Rod was honored by The International City/County Management <br />Association (ICMA) with its Distinguished Service Award. He has served as <br />the western regional vice president of ICMA and on its executive board of <br />directors. Rod has also been president of the City Managers Department of <br />He served on the boards of directors of the Institute for Local Government <br />(Chair) and Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership <br />and as a Senior Partner for Management Partners. Rod chaired the ICMA <br />Taskforce on Leadership and the League of Cities pension reform committee <br />and served as city manager in residence at Stanford, Pepperdine, Cornell, <br />USC, and UC Berkeley. He has been Chair of the HdL Companies Board of <br />Directors for six years. Rod was an adjunct professor in the USC, San <br />Francisco State University, and Long Beach State University MPA <br />programs, lectures in the Stanford Local Government Summer Institute, and <br />has been an ICMA Credentialed Manager since 2008. Rod was an instructor <br />for the California Police Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) <br />and served as Director of Training for the Center for Public Safety <br />Management. Rod holds an undergraduate degree in economics and political <br />science from Yale public administration <br />from Harvard University. He is deeply committed to the combination of local <br />representative democracy paired with professional management for cities, <br />Specialties <br />Strategic planning and facilitation <br />Organizational development <br />Governance training <br />High performing organizations <br />Executive coaching <br />Elected official/executive relationships <br />Professional History <br />Raftelis: Senior Advisor (2024-present) <br />Chair, Board of Directors, HdL <br />companies (2017-present) <br />Management Partners: Senior Partner <br />(2017-2022) <br />City of Santa Monica, California: City <br />Manager (2010-2015) <br />City of Poway, CA: City Manager (2006- <br />2010) <br />City of San Rafael, CA: City Manager <br />(1996-2005) <br />City of Monrovia, CA: City Manager <br />(1991-1996) <br />City of Walnut Creek, CA: Assistant City <br />Manager (1986-1991) <br />Education <br />Master of Public Administration - <br />Harvard University (1985) <br />Master of Education - Harvard <br />University (1982) <br />science -Yale College (1979) <br />Professional Activities <br />West Coast Vice President ICMA Board <br />of Directors (2012-2015) <br />President City Managers Dept., League <br />of California Cities (2005-2006) Board <br />of Directors (2007-2009) <br />Chair, Board of Directors Institute for <br />Local Government (2004-2007, 2012- <br />2022) <br />Senior Fellow Davenport Institute for <br />Civic Engagement (2010-2021) <br />Instructor California Commission on <br />Police Officer Standards and Training <br />(POST) (2017-2020) <br />Chair, Pension Reform Committee <br />League of California Cities (2006-2012) <br />Authored 25 articles for Public <br />Management, Western Cities, and <br />Governing magazines <br />Docusign Envelope ID: AF9B1F54-F4AA-4684-8053-73FF4456BB2CDocusign Envelope ID: 0AE19FB4-94DC-42D8-9154-6DA4F0413C5E