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URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/november-wake-up-newport-city-mana
 ger-update-with-grace-leung/
SUMMARY:November WAKE UP! Newport - City Manager Update with Grace Leung
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 in September 2018.  She is responsible for City’s day-to-day operations
 \, directing the staff of approximately 730 fulltime employees and 450 par
 t-time employees\, overseeing the services of 11 departments\, and managin
 g an annual operating budget of nearly $300 million.\n\nLeung has more tha
 n two decades of experience working in local government. She began her car
 eer with the City of Long Beach and went on to serve the City of Sunnyvale
  for 18 years\, specializing in municipal finance\, budgeting and administ
 ration. During her tenure with Sunnyvale\, she developed the city's perfor
 mance-based budget and its 20-year financial plan\, and served as the city
 ’s finance director for six years. Leung left Sunnyvale to join the City
  of Irvine as its administrative services director. She was soon promoted 
 to assistant city manager and later to acting city manager\, overseeing th
 e city’s operations and leading its Administrative Services\, Community 
 Services\, Community Development\, Transportation and Public Works departm
 ents.\n\nLeung holds a Bachelor's degree from Columbia University in Urban
  Studies and a Master's degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of
  Government at Harvard University.  She is a member of the International 
 City Managers’ Association.\n\nLeung\, and her husband Jim\, have two ch
 ildren\, Skylar and Miles. Her hobbies include supporting her children in 
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CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured
LOCATION:Newport Beach Public Library (Friends Room)\, 1000 Avocado Ave.\, 
 Newport Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States
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