City Clerks
Each year the City Clerks Department elects officers to oversee the work of the department, represent the department on the Cal Cities Board of Directors and other Cal Cities committees. The city clerks' officers meet to discuss issues of concern to the department and to plan upcoming conferences.
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First Vice President - Jessica Blair, Communications Director/City Clerk, Half Moon Bay
Second Vice President - Ashton Arocho, City Clerk, Westminster
Department Director* - Randi Johl, City Clerk/Legislative Director, Temecula
Recording Secretary - Debra Black, City Clerk, San Dimas
Past President - Melissa Thurman, Town Clerk, Town of Portola Valley
*Department Director serves for a two-year term.
Appointed by the department president, each department has at least one representative on each of Cal Cities' standing seven policy committees that can provide technical information to the committee as a whole to ensure that the department has a voice in the decision-making process, and make recommendations to the board of directors on legislative and policy issues.
- Community Services - Cassabdra Candini-Tilton, Director of Legislative Services and City Clerk, Manteca
- Environmental Quality – Teresa Vargas, Government Services Director and City Clerk, Lathrop
- Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations - Randi Johl, City Clerk/Legislative Director, Temecula
- Housing, Community, and Economic Development – Holly Charléty, City Clerk, El Cerrito
- Public Safety – Kendall Rose, City Clerk, Petaluma
- Revenue and Taxation – Marc Donohue, City Clerk and Communications Director, Eastvale
- Transportation, Communication, and Public Works – Debra Black, City Clerk, San Dimas
For more information about the appointment process, please contact Meg Desmond.
Cal Cities Resources
City Clerks
- City Clerks Association of California (CCAC)
- California Assn of Clerks & Elections Officials (CACEO)
- International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC)
State of California
Records & Information Management
- Association for Informational Management Professionals (ARMA)
- Association for Information and Image Management International (AIIM)
- National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators (NAGARA)
Institute for Local Government
- General Information about Local Government for Candidates/Newly Electeds
- Public Meetings/Public Engagement
- Public Service Ethics
- Ethics Information for Candidates
Other Organizations
- California Association of Public Information Officers (CAPIO)
- National Association of Parliamentarians
- National Notary Association
- Roberts Rules of Order
Legislative Links
Documents
Upcoming Events
Contact Staff
Meghan McKelvey
Department and Member Services Manager
(916) 658-8253
Isaac Black
Administrative Associate, Member Services
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