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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Ventura County CEO Robinson to retire
Ventura County CEO Marty Robinson has announced plans to retire in March after three years as the top executive in the region’s largest government agency. Robinson, 60, replaced Johnny Johnston as CEO in 2008, the culmination of a career with the county that has now lasted more than 35 years. She was the first woman Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, October 4th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on A chat with Santa Barbara County’s new CEO
Chandra Wallar wants to engineer a more efficient Santa Barbara County government — one that responds faster to property owners and businesses. And as the new county executive officer, she will get a chance to streamline the county’s sometimes balky bureaucracy when Mike Brown, who has run the show for the past 13 years, retires Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Santa Barbara County finds its CEO
Santa Barbara County will get its first woman CEO when Chandra Wallar replaces Mike Brown on Nov. 1. Wallar comes from San Diego County, where she has been deputy chief administrative officer and general manager over the Land Use and Environment Group since 1999 — experience that will come in handy in Santa Barbara County, where Read More →