Taps 5 Members of “Management Transformation Team”
Carl DeMaio today unveiled his 10-point “Managing for Results Plan” detailing reforms DeMaio will accomplish in the first 100 days to restructure city government into a leaner, performance-based organization.
“If we want to improve results for taxpayers, we must fundamentally change how city departments are managed,” DeMaio noted. “Leadership starts at the top and must set the example by setting clear goals, measuring performance, and holding all levels of our Administration accountable for improved results.”
Among the reforms DeMaio proposes:
- Performance-based Pay: Impose performance contracts on all department managers; End automatic pay hikes for city employees and replace with a “Pay for Performance” system
- Workforce Restructuring: Streamline the 10,000+ city workforce using “merit” rather than “tenure” for retention decisions
- Employee Training: DeMaio pledges to raise $1 million in private funds to provide training programs to city employees through a 501-c3 “San Diego Performance Institute”
- Deputy Mayor Model: Consolidate and reorganize city departments under five “business lines” run by “Deputy Mayors”
- Transparency: Post all contracts, performance reports, audits, finances, and decisions online
DeMaio also announced the 5 members of his “Management Transformation Team” – which will advise him on the implementation of the reforms contained in the “Managing for Results Plan” and help his Administration hit the ground running. The 5 members are highly accomplished experts in government finance and management transformation. (See attached bios)
“I intend to build an all-star management team to serve San Diego’s neighborhoods – and we will base every decision on transparency and accountability for results,” DeMaio pledged.
To learn more about DeMaio’s campaign, please visit www.CarlDeMaio.com
“Management Transformation Team”
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Vice Admiral Pete Hekman (ret.)
Admiral Pete Hekman is a forty-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, held the Command of the largest, most complex Material Command in the Department of Defense at its time: the Naval Sea Systems Command. Admiral Hekman’s assignments included stints in the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and US Dept. of Energy, as well as holding three ship commands. He currently serves as a board member of several not-for-profit organizations and is employed as an Independent Consultant with several business corporations. Admiral Heckman advised current Mayor Jerry Sanders on his Administration’s transition and on the conversion to the Strong Mayor form of government.
Rear Admiral Bob Halder (ret.)
Rear Admiral Robert Halder (ret.) served as the Commanding Officer of the Navy’s largest hospital: Naval Hospital San Diego. Upon retirement, he served as Senior Vice President of Juran Institute – which specializes in the Lean/Six Sigma methodology for transforming business processes for enhanced quality, timeliness, and cost effectiveness. Halder specializes in quality management consulting in the health care sector – and has worked with national and international clients on process transformation.
Major General Dennis Kenneally (ret.)
General Dennis Kenneally is the former Commanding General of the California Army National Guard, the largest, most tasked Army National Guard force in the nation. He has also served in two Presidential administrations (as the Associate Administrator of the Veterans Administration and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force) and has served as a member of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s State Terrorism and Threat Advisory Group. In civilian life, he was vice president of a large international multi-service company providing facilities management services, and is currently a principal in Business Associates International, LLC.
April Boling, CPA
April Boling is a Certified Public Accountant who has extensive experience with City of San Diego financial and management challenges. Boling served as Chair of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association (SDCTA) and Chaired the Pension Reform Committee of the City of San Diego. Boling also served on two prior task forces looking into city finances and operations: the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on City Finances and the City of San Diego Citizens’ Budget Committee. Prior to starting her own accounting practice, Boling served as a financial manager and analyst in the federal government.
Dr. Allan Burman
Serving in the Reagan, Bush and Clinton Administrations, Dr. Burman had a lengthy career in the Federal government, serving in policy positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and in the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Today Burman is President of Jefferson Solutions – a Washington, DC-based firm that provides analysis, evaluation, program management and acquisition assistance and assessment services to many government departments and agencies. Dr. Burman advises firms, Congressional committees, federal and state agencies and international bodies on acquisition and contracting matters. As Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in OMB, a Senate-confirmed position, Dr. Burman authored the 1991 policy letter that established “performance-based contracting” as the favored approach for contract reform. Dr. Burman is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), Chair of the Procurement Round Table, a Fellow and Member of the Executive Advisory Council of the National Contract Management Association, a member of the Partnership for Public Service.