Benicia Assistant City Manager Leaving

MARTINEZ, CA - City Manager, Brad Kilger, today announced the hiring of Anne Cardwell as the

Assistant City Manager for the City of Martinez. Cardwell will fill the position that was vacated by
the previous Assistant City Manager Alan Shear, who left in April of this year to assume the position
of Administrative Services Director with the City of Millbrae.

Cardwell has over 22 years of experience in the public and private sectors as an administrative
professional, 13 of which has been with the City of Benicia in the City Manager’s Office. For the last
three years, she has served as the Assistant City Manager in Benicia, with oversight responsibilities
for the administrative services departments (i.e., Finance, Human Resources, and Information
Technology). She is known in the City for her professionalism and leadership in the departments
she oversees, as well as throughout the organization.

Cardwell is a graduate of UC Berkeley and has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She completed
her Master’s work at UCLA in Educational Psychology.

“I am very grateful to have served the community of Benicia for the past thirteen years, but I’m
also really looking forward to working for the City of Martinez. I am honored to have been selected
for this position and excited to take on this new opportunity.”

City Manager, Brad Kilger, noted “the City is very fortunate to get someone with Ms. Cardwell’s
extensive background and breadth of experience. We look forward to having Anne on board.”
Cardwell will assume her new position on September 26, 2016.

For additional information about the hiring of Anne Cardwell, please contact Executive Assistant to
the City Manager, Rica Guidry, (925) 372‐3505.

--Announcement from City of Martinez