At its July 11 Board Meeting, the Central Contra Sanitary District Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Roger S. Bailey as the District’s new General Manager. He will assume his duties on August 19.
Mr. Bailey will succeed Curtis S. Swanson, who has been serving as interim GM since January.
Throughout his career, Mr. Bailey has led several major municipally owned utilities departments across the United States. He most recently served as the head of the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department, one of the largest and most complex water storage, treatment and delivery systems in the U.S. Prior to joining the City of San Diego in 2010, he was Deputy City Manager and Utilities Director for the City of Glendale, Arizona; Utilities Director for the City of Royal Palm Beach, Florida; Assistant Utilities Director for the City of Valdosta, Georgia; and Senior Engineer with the City of Tallahassee Water Utilities Department.
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Mr. Bailey is a registered professional engineer. His professional affiliations include the International City/County Management Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Public Works Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Environmental Federation. His education includes Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from Florida A&M University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics from the University Of Winnipeg, Canada.
