Reva Feldman Awarded City Manager Of The Year

MALIBU, CA – The California City Managers Foundation awarded Malibu City Manager Reva Feldman the City Manager of the Year Award, it was announced last week.

The award was presented during the League of California Cities City Managers Department annual conference in San Diego. Feldman is the President-Elect of the City Managers Department of the League, where she leads nearly 480 city managers statewide, the City of Malibu press release said.

“I am proud of our City Manager for receiving this recognition from a professional association of peers consisting of several hundred city managers from across the state,” said Mayor Jefferson Wagner. “The City of Malibu has a long record of recognitions and awards for both the City organization and the staff that works every day to serve the community. Awards like this underscore the City’s widespread credibility and reputation for good management.”

The award recipient is chosen by a vote of the members of the Foundation Board, and is a reflection of Malibu’s excellent record of innovative, effective policy, legislation, management and high professional standards, the city press release said.

"The California City Management Foundation is proud to name Reva Feldman as our 2019 City Manager of the Year," said Ken Pulskamp, Executive Director of CCMF. "In addition to navigating her city through recovery from a devastating natural disaster, she has found time to serve the city management community as President Elect of the League of California Cities City Managers Department. Reva is an inspirational leader and a strong example of what it means to pursue excellence within the city manager profession."

Feldman was awarded in part for her efforts in "going above and beyond" by traveling to Santa Rosa in 2017 to provide mutual aid during that city’s devastating wildfire, the press release said. The Foundation also recognized Feldman’s ongoing contributions to the city management profession, including her mentoring of other city managers.

Feldman has served as a facilitator for the CCMF New and Futures City Managers Seminars and is involved with Women Leading Government. More recently, she successfully led the City of Malibu’s emergency response during and after the Woolsey Fire, the largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history and the worst natural disaster in the City of Malibu’s history. The Woolsey Fire killed three people, destroyed approximately 1,500 structures, more than 500 of them in Malibu, and burned nearly 100,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in November 2018.

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