The Rancho Cordova City Council has appointed Dr. Brian Nakamura as the next City Manager. In this role, Dr. Nakamura will serve as the organization’s chief executive officer, and will become one of only two people to be appointed City Manager since Rancho Cordova became a city in 2003. When Dr. Nakamura begins his new role on July 1, 2014, he will succeed founding City Manager Ted Gaebler, who retired in February. 

The appointment comes after a recruitment and selection process that garnered 50 candidates from around the nation and two rounds of interviews. In describing the final decision for hiring Dr. Nakamura, Mayor Dan Skoglund said, “We are very excited to welcome Brian as our next City Manager, to lead Rancho Cordova into our next decade. He was unanimously selected by the Council Members, and we are confident that he will be a great asset to the citizens of Rancho Cordova. The Council is looking forward to partnering with Brian to take our organization to new heights."

Dr. Nakamura has more than 20 years of public management experience, including serving as City Manager in Chico, Hemet, Banning, Reedley, Sutter Creek, and Oregon City (OR). He also served as Public Works Director in Riverside. He was named Business Manager of the Year by the Chambers of Commerce in both Reedley and Oregon City.

Dr. Nakamura is both an experienced practitioner and educator, having served as an adjunct faculty member of California Baptist University, teaching in subjects that included public administration, research in criminal justice, executive management and leadership, statistics, and budgeting and finance. He is a member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), and he is an ICMA Credentialed City Manager.

Dr. Nakamura holds both Masters and Doctoral degrees in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Sacramento State University.

For more information, please contact the city of Rancho Cordova at 916-851-8700