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Kathyrn Knutson Ms. Knutson is a skilled professional with a wealth of public and private sector experience. Her particular expertise is in special projects, compensation surveys and background checks for our executive search candidates. She feels that each client must be properly served and that can only be done by devoting her utmost attention to their particular concerns and by finding creative ways to solve their problems. In her book, the client comes first. Since beginning her working relationship as a subcontractor with Colin Baenziger & Associates, Ms. Knutson has been involved in virtually every executive search that the firm has conducted. Some of the more notable ones include: . City Manager, City of Marathon, . City Manager, City of Miami Gardens, . City Manager, City of Lauderdale Lakes, . City Manager, City of Doral, . City Manager, Town of Bay Harbor Islands, . Executive Director, Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District, . Village Manager, Village of Palmetto Bay, and . City Manager, City of Lake Worth. As noted, a major part of Ms. Knutson's work has been on special projects. Two of the more significant ones that she has been involved in are: · The Firm's annual city manager compensation survey for South and Central Florida managers. Our goal is to develop and maintain a data base that will be the standard for city manager contract comparisons. We have already been successful in South Florida and will be expanding it as we widen the breadth of our search efforts. · A review of the billing data base for Palm Beach County Water Utilities. The concern the Utility had was that a number of its customers might be being under-billed and it retained our firms to conduct an analysis of the situation. This work involves reviewing the billing records for reasonableness and consistency as well as extensive field work. While the project is still in its early stages and far too early to determine what the ultimate outcome will be, our team has already found enough to pay its fee several times over. Ms. Knutson's prior employment includes stints with Palm Beach County's Department of Building, Planning and Zoning and with the County Health and Rehabilitative Services, with the State of Florida's Department of Corrections and with the State's Department of Employment Services as well as time with a number of private and non-profit concerns such as the Visiting Nurses Association and Oakwood Mental Health Center of the Palm Beaches. Ms. Knutson has an Associates Degree in Business Education from West Georgia College in Carrollton Georgia. -31-