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COLIN BAENZIGER & ASSOCIATES - SOME OF OUR PLACEMENTS The staff at Colin Baenziger & Associates has completed almost 100 searches for city and county managers and more than 200 senior-level local government management searches overall. The following both project descriptions and references span the past eight years. They were selected to give you a broad view of our work. We also recommend that you contact any of clients (not just those listed below) for information concerning our firm and would be happy to provide contact information. More information is contained in Appendix A. 1. City Manager, City of Cape Canaveral, FL (population 10,200) Contact: Mayor Rocky Randel at (321) 784-5894, or Commissioner Shannon Roberts at (321) 615-1865. Colin Baenziger & Associates was selected to perform Cape Canaveral's City Manager search on January 12, 2010. We sought candidates from around the country but focused our attention on those from Florida. The City Council interviewed the candidates we recommended but also requested we evaluate the credentials of the City Clerk which caused a delay. On May 18th, the City Council selected Mr. David Greene, formerly the City Manager of Winter Haven, FL. 2) Director, Economic and Workforce Development, and Deputy City Manager - Community Building, Durham, NC (population 247,000) Contact: City Manager Thomas Bonfield at (919) 560-4222 Colin Baenziger & Associates was hired to search for two key positions in Durham's economic development program in January 2009. The first was the Director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and the second was the positions' supervisor, the Deputy City Manager - Community Building. We conducted national searches for both positions. We also conducted limited background checks and provided limited interviewing assistance. For the Director of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD), the City selected Kevin Dick, an internal candidate. It selected Keith Chadwell, formerly Assistant County Manager for Fulton County, GA, and City Manager of Pompano Beach, FL, to be the Deputy City Manager. Both searches took approximately four months. 3) Community Development Director, City of Miami, FL (population 362,000). Contact: Then Employee Relations Director Rosalie Mark, 954-328-3634 Colin Baenziger & Associates was hired in August 2007 to conduct a search for the City's next Community Development Director. A particular request was to find someone with very strong ethics. The prior director left after some perception problems in that area. Our effort involved searching the country to locate the best people for the job, interviewing them, conducting thorough background checks, and recommending finalists for the city to interview. It also included a two year guarantee should the selected candidate leave for any reason. Interviews were delayed while key City staff was involved in the negotiations for a new stadium for the Florida Marlins that is now underway. Ultimately, George Mensah, an internal candidate, was selected. -27-