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<br />City of St. Anthony Village: City Manager Search Proposal <br /> <br /> <br />Service Team <br /> <br /> <br />Gary Weiers <br /> <br />Liza Donabauer <br /> <br />Liz Foster <br />Gary joined DDA in 2013 and has conducted over 65 executive searches and numerous <br />organizational studies. Prior to joining DDA, Gary had over 20 years of county government <br />management experience, the last 11 years as County Administrator in Rice County. Prior to becoming <br />Administrator, Gary served as the Social Service Department Director in Rice County and worked as a <br />Social Service Supervisor in Mower County and Sherburne County. Gary received his bachelor ’s <br />degree from the University of St. Thomas and has honed his skills by working his way up from an entry <br />level social worker position to be the head of a $50 million organization with over 350 employees. <br />Gary has worked with local governments ranging in size from a couple thousand residents to <br />communities of over 150,000 persons. <br />In addition to conducting executive searches, Gary has done work with communities on sharing <br />services, organizational analysis, strategic planning, and other management related work. <br />Gary will assist Liza on this project as needed. <br />Liza is a Management Consultant and specializes in Executive Search services. Like all DDA HR <br />consultants, she has a background in public administration at both the city and county level, most <br />recently in Kansas and Minnesota. Liza worked in Wright County (MN) providing administrative <br />support to the Commissioners, Coordinator, and Human Resources Dept. This path lead her into city <br />management for Clearwater, Kansas, and Arlington, Minnesota. Throughout the years, her work has <br />centered on human resource management, budget and long -term capital planning, strong community <br />participation, and leadership development. She received her MBA with an emphasis in public <br />administration from St. Scholastica. <br />Since joining DDA, Liza has conducted several Administrator/Manager searches as well as worked <br />with cities on their Pay Equity and Compensation and Classification Studies. Liza will be the lead <br />consultant on this project. <br />“The commission especially appreciates the support of the Interim City Manager and City Council to engage DDA <br />Human Resources as our external professional search firm. Liza Donabauer and her team provided invaluable <br />guidance, process framework, facilitation, and innovative ideas for this search process which maximized stakeholder <br />participation, citizen involvement, market access, and best practices from the field.” <br /> -Scott Marquardt, Chair, Montevideo Police Civil Service Commission <br />Liz is an Assistant Consultant that provides support and assistance within our Human Resources <br />Division. Since joining DDA in 2015, Liz has been involved in numerous executive searches and other <br />HR projects. <br />Some of Liz’s duties include community research, creating position profiles, assembling interview <br />materials for our clients, and providing general administrative support to our consultants.