Mayor-Elect Becker Announces Staffers

Salt Lake City Mayor-Elect Ralph Becker presented his first round of decisions regarding executive and support staff this morning.

• Chief of Staff - David Everitt
• Communications Director - Karen Hale
• Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs - Ben McAdams

Mayor-Elect Becker will also retain the current Chief Administrative Officer, Lyn Creswell, in his position, along with the current Economic Development Manager, Ed Butterfield. The positions of Senior Advisor for Policy, Education Partnership Coordinator, and Sustainability Director are not yet filled.

The Mayor-Elect's office will be structured slightly differently from the current mayor's office.

• The Chief of Staff will supervise the day-to-day operations of the mayor's office, and will coordinate the efforts of the Policy Advisor, the Communications Director, the Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs, and the CAO.
• The Communications Director will organize and direct communications with constituents, city departments, and the media. This includes the Salt Lake Solutions program for proactively addressing issues within the community.
• A Senior Advisor for Policy will coordinate the policy function, and will work closely with policy analysts throughout the city's departments to develop and implement the Mayor-Elect's 180-Day Plan and Blueprints.

Additionally, the Education Partnership Coordinator and the Administrator for the Office of Diversity will be located in the Mayor's office.

Mayor-Elect Becker will announce further structural changes by Friday of this week that will address the role of the Sustainability Director and the location of the Economic Development function.