Economic Vitality and Municipal Services Director

Economic Vitality And Municipal Services Director

The Office of the County Executive is responsible for implementing the policy direction of the Marin County Board of Supervisors and supporting the effective delivery of public services across 22 departments. The office provides leadership on countywide initiatives, coordinates interdepartmental and cross-jurisdictional programs.

Our work includes advancing the Board's strategic priorities, overseeing the County's $865 million budget, and leading cross-cutting efforts in housing, climate, equity, emergency preparedness, homelessness, and more.

The Economic Vitality and Municipal Services Director is a newly established executive management position within the Office of the County Executive. Reporting to a Deputy County Executive, the Director provides strategic leadership for the County's Economic Vitality and Municipal Services Division and serves as a trusted advisor to the County Executive and Board of Supervisors on initiatives that strengthen Marin's economy, support thriving communities, and improve quality of life throughout the county – so people of all ages and backgrounds can live, work, create, and thrive in Marin.

The Economic Vitality and Municipal Services Director will oversee three program areas supported by a three staff:

• The County's Economic Vitality Program
• Municipal Services in unincorporated West Marin
• Municipal Services in unincorporated Marin City

The Director will join the County at a critical time. In 2025, the Board of Supervisors established Community and Economic Vitality as a countywide priority and directed development of a comprehensive, regional Economic Vitality Strategic Roadmap . The Director will provide executive leadership for this initiative – setting strategic direction, overseeing consultant work, advising the Board of Supervisors, and guiding implementation of a long-term strategy that aligns County departments, Marin's 11 cities and towns, regional partners, educational institutions, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community stakeholders around shared priorities.

Marin has extraordinary natural assets, a strong community identity and significant local talent and innovative assets, yet faces real challenges including an aging population, workforce housing shortages, barriers to retaining young people and essential workers, underutilized commercial districts, and lack of a shared narrative connecting economic vitality to community benefit. The Director will help define the County's long-term role as a convener, partner, and strategic leader in addressing these opportunities throughout the County through coordinated economic vitality initiatives.

In addition to directing countywide economic vitality initiatives, the Director provides executive oversight of municipal services for the County's unincorporated communities of West Marin and Marin City. The Director will leverage the Division's municipal services in West Marin and Marin City to ensures that municipal services are coordinated with Economic Vitality efforts: identifying local economic opportunities, strengthening partnerships with residents and community organizations, informing County policy, and helping ensure that economic vitality initiatives reflect the distinct needs, assets, and priorities of the unincorporated communities.

As one of the Office of the County Executive's Division Directors, this position regularly works with Board Members, Department Heads, city and town managers, business leaders, community-based organizations, and regional partners on complex policy issues requiring strategic thinking, political acumen, and collaborative leadership.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build and shape a new County function. The Economic Vitality and Municipal Services Division is in its early stages of development, and two of its three positions are currently vacant. The Director will play a central role in recruiting key staff, establishing the Division's organizational culture, defining operational priorities, and building the long-term partnerships, systems, and organizational capacity necessary to sustain this work for years to come.

This position works full time on-site in the historic Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Marin County Civic Center, with flexibility for remote work one day per week.