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<br />ATTACHMENT D <br /> <br />References for Bennett Yarger Associates <br /> <br /> <br />1. Cedric Williams - Former Director of Human Resources for the City of <br />Oakland, CA and City of Richmond, CA <br />This reference is for multiple searches: <br />City of Oakland included: Director, Office of Corporate Information <br />Services; Library Director; and Finance Director <br /> <br />City of Richmond included: City Manager; Assistant City Manager; <br />Community Development Director; Planning Manager/Director; <br />Assistant City Manager/Human Resources Director; Housing Authority <br />Executive Director; and City Attorney <br /> <br />Rest assured and rest easy that Bob and his company are outstanding <br />in terms of delivering a package. He works extremely well with Council <br />members and all people involved in a search. Bob has a good <br />personality that just wins people over. He brings an excellent choice of <br />candidates. <br /> <br />Bob has recruited for just about every type of position for me. I must <br />have used him for 30 – 40 searches and would give him an A+ rating. <br /> <br /> <br />Matthew Hennessy - Chief of Staff for City of Hartford, CT <br />2. <br /> <br />Our past experience is with Robert Neher who headed up our search <br />for a new city manager when he was with a different firm. We had a bit <br />of a unique situation when we retained Bob in that the Mayor had <br />publicly stated that he was going to push for a charter change to a <br />“strong mayor” form of government at the next election, and the newly <br />elected council leadership was a coalition of Democrats, Republicans <br />and a Green. This was not the ideal situation for attracting city <br />manager candidates. Bob was very professional and sat down with <br />council members to get their input and helped us assemble a very <br />diverse and qualified group of city manager candidates from across the <br />country. The individual who we selected is presently the city’s Chief <br />Operating Officer today under the new strong mayor form of <br />government. The experience was a positive one for the city and the <br />Mayor. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to <br />ask. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />