The three finalists for the Los Alamos County, N.M., manager post, including the current deputy manager, will take part in a public “meet-and-greet” Dec.7, the county announced last week.
The three finalists to succeed Los Alamos County Manager Steven Lynne are the current deputy, Anne Laurent; Gretchen Cassini, transportation surtax administrator for Broward County, Fla.; and Tracey Jerome, senior deputy city manager for El Paso, Texas, according to a county press release.
Los Alamos County is the home of the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, the birth of which featured prominently in this year’s Oppenheimer movie. The current manager, Lynne, said in July he plans to retire in March 2024, according to the Los Alamos Reporter.
There was no location given for the Dec. 7 public reception in the county’s press release last week. The three finalists are scheduled to undergo a series of interviews on Dec. 8 with community representatives, county employee supervisors and members of the elected County Council, according to the press release.
Lynne has been employed with the county since the 1990s and rose through the ranks to deputy county manager before becoming county manager in July 2021 with the retirement of Harry Burgess.
