With over 30 years of experience in city management and public affairs, Gary Milliman is a proven leader and innovator. Milliman has a reputation as a professional and ethical public servant with a common-sense style.

Milliman has served as City Manager in four cities, ranging in population size from 3,000 to over 105,000. He enjoys challenges, and served as the City Manager for the City of South Gate, California, where he is worked with new political leadership and had formed a management team to guide the City out of a period of political corruption and mismanagement.

As Southern California Director for the League of California Cities, Milliman was instrumental in developing an innovative program the Grassroots Network that has greatly enhanced the effectiveness of local government officials in legislative affairs.

Milliman's intergovernmental experience has included serving on regional transportation, economic development an innovative program the Grassroots Network that has greatly enhanced the effectiveness of local government officials in legislative affairs.

In 1996, Milliman organized a group of investors and purchased the California Western Railroad saving the historic railroad from abandonment and then served as President and CEO for three years. 

As a reservist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Milliman managed disaster assistance centers and community outreach programs in communities from Hawaii to Puerto Rico.

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Milliman has also served as a mentor for graduate students attending that institution.

Milliman is the recipient of the Management Innovation Award from the International City Management Association, and his program to assist developmentally disabled persons work in local government occupations gained Helen Putnam Award for Excellence from the League of California Cities.

Gary Milliman is a team leader, and a team player. Experienced in strategic planning, organization development and creating innovative approaches to meeting community needs, he is effective at working with elected officials, community members and city staff to get things done.