Sunshine Club
The Sunshine Club will have Patrick Gallegos and Iris Lee from the City of Seal Beach as the main speakers for its Zoom meeting on Friday, Aug. 11 starting at 10 a.m.
Gallegos will talk about SeniorCityzen, COVID-19 and general updates about the City of Seal Beach. Lee will provide information about the Senior Mobility Program. Both Gallegos and Lee will each speak for around 20 minutes, leaving time for a question and answers period.
Gallegos is currently the assistant city manager and has been working for the City of Seal Beach since 2012. He oversees a variety of divisions including human resources and information technology. He also acts as the Seal Beach’s public information officer, risk manager as well as the city’s labor negotiator.
Gallegos previously held positions with the cities of Anaheim and Diamond Bar. In Anaheim, he was selected as a graduate fellow in Anaheim’s Public Utility Department and shortly thereafter was selected for Anaheim’s highly competitive management fellow program, which required fellows to oversee significant projects in the city manager’s office, human resources, finance, and community development departments.
While in the City of Diamond Bar, Gallegos was the senior management analyst and worked in the city manager’s office and public works department. His duties included managing the environmental services division, waste hauler franchise and the city’s transportation program.
In addition to his work as a public servant, Mr. Gallegos worked in the private sector for Nike and ASICS and was also a labor organizer in the five boroughs of New York City for the AFL-CIO that included a memorable campaign organizing workers in the World Trade Center in 2001.
Iris Lee currently leads the Seal Beach Public Works Engineering Division. In her role as the deputy public works director/city engineer, Lee and her team are responsible for the city’s capital improvement program, development services, interagency coordination, in addition to the Senior Transportation Program.
Prior to Seal Beach, Lee worked for other local agencies in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Buena Park, where the planning, design and construction of her projects were nationally recognized by professional organizations.
A California-registered professional engineer and traffic engineer, Lee earned her degree from University of California, Irvine.
To join the Zoom meeting, go to https://us02web.zoom. us/j/88355201570. The Meeting ID is 883 5520 1570.
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