Meeting Sponsor for April 18, 2011

 David C. DeRoos, MPA, CMC
President

Citygate Associates, LLC is a professional consultancy that provides services in the areas of general management consulting, fire protection and emergency medical services, strategic planning, organizational development, community development, animal care and control, and leadership development and ethics training.

Mr. DeRoos has 25 years of state and local government consulting experience, including eight years with a “Big Six” firm. He also has five years of experience as a manager in the public sector. He served as the Deputy Director of the California Redevelopment Agency (CRA) from 1991 to 1997. In addition to managing the firm and ensuring that Citygate’s quality control standards are met on all engagements, Mr. DeRoos leads Citygate’s General Management Consulting practice, and specializes in performance audits. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of California, Davis, and an MPA from the University of Southern California. He is a Certified Management Consultant, and has taught graduate level courses for numerous universities.