About the City Manager
Georgeanne White
City Manager
As City Manager, Georgeanne oversees the City’s day-to-day operations and is responsible for implementing Mayor Dyer’s One Fresno vision and enacting the public policy priorities adopted by the Mayor and City Council. A City Hall veteran with experience in both the mayoral and council arms of government, Georgeanne has a deep understanding of what it takes to work with staff and community members to ensure City government works for the people. This includes improving customer service, program and service quality and the efficiency and effectiveness of program and service delivery.
Georgeanne’s City of Fresno executive leadership experience stretches back almost two decades. She has served as a Council Chief of Staff, Assistant Department Director, and Chief of Staff for former Mayors Alan Autry and Ashley Swearengin. Before returning to City Hall as an Assistant City Manager, Georgeanne was the founder and principal of Starting Point Solutions, LLC, a specialty consulting firm with expertise in organizational management and administration, project management, government affairs, and public policy.
Georgeanne has a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in business law, from California State University, Fresno.
She is married, has two children, and enjoys reading and binge-watching Netflix.