Rick Cole

Rick Cole (born 1953) is the current City Manager of Ventura, California, having served in that position since 2004. He previously served as Deputy Mayor of Pasadena from 1990โ€“1992 and as Mayor of Pasadena from 1992-1994. He has also served as City Manager of Azusa, California and is co-founder of the newspaper Pasadena Weekly.

In 2006, he was selected as one of Governing Magazine's "Public Officials of the Year" which observed, "First in Azusa, and now on a larger scale in Ventura, he has offered ample proof that good politics and good management arenโ€™t as different as is sometimes assumed."

References

Rick Cole's blog

Political offices
Preceded by
Jess Hughston
Mayor of Pasadena
1992-1994
Succeeded by
Katie Nack
Preceded by
Robert Glenn White
Member of the Pasadena City Council for the 2nd District
1983-1995
Succeeded by
Paul Little