Ted Gaebler, Rancho Cordova City Manager since October 2003, has spent 35 years as an appointed government official in California, Oregon, Ohio, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. He has held City Manager positions in four other California cities and was the Chief Executive Officer of Nevada County, California.
Ted is an internationally-known authority on transforming governments from outdated bureaucratic organizations to flexible, customer-focused organizations. He worked with U.S. Vice President Al Gore on President Clinton’s mandate to “reinvent government”. He has been called on to testify before Congressional and State government committees about his no-nonsense internally-driven changes in government. He co-authored two books, Reinventing Government, which became an international best-seller, and Positive Outcomes: Raising the Bar on Government Reinvention. His articles have been published in many magazines, including Halduskultuur, a European public management journal.