Bend City Manager, Andy Anderson has officially appointed Eric King as the new Assistant City Manager. King begins his tenure on April 16, and brings to the position an extensive and diverse background in management, citizen involvement and project management.

In the ten years prior to relocating to Bend, King was employed by the City of Portland, Oregon. For the past seven years, he worked for the City’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement where his work focused on program development and management. The bureau provides a range of direct neighborhood livability services and programs as well as organizational and capacity building for the City’s community engagement system, which includes neighborhood associations and other community-based organizations. Most recently, King was the Bureau’s Business Operations Manager, providing fiscal and human resource oversight as well as managing special projects for the Mayor’s Office, including involvement in Portland’s VisionPDX project. Prior to his work with the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, King implemented programs to ensure fair and equitable contracting practices among small businesses for the City of Portland.  

“City staff and the Bend 2030 Board are looking forward to working with Eric,” said City Manager Andy Anderson. “Eric has the experience, leadership skills, integrity and enthusiasm to lead both the staff and the Bend 2030 Board in their ongoing goals to build Bend into an even better city.”