Rotary Happenings: Rotarians hear from city manager of Sanibel
The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club was honored to host Sanibel City Manager Dana Souza at its recent meeting. He was selected for the job out of 96 candidates through an extensive search conducted by a nationally recognized consulting and municipal recruiting firm.
Souza has over 35 years of local government experience. Most recently, he was the deputy city manager in Naples, as well as the community services director. Souza also served the city of Greenville in South Carolina as the parks, recreation and sustainability director; Marco Island as interim manager and parks & recreation director; city of Portland in Maine as director of parks & recreation; Union in New York as the director of parks & recreation; and city of New Bedford in Massachusetts as director of parks, cemeteries and forestry.
Souza’s vast knowledge and experience brings immense value to our city. His leadership skills and managerial talents will create a huge positive impact both within the city campus and throughout our special community. Souza shared his thoughts on how he believes the city departments should operate and he has a very strong desire to introduce a culture of citizen-friendly behavior by the staff. We look forward to working with him to enhance our wonderful Sanibel.
The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club holds a meeting on Fridays at 7:15 a.m. at The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, and via Zoom; doors open at 6:45 a.m. To attend in person, email William.Harkey@gmail.com before the meeting. For more information, visit sanibelrotary.org or www.facebook.com/sancaprotary.