The Santa Clara County politician would start as Bernalillo County Manager in November after more than three decades in Silicon Valley.
Santa Clara County supervisor Cindy Chavez speaks during a press conference at Eastridge Transit Center in San Jose, Calif., Monday, April 24, 2023. After more than three decades in Santa Clara County politics, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez will almost certainly be leaving San Jose this fall for New Mexico, where Bernalillo County’s Board of Commissioners is set to vote next week to make Chavez its new county manager.
Chavez, 60, has been a major player in Santa Clara County politics for more than three decades including two terms on the San Jose City Council and 11 years on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. She ran unsuccessfully for San Jose mayor twice, losing to fellow councilmember Chuck Reed in 2006 and then to current Mayor Matt Mahan in 2022.
In her new role, she’ll be the chief executive of Bernalillo County, which has a population of more than 676,000 people — most of whom live in Albuqeuerque — and employs 2,800 people.
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