Shoreline Hires New Administrative Services Director

City manager Julie Underwood has selected Robert Hartwig to be city’s new Administrative Services Director.

Hartwig’s selection is the culmination of an extensive search after Debbie Tarry, the former administrative services director, was appointed by Underwood to be the new assistant city manager in May.

Hartwig is the current finance and human resources director for the city of Erie, Colorado. Before taking his position with Erie, Hartwig was the finance director and city administrator for the city of Fremont, Nebraska.

Hartwig is an accomplished financial executive with over 15 years of experience leading top-level operations in governmental and private businesses alike. Prior to his service in Fremont, Hartwig served as the finance and administrative services director for the city of Lafayette, Colorado, where he was successful in improving the city’s bond rating. Hartwig has extensive experience in managing and obtaining funding for capital projects including water and sewer utility projects.

“After an extensive competitive search I’m delighted to welcome Bob to our team,” Underwood said. “His expertise in local government management, financing and information technology, his experience with economic development, and his values of teamwork, collaboration, and openness match exactly with what we were looking for in a new director.”

"It was great meeting all of the team members and visiting the community. Shoreline is a great fit and match for my skill set. I'm really looking forward to meeting and working with everyone at the city and getting to know the citizens and business people in the community,” said Hartwig.

Hartwig has a Bachelor's in business administration degree in accounting and finance from the University of Iowa, an master's in business administration degree from Regis University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

The city used The Novak Consulting Group, a public management consulting and executive search firm, to assist the city with its search. Novak received approximately 50 applications for the position. Of those, 11 were chosen as semi-finalists to go through additional screening. After the additional screening, the city manager chose five finalists that were then interviewed by two panels made up of city staff and the city’s Leadership Team. The final interview was with the city manager.

Hartwig will start as administrative services director on January 30, 2012.