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 County
Manager
Thom Reilly announced
that he is accepting a position as vice chancellor of
the University of Nevada Health Sciences Center for the
Nevada System of Higher Education.
Reilly said it would be his intent to
remain with the county through August 17. He has been
county manager since August 2001.
Reilly
said he would work with the County
Commission
to ensure there is a smooth transition.
“It’s been a distinct pleasure to serve the citizens
of
Clark
County
and the members of the
County
Commission
,” Reilly said. “I’ve had some wonderful years
here and have worked with a lot of very talented people
who take their roles as public servants very seriously.
Now I look forward to continuing to serve the people of
this state in my new role.”
As
county manager, Reilly is responsible for the executive
oversight of a government that provides both regional
and municipal-type services to over 1.8 million
residents and 38 million tourists per year. If Clark
County
were a city, it would be the largest in the state.
In
his position as the county’s chief executive officer,
Reilly is charged with carrying out the policies
established by the seven-member
County
Commission. Reilly is responsible for the fiscal management of the
county’s $5 billion budget and provides administrative
oversight for 38 diverse and geographically dispersed
departments, including
McCarran
International
Airport
and the University
Medical
Center, and the more than 10,000 employees.
Reilly
began his professional career as a child welfare case
manager for the state of
Tennessee
in 1983. He accepted his first position in
Nevada
as a policy analyst in 1987 with the Department of Human
Resources in
Carson City. In 1988, Reilly assumed the position of Chief of
Social Services, and was subsequently promoted to Deputy
Administrator before moving to
Las Vegas
in 1991 to join the Division of Child and Family
Services. In that role, Reilly was
responsible for overseeing the child welfare system for
the state of
Nevada.
Reilly
left the state in 1997 to serve as director of Clark
County Administrative Services, where he served as the
chief administrative officer and was responsible for
administering and planning
Clark
County
’s legislative initiatives, franchise agreements,
emergency management, policy and program development and
strategic planning efforts.
In
August of 1999, Reilly departed from
Clark
County
to accept a position as Associate Professor at the
University
of
Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He has instructed
a number of graduate level courses in Public
Administration and Social Work, and continues to teach
on a part-time basis. While at the
University, he founded and facilitated the Health Access
Consortium, a collaborative venture among health,
government and civic leaders in the Las Vegas
area working with medically underserved and uninsured.
Reilly
holds both a Doctorate and Master of Public
Administration degrees from the University of Southern
California (USC), a Master of Social Work from
Arizona
State
University
, and a B.A. from Memphis
State
University. He is the author of numerous peer-refereed
articles in the areas of health and human services,
environmental planning and citizen participation.
Dr. Reilly is active in numerous community organizations
and serves on the editorial boards for the journals,
Public Administration Review (PAR) and Administration in
Social Work.
In
October 2005, Reilly was elected a Fellow of the
prestigious National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). The
Academy is the preeminent independent, non-profit
organization for public governance.
Established in 1967 and chartered by Congress,
the Academy has become an independent source of trusted
advice for every branch and level of government.
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