PHOENIX, AZ – On Monday, Lori Bays starts her job at the City of Phoenix as Assistant City Manager, the number two position in the City Manager’s Office.
In this role, Bays will oversee several departments in the fifth largest city in the nation and help manage the more than 14,000 city employees. She has been the city’s Chief Human Resources Officer for the last four years.
Bays’ background includes nearly 25 years of both public and private sectors work, including executive leadership roles at city, county, and state levels. Prior to her role with the city of Phoenix, Bays oversaw all county operations and a $1.3 billion operating budget as the Chief Administrative Officer for Salt Lake County. She has also held Health and Human Services leadership roles with San Diego County and the State of Utah.
Bays holds a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Azusa Pacific University.