David Biggs

Biografía: David Biggs currently serves as the City Manager of Hercules, California. Prior to joining Hercules, he undertook an interim assignments with the City of Manhattan Beach and the South Bay Council of Governments. David was City Manager of Carson, California from 2011 to 2013 and prior to that he served as the Interim Assistant City Administrator in Montebello as part of the Kosmont Companies team put in place to address the City’s well-publicized financial difficulties. Prior to this assignment, David was City Manager of the City of Tustin for a short time. He previously served as the Assistant City Manager of the City of Redondo Beach from 2005 to 2010, and was Economic Development Director for the City of Huntington Beach from 1995 to 2005. Prior to coming to Huntington Beach in 1995, David was employed by the City of Morgan Hill for five years. The first two years he was Morgan Hill's Director of Economic Development, and the last three years he served as City Manager. Prior to that, David worked overseas for 2 ½ years for an industrial development agency of the State of South Australia. He was the Downtown Development Project Manager for the City of Long Beach for nearly four years, and worked in a variety of economic development and redevelopment roles for the City of Santa Ana for four years. David attended California State University, Fullerton, where he received his BA in Political Science and is a graduate of the MBA program at the University of California, Irvine. David also completed a Certificate program in Continuous Improvement and Quality Management from the University of California, Santa Cruz extension program. David is an active member of the California Association for Local Economic Development and is a fromer Chairman of the Board, the California Redevelopment Association, and the International Association of Shopping Centers, International City/County Management Association (Credential Manager), and the Urban Land Institute where he served as the Chair of the Orange County District Council. Raised in Orange County, David resides in Hercules with his wife Cate and he has two sons Adrian and Dylan.