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The City of Coral Gables has appointed Alberto Parjus as the Assistant City Manager. He will oversee Community Recreation, Economic Development, Historic and Cultural Resources, Parking, and Public Works departments while working closely with the City Manager on Innovation and Technology, special projects, and assignments.
“We are proud to welcome Alberto to the city,” said Peter J. Iglesias, P.E. “He is an accomplished and results oriented leader with more than 37-years of experience working in complex and diverse government settings. His broad base of experience and strategic set of skills will be a great asset to our residents and city team.”
Parjus joins the city from Miami-Dade County where he most recently served as Deputy Director of the Department of Transportation and Public Works. In this role he was responsible for planning and directing the department’s $839 million budget including overseeing finance, information technology, procurement and materials management among others and overseeing a staff of some 250.
He has extensive experience in local government. In addition to his more than 34-years of service at the county, he has local municipal experience having worked at the City of Miami as an assistant city manager responsible for Capital Improvement, Transportation, Code Compliance, and Economic Development for three years.
He began his career with Miami-Dade as a Personnel Specialist in Corrections and Rehabilitation and rose through the ranks having worked in positions of increasing scope and responsibility in Human Resources, Management and Budget, Transit and Community Action.
A graduate of Florida International University, he holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
About Coral Gables
Founded in 1925, Coral Gables is a city of more than 50,000 residents centrally located in the Greater Miami area. “The City Beautiful” is home to more than 10 properties and one district on the National Register of Historic Places. Coral Gables was Florida’s first planned community and was designed to be an international city. Today, it is home to more than 20 consulates and foreign government offices and more than 100 multinational corporations. It serves as a major employment center with almost as many people working as residing in the city. The economy is a mixture of local and international businesses and home to the nationally ranked University of Miami, the city’s largest employer. It is renowned for its excellent municipal services, including accredited Police, Fire and Community Recreation departments, as well as a Class 1 Fire Department and Building Division. Additionally, it has received Triple A ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings. Exceptional municipal services, strong finances, high quality of life, convenient travel access, responsible growth, and a diversified economy make Coral Gables a highly desirable place to live, work, learn, and play.
