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<br />CONSULTANT BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE <br /> <br />GERALD E. HAGMAN <br /> <br />Mr. Hagman is a Vice President with The PAR Group, specializing in both executive search and <br />management consulting assignments. He has over thirty years of public sector management <br />experience. Besides his general public management experience, his specialty is in the area of <br />municipal finance. <br /> <br />Mr. Hagman has served as City Manager of four full-service suburban cities between 1970 and <br />1997, including Lake Forest and Park Ridge, Illinois (Chicago); Thornton, Colorado (Denver); <br />and Liberty, Missouri (Kansas City). He has designed and implemented a number of innovative <br />management programs; including merit pay plans, economic development and support <br />programs, total quality management, public safety consolidation, collective bargaining with <br />police/fire/public works unions, community goal setting, comprehensive land use plans, <br />performance/program based budgeting, and privatization of select operating programs. Prior to <br />his city management career, Mr. Hagman served as Assistant City Manager and Finance Director <br />of the City of Lake Forest, Illinois. <br /> <br />Mr. Hagman has been an active local government professional, having served on national <br />committees and offices of regional city management associations. In Park Ridge, Illinois, a noted <br />Chicago suburb, his immediate past City Manager assignment, Mr. Hagman was President of the <br />Rotary Club, Board Member of the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development <br />Corporation, and served on the Executive Committee of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook <br />County. <br /> <br />Mr. Hagman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Northern <br />Illinois University, DeKalb, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Roosevelt <br />University, Chicago. He is Life Member of the International City/County Management <br />Association and the Illinois City/County Management Association. <br /> <br />Mr. Hagman serves Clients of The PAR Group from his Phoenix suburban office, representing <br />the firm nationally as well as serving as its Southwestern Regional representative. <br /> <br />THE PAR GROUP <br />Paul A. Reaume, LId'. <br />