ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR-ELECT TIM KELLER IS BUILDING HIS TEAM. HE ANNOUNCED SERVAL APPOINTMENTS TODAY(MON).
SARITA NAIR WILL SERVE AS KELLER’S CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. SHE WAS THE AUDITOR’S SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND WILL BE THE CITY’S FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS THE C-A-O. ALSO COMING OVER FROM THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE IS SUNALEI STEWART. HE WAS KELLER’S CHIEF OF STAFF AND WILL HOLD THE SAME POSITION IN CITY HALL. SANJAY BHAKTA WILL ACT AT THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. HE WAS THE DEPUTY STATE AUDITOR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. JUSTINE FREEMAN WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, THE SAME JOB SHE HELD IN THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE. THE APPOINTMENTS TAKE EFFECT ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER FIRST.
