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<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - The City of Columbia will host a meet and greet open to the public with the final candidates for the City's Utilities director position May 9 from 5-6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, in conference room 1A/1B.<br /><br />During the meet and greet, members of the public will have the opportunity to drop in anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. to speak with the finalists. Light refreshments will be provided.<br /><br />Information about each candidate is listed below:<br /><br /><br /><strong>Amanda La Brier</strong><br /><br />Amanda La Brier has 15 years of experience leading strategy and operations at organizations across the Midwest. She has worked as principal of Sans Carbone Sustainability, LLC since January 2020. <br /><br />Her previous roles include project manager at the Heartland Environmental Justice Center; director of sustainability for Saint Louis County; director of energy procu
rement and management for the City of Chicago; and senior strategic sourcing specialist at the University of Missouri System.<br /><br />Her education includes a master of public policy administration from the University of Missouri - St. Louis. <br /><br /><br /><strong>Brian Dickinson</strong><br /><br />Brian Dickinson has worked in the municipal and private water and wastewater industry for 34 years. He most recently worked as the public works and utility services director at the City of Colton, California, from February 2021 to September 2024. <br /><br />His prior experience includes working in Compton, California, as the general manager of the water department; in Lake Elsinore, California, as the director of operations at the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District; and in Ontario, California, as operations manager at the Chino Basin Desalter Authority.<br /><br />Dickinson’s education includes a bachelor of science degree in public administration fro
m La Verne University in California.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Erin Keys</strong><br /><br />Erin Keys has worked at the City of Columbia Utilities department since 1994 and has served as the department’s interim director since March 2024. Prior to this, she has served as acting assistant director for the electric utility, assistant director for the sewer and storm water utilities, acting engineering supervisor and engineer with the department.<br /><br />Her education includes a bachelor of civil engineering from The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. She is also a registered professional engineer. </div>
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