Jay Baksa, Class of 1969
Jay Baksa
City Administrator
Midview High School Class of 1969
Nominated by Julie Vargo
1973: Ohio Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Arts
1975: University of Kansas
Master of Public Administration
2008: Gavilan Junior College
Honorary Associate of Arts degree
Public Administration
1974-1975: Administrative Assistant, Montrose, Colorado
1975-1978: Assistant City Manager, Delaware, Ohio
1978-1983: City Manager, Cortez, Colorado
1983-2008: City Administrator, City of Gilroy, California
2008-Present: City Manager Range Rider-Monterey Peninsula Division California
Community/Organization Involvement
1984-present: Gilroy Rotary Club member (club president in 1993)
1996: Founding member of Leadership Gilroy (board president 2001)
1998-present: Gilroy High School JV Boys Basketball and 2009 Volleyball Coach
2008-present: Gilroy Gardens Board of Directors (Treasurer 2009)
2008: Gilroy Dispatch Board of Editors
Member: Civil War Preservation Trust
Member: International City/County Management Association
Co-Chair: Measure F for the construction of a new library in Gilroy (passed)
Additional Awards and Accomplishments:
- 1993: Accepted into the American Leadership Forum (ALF), Silicon Valley Chapter, Class V
- 1998: Awarded Local Public Administrator of the Year by Santa Clara California Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration
- 1999: Volunteer Award-District IV California Parks and Recreation Society
- 2001: Attended the prestigious Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia
- 2002: Gilroy Chamber of Commerce’s “Man of the Year”
