City Manager Brad Miyake announced Tuesday the city has hired John Resha to serve as director for the Finance & Asset Management Department. Resha has worked and lived in the Puget Sound region for more than two decades, holding positions at private, public and nonprofit agencies in finance, strategic planning, policy and executive management.
Most recently, Resha served as chief operating officer and president for Devco Residential Group, a private equity firm focused on housing and affordable housing with a portfolio of more than $2.5 billion. Prior to that, he was chief administrative and financial officer for King Country Metro Transit and was chief policy officer for the King County Council for 10 years. In addition, Resha served stints on both the Lake Forest Park and Redmond city councils. His career history includes managing multi-billion-dollar budgets, multi-year business and strategic planning, leading Lean transformation initiatives and establishing systems for data-driven organizational performance management.
