Long Beach Young Professionals Networking Breakfast

Long Beach Assistant City Manager Tom Modica serves in an executive management role to assist the City Manager guide and facilitate department projects, lead special initiatives, solve problems, continue the City's innovation and technology efforts, and maintain Long Beach's position as a regional leader on municipal issues. Tom Modica is responsible for assisting the City Manager in operating the municipal enterprise, including oversight of City departments and leading special projects required to facilitate citywide priorities, programs and initiatives. He oversees the Tidelands Capital Improvement Division, which is responsible for a $275 million capital improvement program in the City's coastal area. Additionally, the Assistant City Manager is responsible for all aspects of internal City administration, and oversees special functions in the City Manger's Office such as Sustainability, Special Events and Filming, Convention and Visitor's Bureau coordination, innovation efforts, and other efforts. 

Tom Modica has worked with City departments and elected officials on several initiatives over the years, including the long-term improvement in the City's ocean water quality, management and oversight of $120 million in Stimulus funds, protection of the City's interests through the dissolution of Redevelopment, the study of Long Beach Breakwater, the City Council Redistricting process, implementation of smart packing meters, the rebuild of the $104 million Belmont Pool, the Boeing 777x attraction effort. and coordinating citywide media and communications issues, including the City's award-winning use of social media. Tom has also played key roles in managing the City's finances since 2002, helping to craft solutions that structurally address cost growth while protecting key City services.