Richard Allen Jentzsch

Background

Jentzsch, Richard Allen was born on October 4, 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Son of Carl Eugene and Garda (Webb) Jentzsch.

Education

Student adult education, Salt Lake City Public Schools, 1958-1960; student, University Utah, 1960-1961; student, Portland State University, 1971; student, Chemeketa Community College, 1971.

Career

Assistant county planner/surveyor, Davis County Planning and Engineering Depts., Farmington, Utah., 1957-1965; planner, Lorain County Regional Planning Commission, Elyria, Ohio., 1965-1968; principal planner, Indiana State Planning Superior vena cava syndrome Agency, Indianapolis, 1968-1970; local government coordinator, Intergovernmental Rels. division Executive Department State of Oregon, Salem, 1970-1977; acting assistant administrator, Intergovernmental Rels. division Executive Department State of Oregon, Salem, 1974-1975; acting administrator, Intergovernmental Rels. division Executive Department State of Oregon, Salem, 1975; executive director, Lincoln-Uinta Association Govts., Kemmerer, Wyoming, 1977-1979; executive director, Indiana Heartland Coord. Commission, Indianapolis, 1979-1981; city administrator, City of Myrtle Point, Oregon, 1981-1983; executive director, Mid-Columbia Council Govts., The Dalles, Oregon, 1983-1989; planning and development director, City of Page, Arizona, 1989-1990; assistant city manager for planning and development, CIty of Page, Arizona, since 1990.

Achievements

• Richard Allen Jentzsch has been listed as a noteworthy city manager by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Jefferson City (Oregon) Planning Commission and Budget Committee, elected to city council, 1977, chairman council finance committee, ex-officio member planning commission. Secretary Myrtle Point (Oregon) Chamber of Commerce Development Committee, 1981-1983. Member The Dalles Chamber of Commerce, 1984-1988, member child care task force, 1988.

Member Wasco County Jail Task Force, 1987-1988. Member Page/Lake Powell Chamber of Commerce, since 1989. Member International City Management Association, American Planning Association, Northern Arizona Council Governments (regional council since 1992, transportation technical sub-committee since 1989, transportation committee since 1992, co-chair overall economic development district advisory committee since 1992, 208 water quality committee since 1996), Rural Arizona Economic Development Advisory Committee, Cocopai Remote Control&D.

Connections

Married Gale Patricia Hammond, December 15, 1967. 1 child, Charles Edward.

Father:

Carl Eugene Jentzsch

Mother:

Garda (Webb) Jentzsch

Spouse:

Gale Patricia Hammond

child:

Charles Edward Jentzsch