Ms. Hurtado joined Peckham & McKenney in 2021 and brings both non-profit and local government sector experience. For over 14 years, Ms. Hurtado served as Assistant City Manager for the cities of Hayward, Oxnard and Tracy, CA. During her tenure with the City of Tracy, she also completed two 6-month Interim City Manager appointments where she was responsible for Council and Community Relations and department operations. Ms. Hurtado has also served in other Executive Level postions, including as Director of Parks & Recreation Services, for the City of Tracy, Deputy Director of Parks & Neighborhood Services for the City of San Jose, and during her tenure with the City of Watsonville, served as Assistant Director for Parks and Community Services and Assistant Director for Redevelopment and Housing. Ms. Hurtado began her professional career in the non-profit sector prior to moving into local government, serving as the Executive Director of Fenix Services, an alcohol and drug counseling agency, which included a women’s residential treatment facility, a drug and alcohol counseling center, and an anti-gang after-school youth program. Active in the local government profession throughout her career, Ms. Hurtado was Vice President on the ICMA Board of Directors for three years, represented the West Coast Region. In 2016, she served as the ICMA 102nd Conference Planning Committee Co-Chair for the ICMA conference held in Kansas City. She received the MMANC West McClure Outstanding Assistant Award in 2012 and the League of California Cities Assistant City Manager of the Year award in 2018. Currently, Ms. Hurtado is a member of the Municipal Management Association of Northern California (MMANC) and the Local Government Hispanic Network. Ms. Hurtado received her Master degree in Social Work from San Jose State University, her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of California in Santa Cruz and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executives in State and Local Government Certificate program in Cambridge, Massachusetts.