City of Portland
John Curp
April 5, 2023
Portland vetting trio of finalists for city manager position
The top three candidates for the Portland city manager's position include Portland's interim city manager, an Ohio city manager and an interim city leader from California.
The finalists chosen from a pool of 77 applicants include John Curp, former interim city manager of Cincinnati; Alex McIntyre, interim city manager of San Bruno, Calif.; and Danielle West, the interim city manager of Portland.
The trio will have in-person interviews with the mayor, city council and city staff on April 14 and 15. The council hopes to make an offer to a candidate by the end of April and include a discussion at a May council meeting.
"Hiring a new city manager is one of the most important decisions the City Council makes," said Mayor Kate Snyder. "Portland's City Manager provides administrative oversight and management of all day-to-day municipal operations, oversees the implementation of the council's policy initiatives, and helps the City Council to achieve stated goals."
Curp is a government executive and economic development lawyer from Cincinnati. In 2008, he was hired to be a Cincinnati city solicitor and was the city's chief legal officer and chief prosecutor for six years. As well, Curp was a leading contributor to a significant revitalization effort in Cincinnati.
During his time with the city, Curp managed 60 employees and a budget of $6.5 million. In 2014, he returned to private practice at the national law firm of Blank Rome LLP, where he worked on environmental, economic development and public law. In 2021, Curp served as interim city manager to lead the new government's transition team, which included a new mayor.
Curp earned his undergraduate degree in business finance from Miami University in Ohio and his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law.
City of Portland
Alex McIntyre
McIntyre has more than 25 years of experience in executive leadership at various west coast communities. Recently, he accepted a position as interim manager in San Bruno, Calif. Before that position, he served as the city manager of Ventura, Calif.
He was also the city manager of Menlo Park, Calif. from 2012-2018, and Lake Oswego, Ore., from 2008-2012. From 2006-2008 he served as the chief assistant county administrator in Marin County, Calif. before his role as town manager for Tiburon and Portola Valley.
McIntyre received a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's in political science from the University of California, Irvine.
City of Portland
Danielle West
West has nearly two decades of experience advising and working with Maine municipalities. For 15 of those years, she worked with Portland as Corporation Counsel. West was appointed by the Portland City Council in November 2021 to serve as the interim city manager until a new manager is hired.
Prior to her time with the city, West worked as a private attorney. She has "experience formulating innovative ways to solve problems for the municipalities she has worked with and brings significant institutional knowledge and understanding to her work with Portland," according to the city's announcement about the finalists.
West has a degree in political science from Oswego State University in New York and a Juris Doctor from the University of Maine School of Law.
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