New Director Of Community Services Coming To Beverly Hills

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The City of Beverly Hills named a new Director of Community Services. Jenny Rogers joins Beverly Hills from the City of Mill Valley in Northern California where she has served as Director of Arts & Recreation since 2012, the City of Beverly Hills press release said.

Rogers fills the role vacated by Nancy Hunt-Coffey, who was named Assistant City Manager earlier this year. As Director of Community Services, Rogers will oversee the Department’s Administrative Support, Human Services, Library, and Recreation and Parks divisions, the press release said.

"Beverly Hills is such a special place and I am thrilled to be selected for this incredible opportunity," Rogers said. "As an artist myself, my passion for my work is personal. I look forward to working with the City Council, incredibly talented City staff, and the community to build upon the world-class legacy Beverly Hills has created with its deep commitment to arts and culture, superior facilities and exceptional programming."

Rogers has more than 25 years of leadership experience as a director, administrator, cultural arts and recreation supervisor, public arts program manager, arts educator and practicing artist.

Before working for the City of Mill Valley, Rogers worked for the City & County of San Francisco where she began her career providing human and social services at Boeddeker Park in the Tenderloin District. She later served the Cultural Arts Division (SFRPD) as Cultural Arts Supervisor. She also recently played an integral role in the development of the Marin County Arts & Culture Master Plan and was appointed to co-chair its implementation within the County, the City said.

Rogers graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in Art & Semiotics and holds an MFA in Fine Art specializing in Digital & New Media from Pennsylvania State University where she was the first University Fellow for the University’s School of Visual Arts, the City of Beverly Hills said.

She will start with the City on January 6, 2020.