Steven Gross

Experience

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  City of Newburgh, New York

  Oct 1995 - Jun 1996

  Assistant City Manager

  • Public Information Officer for the City of Newburgh.• Coordinated all city news conferences and media events.• Director of municipal buildings handling a budget of over $300,000 and managing a staff of five.• Member of city emergency management response team.• Supervise all city constituent cases.• Represent the City Manager at various functions.

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  Orange County Government, NY

  Jun 1996 - now

  • Administer day-to-day operations for Orange County Government and its 42 departments and agencies. • Work with County Executive, Legislature, and departments to prepare and streamline $800 million annual County budget.• Work with County Executive and department heads to set policy. • Work with personnel department on various human resource and labor relations issues.• Assist County Executive in collective bargaining processes and negotiations.• Serve in the capacity of acting department head during vacancies. • Review and or approve policies, travel, equipment, purchase orders and overtime to help keep costs down.• Work closely with information technology department on various technical matters geared towards improving efficiencies. • Prepare and deliver presentations before the County Legislature and various community organizations. • Oversee and supervise assistants to the County Executive. • Coordinate internal and external communications and media relations; serve as Public Information Officer and Freedom of Information Law Officer.• Authorized to serve as acting County Executive in the absence of County Executive. Show less • Public Information Officer and spokesman for the County of Orange. • Prepare the annual State of the County Address and County Annual Report. • Represent Orange County as Public Information Officer for emergencies relating to the Indian Point Nuclear Power Generating Stations.• Represent the County Executive’s Office at public events.• Write all news releases, speeches and important correspondence for the County Executive’s Office.• Coordinate and orchestrate news conferences.• Handle and resolve matters of concern from County residents and taxpayers.• Work directly with department heads on projects and initiatives. Show less

  • Director of Economic Development

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Commissioner of Human Resources

    Feb 2010 - Apr 2022

  • Deputy County Executive

    May 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Director of Purchases (acting)

    Jan 2010 - Nov 2010

  • Director of Operations and Cost Control

    Jul 2005 - Feb 2010

  • Director of Aviation (acting)

    Feb 2009 - Nov 2009

  • Assistant to County Executive

    Jun 1996 - Jul 2005