Jim Ley
 Sarasota County Administrator
James L. Ley has served the public for over 28 years, all of those years being in county service. He graduated from Kent State University in 1974.
Ley served as the Sarasota County administrator since August of 1997. Prior to that, he served with Clark County, Nevada in various positions since 1979; his final assignment with Clark County was serving as the assistant county manager for Development Services from 1991 to 1997, overseeing all of the urban services provided by a full service urban county.
He is a member of the International City/County Management Association, is an at-large member of the Florida City and County Management Association Board of Directors, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Innovation Groups, is a past chairman of the Urban Consortium Steering Committee of Public Technology, Inc., and is a past president of the National Association of County Administrators. In 1999, he was awarded Public Technology, Inc.’s Technology Leadership Award, recognizing his efforts to foster the use of technology in local government.
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