January Hot Topic- State of the County

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Verdenia, a certified government financial manager, began her service in 1987 as a budget analyst and was chosen as the next Palm Beach County Administrator in 2015.  Palm Beach County is Florida’s third largest county and is one of four Florida counties and one of 50 counties nationally achieving the AAA bond rating, critical for financial stability.

Verdenia led initiatives such as the Mandatory Inclusionary Workforce Housing Program and the Community Land Trust, re-implemented the small/minority/women business enterprise program in 2019, and the recently created Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Verdenia holds a Master of Science Degree in Public Administration, Bachelor of Science Degree in Rehabilitative Services, both from Florida State University. Most recently, Verdenia was one of 15 awarded Women Who Move the Nation by COMTO, the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials in Washington D.C.; received the Joseph C. Bova Award from The Palm Beach County Black Business Investment Corporation; and received the 2021 Leadership Heroes in Medicine Award from the Palm Beach County Medical Society for her work during the pandemic.

In 2021, Verdenia assumed the role as President of the Florida Association of County Managers, a collective body of all 67 counties in Florida, and was also appointed to the Healthy Counties Advisory Board – a Board of the National Association of Counties comprised of nearly 2,500 counties which serves 40,000 elected county officials and 3.6 million employees.