Laura Huffman

Assistant City Manager

– Bachelor of Science, political science, 1989, Texas A&M, College Station; master’s, public affairs, 1991, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT-Austin

– Auditor, city of Austin, 1990-1992

– Executive assistant to city manager, city of Austin, 1992-1994

– Deputy city manager, city of San Marcos, 1994-2002

– Assistant city manager, city of Austin, May 2002-present

“Austin is a city that’s not afraid to have a conversation about what ‘right’ looks like.”

Rudy Garza

Assistant City Manager

– Bachelor of Business Administration, accounting, 1989, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio

– Tax auditor, Texas comptroller’s office, 1989-1992

– Accounting supervisor, assistant budget director, budget director, city of Corpus Christi, 1992-2000

– Budget officer, city of Austin, 2000-2004

– Assistant city manager, city of Austin, 2004-present

“I really firmly believe … if you can just get the truth out on the table, you can start working it out.”


Juan Garza

Austin Energy General Manager

– Bachelor of Science, mathematics, 1972; master’s, business administration, 1977, Loyola University, Chicago

– Assistant to director of finance, urban planner, engin­eering aide, city of Evanston, Ill., 1968-1980

– Accounts & finance officer, city of Moline, Ill., 1980-1982

– Director of finance, assistant city manager, city manager, city of Corpus Christi, 1983-1996

– Director of human resources, city of Austin, 2000-2002

– General manager of Austin Energy, city of Austin, 2002-present

“When you know that greater purpose, it’s easy to do even the tedious work.”


This article appears in December 21 • 2007.

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