City Manager

Interim City Manager David Bullock

Dave Bullock is an experienced management professional with more than 30 years managing and operating public agencies. His experience includes operations of all elements of local government as well as project management, economic development, budgets and financial projections, contract management, media relations, policy implementation, organizational change, growth management, infrastructure planning and development, and performance management.

Mr. Bullock served as the Town of Longboat Key's Town Manager for six years and as Sarasota County's Deputy County Administrator (DCA) for 14 years. He also worked in the private sector as a management consultant for eight years. After a brief retirement, he was asked to serve as the Sarasota County Economic Development Corporation's CEO.

Mr. Bullock currently serves on the Governing Board of The Patterson Foundation, was a founding member of SCOPE (Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence) from 1998–2002. He received his Bachelor of Science in Education from West Chester State University, where he received the President's Award for Outstanding Achievement. He was also a volunteer firefighter and paramedic from 1982–1987.