DAVE WAFFLE
Dave Waffle is a retired City Manager with more than 45 years of municipal management experience.
His most recent positions include Interim Assistant City Manager and Assistant Finance Director for the City of Beaverton, Oregon. Prior to joining Beaverton, Dave served as city manager for six Oregon and Wisconsin cities. In retirement, he serves as a volunteer Senior Advisor to the Oregon City/County Management Association (OCCMA), providing support for local government managers and administrators.
He is known for his collaborative approach to intergovernmental relations, community development activities, community engagement best-practices, government ethics and public finance knowledge. He led many regional committees (e.g., solid waste, libraries & broadband services), several statewide advisory committees (e.g., finance, small cell telecommunications) and local government professional organizations in Wisconsin and Oregon. Locally , Dave was in leaderships positions for Oregon’s Tualatin River basin with the Tualatin River Watershed Council, Clean Water Advisory Commission and the Tualatin Riverkeepers. While City Manager, he helped the City of Cornelius, Oregon gain the Health and Community Services Award from the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in 2010 for a community engagement project expanding recreation and health services for families who have disabled children. He now serves Cornelius as the chair of their Planning Commission.
He holds a master’s degree in Public Affairs from the University of Oregon and a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University. He is a Life Member of ICMA and OCCMA.