Keith Boggs

Personal Biography:

Keith Boggs is a Deputy Executive Officer in Stanislaus County’s Chief Executive Office.  Keith has a Masters Degree in Public Administration [MPA] from CSU-Stanislaus (1995) and BA in Sociology (1991) and has been a champion to Community Economic Development since 1997.

Professionally, Mr. Boggs works primarily on business park development, community technology initiatives, regional tourism, and various community outreach endeavors.  Keith is recognized as one of the region’s leading group facilitators.

Mr. Boggs is credited for developing the successful Connecting Stanislaus: Community Technology Program, which highlights primary areas for improving technology access, education, training and multi-sector cooperation in Stanislaus County; developing a vibrant regional tourism roundtable and numerous community based economic development strategies including a best practice County Employee Youth Mentor program.

Goals:

Professional

Professionally – I would hope to gain a better understanding of the best practice approaches that others are deploying to achieve stronger, more engaged, technology savvy communities. While we have been very successful here in Stanislaus County – there is always so many interesting ways to achieve community consensus. I would hope that I could continue to develop these skills with the clear purpose of sharing back to my colleagues and peers here in the Central Valley.

Personal

Developing partnerships and long standing collegial friendships are very important to me. Connecting Stanislaus has always been as much about connecting people and resources as it has been about technology outreach and training. I would hope that my time as a ZeroDivide Fellow would help me to expand my understanding, foster new working relationships, and be a conduit for shared experiences. I am looking forward to the opportunities.