Beverly Hills Narrows Down Village Manager Search, Invites Public to Meet Candidates Feb 15
(Village of Beverly Hills, Jan. 24, 2025)
Beverly Hills, MI- After a thorough review of 144 applicants, 5 candidates have been selected as finalists in the search for the new Village Manager for the Village of Beverly Hills.
The Village Council will interview the candidates on Saturday, February 15th, 2025. A reception for the candidates will be held from 2-3:30 p.m. Residents are welcome to attend the reception which will take place at 18500 W 13 Mile Road Beverly Hills, MI.
Candidate Bios and Background
Chelsea Pesta
Chelsea Pesta has been serving as the Assistant City Manager for the City of Walled Lake, Michigan since 2015. In addition to being the Assistant City Manager, Chelsea is also the City Treasurer, Finance Director, Downtown Development Managing Director, and Deputy City Clerk. Her duties include playing a key role in the development and execution of strategic initiatives, collaborating with city officials to align organizational goals, enhancing operational efficiency, assisting in the preparation, monitoring, and management of the city budget, overseeing the planning and execution of major infrastructure projects, among many other duties.
Pesta is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn and has a Masters of Public Administration from Waldorf University. She is also a Certified Municipal Clerk, Michigan Certified Professional Treasurer, and Certified Election Inspector. Pesta is currently a member of the International City/County Management Association and Michigan Municipal Executives.
Chad Baugh
Chad Baugh has been working in the Canton, Michigan Police Department since 1996, and currently serves as the Director of Police Services (Police Chief). His duties include overseeing 100 authorized sworn officers, initiating and managing organizational change, leading scaled police responses for various activities, enhancing public safety and responsiveness, creating community and state-wide partnerships, developing innovative police programs such as Community Engagement, Juvenile Diversion, Citizen Oversight, Embedded Social Worker initiatives, Federal Task Forces, Special Operations Group, and Search Warrant Team, among many other duties and accomplishments. Baugh is a graduate of Madonna University with a degree in Criminal Justice, with a Masters of Science in Technology Studies from Eastern Michigan University. He also attended Eastern Michigan University’s School of Police Staff and Command. Baugh is a Michigan Certified Public Manager from Saginaw Valley State University.
Baugh is currently a member of several organizations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, the Wayne County Association of Chiefs of Police, the Southeast Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Western Wayne County Association of Chiefs of Police, the last of which he is the Chair of the Chiefs Meeting, and is also on the SWAT and Mobile Field Force Board.
Colleen O’Toole Colleen
O’Toole has been the City Manager for the City of Saline, Michigan since 2020, where she oversees all operational functions, provides leadership and subject-matter expertise on capital projects, budgeting, economic development, and human resources management, manages ten unique departments including a municipally operated water plant, sewer plant, and rec center facilities, administers state and federal grants and awards, among other duties. Prior to that, O’Toole served as the City Manager for the City of Durand, Chief Operating Officer for Cartofront, the co-founder/Executive Director for Elmspring, and the Managing Director of Andersonville Dev. Corp.
O’Toole is a graduate of Miami University, with a Masters In Public Administration from DePaul University. O’Toole is a member of Michigan Municipal Executives, the Michigan Economic Developers Association, and the International Economic Development Council.
Michael Reese
Michael Reese was most recently the City Manager for the City of Maplewood, Missouri, where he managed a $28M annual total budget, directed six department heads representing: Police, Fire, Public Works/Parks, Finance/Human Resources, Community Development, and Social Services, collaborated with the Mayor and City Council to enact legislation and embrace policy, encouraged economic development, among many other duties.
Prior to that, Reese served as a Board Member for the Ohio Water Development Authority, Director of Local Government Affairs for Ice Miller LLP, and was the Chief of Staff for the Office of Mayor Michael B. Coleman in the City of Columbus, Ohio. Reese is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University with a Masters of Political Science (Emphasis in American Government and State and Local Government) from Bowling Green State University. Reese is a member of the International City/County Management Association.
Warren Rothe
Warren Rothe has been the Assistant City Manager for the City of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan since 2022, where he serves as director of the City’s Tax Increment Finance Authority (TIFA), managing an annual budget of over $1 million in community infrastructure projects, directly supervises all employees and responsibilities of the City’s Building Department; including code enforcement, planning, and economic development functions, provides executive-level leadership on various City projects, assists the City Manager in various human resources and personnel management functions such as negotiating collective bargaining agreements, among other duties.
Prior to that, Rothe was the City Superintendent for the City of St. Clair, Michigan, and was the Village Manager for the Village of Lakeview, Michigan. Rothe is a graduate of Michigan State University, with a Master of Public Policy from Michigan State University. Rothe is a member of Michigan Municipal Executives and chair of the Michigan Municipal Executives Professional Development Committee.