Tripepi Smith welcomed Christine Martin to the team as its newest Director on March 4, 2024. Christine recently retired as the Assistant City Manager in the City of Livermore following a nearly two decade career at the City. Her expertise is rooted in land use planning and organization development. She now turns her focus toward the TS Talent Solution division of Tripepi Smith to expand its capacity and capabilities while also bringing her land use expertise to appropriate projects at the firm.
“I am excited to use my decades of public sector experience to help local governments build high-functioning teams and strong organizational culture. To be effective and provide the highest level of service, local governments need to build strong teams, leveraging their existing employees and recruiting new talent, and I hope to help by bringing my experience to executive leaders across and beyond California,” Christine said. “Tripepi Smith has an excellent reputation with a diverse range of clients and relationships. I plan to quickly find ways to add value and grow our Talent Solutions division. The team at Tripepi Smith are rockstars, and I am energized by their humor, passion and speed.”
While working for the City of Livermore, Christine oversaw the communications and emergency management programs, created and implemented the city’s first-ever five-year strategic plan, worked directly with the city council, and provided support to the city manager and executive team. She also served for many years as a planner in the community development department, where she led the city’s award-winning development code update and managed many complex land use projects. She has a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies and Environmental Studies from Sonoma State University.
“Tripepi Smith is fortunate to have Christine join our team with her deep local government experience and keen insights into building strong teams. The City of Livermore has a great reputation for its quality staff and organizational focus, and I am looking forward to having Christine’s experience help other city leaders,” said Tripepi Smith President Ryder Todd Smith. “Tripepi Smith Talent Solutions is experiencing strong growth, and our new approach to helping organizations with recruiting, culture and goal setting solutions is starting to catch on. Christine will add fuel to that fire”.
Learn more about TS Talent Solutions at TStalentsolutions.com
About Tripepi Smith
Tripepi Smith is a marketing, technology and public affairs firm based in Orange County, CA. Its clients include for-profit, nonprofit and public agencies throughout the state of California. The firm’s unique mix of marketing and technology prowess provides a competitive advantage for organizations seeking to leverage the Internet to achieve their communication goals. Tripepi Smith provides full content creation services, including ghostwriting, collateral development, photography, video production, search engine optimization, email marketing, crisis communications, social media management and website design and execution. Tripepi Smith clients include City of Santa Ana, City of Culver City, City of Rolling Hills Estates, City of Tracy, City of Santa Cruz, City of Snoqualmie, City of Cupertino, City of Daly City, City of La Cañada Flintridge, City of Paramount, City of Huntington Beach, City of El Cerrito, City of Indian Wells, City of Yuba City, Santa Clara County Fire Department, Industry Business Council, NHA Advisors, CalChoice, California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, Rowland Water District, California Contract Cities Association, California City Management Foundation, League of California Cities, Institute for Local Government, Renne Public Law Group, Inland Empire Utilities Agency and Climatec Energy Services.