Hilary Straus

Hilary Straus has worked for more than 25 years in local government administration and has served as General Manager for the Citrus Heights Water District since 2016. During his time in the public sector, Hilary has served as a City Administrator and City Manager in two cities in California. Hilary also has the unique experience of having worked with a team to transition the newly-incorporated/start-up City of Citrus Heights into a productive and cost effective municipal service provider.

At Citrus Heights Water, Hilary is working with a team of elected officials, a highly-educated and talented staff and customer volunteers to implement a strategy to replace aging water mains, to replace aging water meters and to build-out the District’s groundwater program.

Hilary began his career in public affairs 30 years ago as a college intern at the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation in Atlanta, and he interned while in college for two chambers of commerce in northern California. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Davis and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California (USC).

In addition to his Water District duties, Hilary serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Local Government (ILG), a non-profit that researches best practices in local government and provides support to cities, counties and special districts. Hilary just celebrated 20 years of marriage to his wife, Lisa, in April 2020, and is a proud papa to son Zachary.