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CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
March 8, 2021
The Honorable City Council
Palo Alto, California
Proclamation Honoring Dr. Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne on her
Retirement.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: Dr. Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne Proclamation (PDF)
Department Head: Beth Minor, City Clerk
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Proclamation
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Tom DuBois
Mayor
HONORING DR. MONIQUE LE CONGE ZIESENHENNE
ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, Dr. Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne has served the City of Palo Alto through several executive
leadership roles over the past decade, including most recently as the City’s Assistant City Manager since 2019,
previously the City’s library director since 2011, and in 2018 as the City’s interim director of libraries and
community services; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Ziesenhenne managed the completion of Palo Alto’s Library Bond Program, activating these
new spaces for the community with multi-lingual and multi-generational programming and innovative technology
such as robots and makerspaces, always keeping the community and the staff involved; and then used this broad
operational experience to improve strategic planning and create collaboration and communication within the City,
particularly during the management of Citywide programs during the COVID-19 pandemic;
WHEREAS, Dr. Ziesenhenne’s service to the Palo Alto community has capped her thirty-year career in local
government, during which she led library and cultural services for the City of Richmond, and previously held
library services roles in Benicia and Solano County as well as serving as a consultant supporting local libraries
throughout California; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Ziesenhenne has also served in leadership roles at the statewide and national level, as a past
president of both the California Library Association and Public Library Association, as well an adjunct faculty
member at San Jose State University School of Library and Information Studies, a mentor for the Eureka! Library
Leadership Institute and is a chief executive fellow for National Arts Strategies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Tom DuBois, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto on behalf of the entire City Council do
hereby recognize Dr. Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne on the occasion of her retirement from the City of Palo
Alto, and wish her a wonderful next chapter in her personal and professional exploits now and into the future.
PRESENTED: March 8, 2021