ABOUT CURIODYSSEY

Jenny Shain, Administrative Services Manager for the City of Sunnyvale, holds a MSIPA (Master of Science, International Public Administration), from the University of Southern California and a BA in German Language and Literature from Binghamton University – State University of New York. She received a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship and worked for a year at a high school in Hamburg, Germany. She completed her master’s internship in Malaysia, working for Petronas, the Malaysian national oil company. She has worked for 30 years in municipal government for the City of Sunnyvale. She staffed the Parks and Recreation Commission and developed and implemented policy and budgets for the Department of Parks and Recreation for many years and she was adjunct lecturer for San Jose State University in their Recreation and Leisure Studies Department. She currently manages customer service operations for the City's 30,000 utility accounts for water, sewer and garbage. She is also responsible for the City’s Business License program and for implementing the City’s cross connection compliance program.