County personnel director candidates cut to two

Jeff Schweers

Thursday, Jan. 8, 1998 | 10:40 a.m.

A former Clark County assistant personnel director is one of two finalists culled from a pool of 27 applicants to replace outgoing personnel director Cheryl Miller.

The finalists are the aforementioned Doug Spring, currently personnel director for Metro Police, and Beverly Nelson-Glode, the human resources and risk management administrator for the Seattle suburb of Renton, Wash.

"It was clear that these were the two top candidates," county spokesman Tom Warden said after County Manager Dale Askew and assistant managers, Mike Alastuey and Bonnie Rinaldi, reviewed the applications and videotaped interviews.

Both candidates will be interviewed in the next few days, Warden said, with Askew expected to make a decision early next week so he can take the recommendation to the County Commission for approval Jan. 20.

Spring has long been rumored to be the top candidate for the job, but that "doesn't mean there's any predisposed decision," Warden said.

"This was a very strong vetting process," Warden said.

However, Spring clearly has a tailor-made resume, Warden said.

Spring has a master's degree in public administration from UNLV and has been personnel director for Metro for the past 18 months, where he is responsible for about 3,000 employees.

Prior to that he was assistant director of personnel from 1991 to 1996 under Miller, after three years as her labor relations manager.

Nelson-Glode's post-graduate work includes a master's in business administration from DePaul University and a law degree from the University of Bridgeport Law School. She has run Renton's personnel department for 5 1/2 years, overseeing the personnel needs of 637 city employees. The Renton metro area has 165,000 people.

Prior to that, Nelson-Glode was labor relations officer for the city of Milwaukee for a year, after serving for five years as director of personnel and labor relations for the city of Norwalk, Conn.

The Clark County Human Resources Department oversees more than 9,000 workers, including park rangers, firefighters and University Medical Center employees.