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Lurie names Sarah Madland to lead SF parks; new GM pledges to keep focus on recreation
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has picked a new head of the city’s Recreation and Park Department after a nationwide search. Sarah Madland, who has worked in the department for more than 15 years as the director of policy and public affairs, ...

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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has picked a new head of the city’s Recreation and Park Department after a nationwide search. Sarah Madland, who has worked in the department for more than 15 years as the director of policy and public affairs, ...
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Lurie names Sarah Madland to lead SF parks; new GM pledges to keep focus on recreation, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has picked a new head of the city’s Recreation and Park Department after a nationwide search. Sarah Madland, who has worked in the department for more than 15 years as the director of policy and public affairs, will lead the department as its general manager. She has previously worked in […] The post Lurie names Sarah Madland to lead SF parks; new GM pledges to keep focus on recreation appeared first on Local News Matters .
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