City of Palm Springs
Brenda Pree MMC, CERA, currently serves as the City Clerk for the City of Palm Springs since September 2022. Pree has extensive experience in municipal administration, previously holding the City Clerk position in the City of Pittsburgh from August 2017 to September 2022, where responsibilities included managing the Office of the City Clerk's operations and maintaining records of City Council proceedings. Prior to that role, Pree managed election officer training for Fairfax County Government and worked as a Municipal Court Clerk in the City of Ridgeland. With a career beginning as a Justice Court Clerk in Washington County, Pree's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Rust College.
City of Palm Springs
Nestled at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains, the City of Palm Springs is known for its crystal-blue skies, year-round sunshine, stunning landscape, and starry nights. Palm Springs’ rich history and gorgeous weather make it an ideal place to live and a preferred destination of travelers from all over the world. The City maintains the charm of a small town while offering the amenities of an urban center. Palm Springs lies on the western edge of the Coachella Valley approximately 107 miles east of Los Angeles within the ecological area known as the Colorado Desert. The permanent population is approximately 50,000 and the City has over 5 million visitors annually. The City is known for valuing the diversity of its people and neighborhoods, celebrating a population that includes active senior and LGBT communities. Residents of Palm Springs have access to shopping, galleries, restaurants, parks, recreational facilities, hiking trails, bike routes, a water park, and horseback riding as well as the scenic Palm Springs Aerial Tramway up Mt. San Jacinto. As the City enjoys 350 days of sunshine per year, Palm Springs’ community has year-round enjoyment of the outdoors. Palm Springs is host to many parades, festivals, and the famed Palm Springs International Film Festival. Residents of Palm Springs find that the City is an ideal community to call home.