Brenda Kiely

Brenda Kiely has over 20 years of experience in county administration and finance management. Brenda currently holds the position of Chief Deputy County Administrator at the County of San Joaquin, a role they have held since March 2022. Before that, they served as the Sr. Deputy County Administrator for the same organization from January 2021 to March 2022. Prior to joining the County of San Joaquin, Brenda worked at Stanislaus County in various roles. Brenda was the Senior Finance Manager and Chief Executive Officer from July 2019 to January 2021, the General Ledger Manager from April 2018 to June 2019, and started their career at Stanislaus County as a Management Consultant in January 1997, a role they held for over 20 years until April 2018.

Brenda Kiely obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services from California State University, Fresno in the years 1991 to 1995. Brenda then pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in the same field of study from California State University, Stanislaus from 1997 to 1999.