For Immediate Release: August 4, 2022 

Alexandria City Manager Jim Parajon has announced that Deputy City Manager Laura Triggs will resign effective September 9, 2022, following 24 years serving Alexandria. 

"We are grateful to Laura for the contributions she's made to Alexandria over her career," said Mayor Justin Wilson. "Laura has been the consummate public servant in advising the Council, helping develop effective fiscal and program policies, and providing outstanding senior leadership to our City government.” 

Triggs became Alexandria’s Deputy Director of Finance and Comptroller in 1998 after working as a CPA for the accounting firm KPMG and the U.S. Government Accountability Office. She also previously was appointed as senior staff for the DC Financial Control Board and later as the Associate CFO for the District of Columbia to help resolve the District’s financial crisis. After being a Deputy Director for the City, she became Alexandria’s Finance Director, CFO, and ultimately Deputy City Manager. 

During her career with Alexandria, Triggs supervised at various levels the preparation of 24 years of annual financial reports and budgets through to Council approval, worked to fully fund the City’s employee pension funds, and structured long-term fiscal management policies to ensure the City’s AAA bond ratings including during the 2009 recession. Triggs recently spearheaded the successful inter-departmental team effort that this year brought to the City competing internet broadband services that will provide equitable broadband access to all Alexandrians. 

In her eight years as Deputy City Manager, Triggs served as the liaison from the Office of the City Manager to the Alexandria Sheriff, the City’s Clerk of the Courts, and the Commonwealth’s Attorney and Courts. She served on the Alexandria Transit Company (DASH) and City’s pension fund investment boards. Triggs oversaw at various times different City departments, including Budget, Emergency & Customer Communications, Facilities, Fire, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Performance Analytics. 

As a credentialed leadership and career coach, Triggs additionally over the years provided group leadership coaching and trainings, as well as individual pro bono coaching, to Alexandria and other local government employees. In the future, Triggs will concentrate her focus on coaching others, including working with current and future public sector leaders. 

“I want to thank Laura for her years of contributions to the City of Alexandria,” said City Manager Jim Parajon. “She brought valued financial and policy expertise to the City’s government. And she consistently focused on helping City employees succeed. Her effective leadership, professional mentoring, and acumen across diverse policy issues will be missed.” 

Parajon also noted he will appoint an Acting Deputy City Manager ahead of Triggs’ departure. The Acting Deputy will serve until a new permanent Deputy is selected.  

For inquiries from the news media only, contact the Office of Communications & Public Information at newsroom@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3969. 

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This news release is available at alexandriava.gov/go/3862.