Kevin Knutson

About

Kevin Knutson is a senior vice president for SGR with 33 years of experience, most recently as an assistant county administrator for Pinellas County, Florida. Before that, he was the vice president of planning and performance solutions for Envisio, where he helped local governments implement strategy and track and report performance. From 2012 to 2018, he was the regional vice president for Management Partners, a local government consulting firm. Kevin has more than twenty years of experience in local government, including ten years in strategic planning, budget, performance measurement, and process improvement and six years in community relations, communications, and citizen engagement. He is recognized as a national expert in local government performance management, long-term financial planning, and communications. He was part of a team that implemented quality management practices in Coral Springs that led to the City being the first local government to earn the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Kevin served as interim city manager, assistant city manager, director of the office of management and budget, and director of community relations in Reno, Nevada; and as director of communications and marketing and budget and strategic planning manager for Coral Springs, Florida. He is a recognized as a Credentialed manager by ICMA, was named the City-County Communications and Marketing Association’s 2011 Communicator of the Year, and was #25 on ELGL's 2020 Traeger Award list of local government influencers.