Mr. Jackson is Citygate’s President and has approximately 20 years of experience in local government consulting. Having previously served as Citygate’s Vice President, Mr. Jackson has served over 500 clients since joining Citygate, and has provided leadership to all aspects of the firm’s operations for over a decade. Mr. Jackson is passionate about supporting and empowering local government leaders, with a focus on building executive-level consulting teams that are driven to tackle the most complex issues and challenges across every local government function. Proficient in all aspects of Citygate’s many service lines to cities, counties, and districts—as well as their diverse organizational cultures—he is also a certified MERIT Profile consultant and trainer, specializing in helping organizations connect their values and culture to key recruitment decisions.
Mr. Jackson earned his master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Davis, with a focus on organizational management and entrepreneurship. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communication studies from California State University, Sacramento.
“[Stu Gary’s] knowledge, expertise, and demeanor were invaluable in our efforts to ferret out a fair agreement with the City. I could go on and on about Stu, but you already know all of the superlatives.”
AAE, General Manager Monterey Regional Airport
“I am really, really impressed. I am impressed at the exhaustiveness of your study, impressed at the honesty and candor with which you expressed your findings; I am very impressed at the constructive tone of it, and that you came in under budget as well. So, thank you very much. I think that this document is going to be a cornerstone for us really moving forward for the next five, ten, twenty [years], half a century.”
Salt Lake City Council Meeting
“I think this is one of the most comprehensive reports and I think probably one of the best presented reports I’ve seen in my years in government service. I want to start off by commending you for that and acknowledge that the work that you were able to do with cooperation from all of the different firefighting agencies in this region was second-to-none.”
Supervisor First District San Diego County
“Thank you so much for all you have done. And it’s so comprehensive, I know it’s going to take a while for us to digest it all, but I think you’ve come up with some really good recommendations.”
Pro Tempore City of Vista, CA
“I wanted to offer my compliments to Citygate, to Mr. Gary for this very comprehensive report.”
San Luis Obispo Council Member
“I am very much appreciative of Citygate’s comprehensive view of all the issues. And you have been very candid and very forthright in the problem areas that you have identified and we appreciate that. Quite often sometimes people choose to gloss over those issues and therefore we never can get a real good handle on the problem to resolve it. And I very much appreciate your insight and your intuitive natures that you have all experienced in your government services and trying to identify where our problem areas are so we can identify for the public. I very much appreciate the idea and the comments that you made that we are talking about the citizens who come to the planning Department as customers. And so you’ve done a great service for us and we are certainly appreciative of all your efforts.”
Commissioner Jackson County
