Sedona Deputy City Manager Joanne Keene is the last remaining finalist for the position of Flagstaff deputy city manager.

The city of Flagstaff held a final interview on Thursday, April 6, from 3 to 5 p.m. Flagstaff had 175 potential candidates for the post, invited 11 to interview and narrowed that field to two.

One recently accepted another position, so Flagstaff will be moving forward with Keene’s final interview.
Keene was hired as Sedona’s deputy city manager — a post formerly titled “assistant city manager” — in
May 2021 from a field of 120 applicants.

Keene had served as Coconino County’s assistant county manager for 15 months at the time of her hiring.

Keene is a certified public manager with a bachelor’s degree in English and broadcast journalism and a master’s in public administration.

She was previously executive vice president and chief of staff at Northern Arizona University for nearly five years; government relations director at Coconino County for more than seven years; chief of staff, legislative director and legislative assistant at the U.S. House of Representatives for seven years; and public information officer for the Arizona Department of Water Resources for two years.