Gilbert City Leaders Meet & Greet

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Registration Required, Limited Seating. Join us for an insightful session with Gilbert city leaders, Patrick Banger and Dan Henderson. They will be speaking to the WeSERV Government Affairs Committee and all interested members. See biographies below: 

Patrick Banger 

City Manager, Gilbert, Arizona 

Patrick was appointed City Manager in August 2011. Patrick has over 24 years of local government experience and 7 years of executive-level leadership in the private sector.

In his current role and under his leadership, Gilbert has become the 72^nd largest city in the U.S., with a growing population of 292,711. Patrick has been a key leader in transforming Gilbert into one of the most sought-after places for residential living, corporate expansions, and relocations. He is a forward-thinking, change-orientated leader who has been instrumental in helping Gilbert become one of the nation's most prestigious and award-winning communities. Since 2011, Gilbert’s financial performance has excelled and was recognized as the top performing city in the nation post-recession, tripling its general fund reserves and receiving thirty-six credit rating upgrades culminating in AAA ratings from all three agencies: Moody’s Investor Service, Fitch, and S&P placing Gilbert in the top .002% of cities in the nation.

Patrick has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science from Missouri State University and a Master of Arts Degree in Management from Webster University. He is an active member of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Sr. Staff Committee, Past Chairman of the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Management Board, Past President of the Arizona City/County Management Association (ACMA) and a former Honorary Base Commander at Luke Air Force Base. He also received the 2019 John J. ‘Jack’ Debolski Award for Excellence in City Management by the Arizona City/County Management Association, the highest ACMA bestows on a public official.

Dan Henderson

Economic Development Director, Gilbert, Arizona 

Dan Henderson, CEcD, MEDP, is the Director of the Gilbert Office of Economic Development, a role he has held since 2007. Under his leadership, the department has driven over $4 billion in capital investment, 20 million square feet of development, and creating and retaining more than 30,000 jobs. Notable projects include Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Corning, Deloitte, Dick’s House of Sport, Footprint, GoDaddy, Worldwide Headquarters of Isagenix, Johnson Controls, Lockheed Martin, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Nationwide Realty Investors, Northrop Grumman, Trader Joe’s, Tiger Wood’s Pop Stroke Entertainment, Upward Projects, Whole Foods, and many others.

An accomplished economic development professional, Dan has been recognized by Consultant Connect as one of North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers and has earned multiple awards, including the International Economic Development Council’s Jeffrey A. Finkle Organizational Leadership Award (2024). He is a commissioner for the City of Chandler’s Transportation Commission and Board of Adjustments, a Board Member for REIAC, and a guest lecturer at Arizona State University’s MRED program. He is also a Gilbert Leadership Class 32 graduate.

As a 3^rd generation Arizonan, Dan enjoys traveling with family and friends, all things outdoors, cycling, cooking, volunteering, and reading nonfiction