With an operating budget of $20.5M and $16.2M in passthrough funding ($36.7M total), Centralina employs 47 dedicated staff structured across six departments and seven focus areas: Focus Areas: Aging & Health, Community Economic Development, Local Government Support, Natural Resources & Resilience, Planning & Placemaking, Transportation & Mobility, and Workforce & Talent. A critical competency in the next Executive Direction is the ability to evaluate investments leading to disciplined and strategic risk taking in determining where to invest resources, what services to grow, and what to stop, while building board and member buy-in.