Mr. Adam McGill has thirty-two years’ experience in the public sector, twenty-eight of which in policing, and his last four years as a city manager. He has worked in nearly every capacity of policing, serving as a police chief for ten consecutive years in three different California cities. He is known as a visionary and forward-looking executive with experience leading positive reforms and change within organizations.

From January 2017 until his retirement in December of 2023, Mr. McGill served the City of Novato in Marin County, California. For his final four years he served as City Manager where he led a team of three hundred employees while administering a $71 million annual budget. Ahead of his last appointment, Mr. McGill was the Chief of Police for Novato from January 2017 to November 2019.

Prior to joining the City of Novato, Mr. McGill served as Chief of Police to the Town of Truckee, an incorporated town near the north shore of Lake Tahoe with a population of more than 16,000 covering an area of 33.66 square miles. His efforts were formally recognized with the award “Excellence in Government” by the Tahoe Truckee Chamber of Commerce 2013-2016.

Mr. McGill previously served as a Senior Police Advisor and US Diplomat with the United States Department of State where he was assigned to Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs based out of the US Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. He led the police development program of more than 1,000 employees tasked to improve stability in Iraq through the provision of professional policing services and developing the capacity of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) to manage and sustain internal security operations.

Further, in his inaugural Chief of Police role, Mr. McGill served the City of Newman in Stanislaus County. Mr. McGill grew his career with the City of Modesto Police Department where he served as the Commander of the Critical Incident Team and of the Stanislaus Drug Enforcement Agency. Finally, he helped propel the high-profile Laci Peterson (Scott Peterson) murder investigation and prosecution as a key member of the investigative team.

Mr. McGill has a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration and a Master of Science in Emergency Services Administration from California State University, Long Beach. Additionally, he is a graduate of the 261st session of the FBI National Academy. He also holds an Executive Certificate from California’s POST and completed the Leadership in Police Organizations course from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

He previously served as an executive Board Member for the California Police Chiefs Association and until his retirement was a member of the executive board for the League of California Cities’ city manager department.