Yakima Assistant City Manager Rosylen Oglesby is returning to her home state as the city manager of Franklin, Virginia. The Franklin City Council formally approved a contract with Oglesby earlier this month. Oglesby’s last day on the job in Yakima will be August 23rd.
“Rosylen has been a true asset to the City of Yakima during the two-plus years she has served as assistant city manager,” said City Manager Vicki Baker. Oglesby was hired as Yakima’s assistant city manager in April 2022.
“Rosylen utilized her experience and expertise to help improve processes and programs in many areas of the City. She will certainly be missed,” said Baker. “On behalf of the City and the Yakima community, I thank Rosylen for her outstanding service here and wish her all the best in her new role back home.”
As Yakima’s assistant city manager, Oglesby worked closely with the city manager on a variety of issues and oversaw strategic projects related to economic development, human services, the Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field, and other City programs and services. She also served as interim finance director for the last several months.
Franklin, Virginia is about 40 miles from Portsmouth, Virginia where Oglesby served in a variety of roles for the City of Portsmouth beginning in 2006. She began her tenure with the City of Portsmouth as a management analyst (2006-2010). She became the resource development and management coordinator in 2010 before being promoted to manager of management services in 2013. That same year, Oglesby was named assistant to the city manager, a position she held for two years. In 2015, Oglesby was again promoted, this time to the position of assistant city manager. She served as assistant city manager until she was hired by the City of Yakima in 2022.
Baker is in the process of evaluating how the assistant city manager position will be filled. In the meantime, responsibilities of the assistant city manager will be temporarily assigned to members of the City’s senior staff.