Pima County’s deputy administrator, Dr. Francisco Garcia, leaving

Dr. Francisco Garcia, who is a Pima County deputy administrator as well as its chief medial officer, will leave his post at the start of the year.

Randy Metcalf, Pima County Communications, File 2022

Charles Borla
Dr. Francisco Garcia, Pima County deputy administrator and its chief medical officer, will be leaving his post at the beginning of next year, officials say.

Garcia will be leaving his post on Jan. 3, the county said Wednesday in a news release. He has been a deputy county administrator since 2019.

“It has been a privilege of a lifetime to work for Pima County and I will be eternally grateful to Administrators (Jan) Lesher and (Chuck) Huckelberry for the opportunity to serve this community that I love,” Garcia said. “There is never a good time to make a major career transition, however as we close 2024, the time has come for me to move on to the next phase of my life.”

Garcia was hired in 2013 as the director of the county’s health department; in 2017, he became an assistant county administrator under former County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry.