Dana Searcy previously listed as the Division Director for Housing and Homeless Services shown here giving a media tour of the Cares Campus in one of our archive photos is reported to be no longer a county employee.
“On September 19, 2025, Dana Searcy resigned from employment with Washoe County,” Bethany Drysdale wrote in an email to Our Town Reno confirming what a source told us in a text message this morning. “Washoe County thanks Ms. Searcy for her service and wishes her well.”
We will try to look further into what caused this departure. There had been commissioner concerns previously expressed about expensive office space she had used in downtown Reno away from the shelter compound…