Richardson said at the time that she would serve in an interim role until he saw how the new organization works.

Beauregard began working with the city as a budget manager in 2003. She was promoted to director of budget and performance management in 2007 and to assistant city manager in 2015.

Beauregard was one of 62 applicants for the position in Staunton, where she plans to move. Eight finalists were interviewed by a panel of city staff and the city manager.

Richardson has not decided if the position will be filled internally or if applications will be sought, according to city spokesman Brian Wheeler.

“It is an honor and joy to be joining the City of Staunton team,” Beauregard said in the release. “My family and I are especially excited to become part of a community that is truly a lovely and friendly place. We look forward to our future in Staunton.”

Beauregard joins a long list of high-ranking city officials to depart since the Aug. 12, 2017, white nationalist Unite the Right rally. On that day, she was in the Emergency Operations Center at Zehmer Hall at the University of Virginia.