Government and public sector
10 city managers
These ten current city managers each run the day-to-day administration of a city in the United States. A reader can learn how city managers run their cities from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Cale Curtis
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City Of Margate
City Manager of the City of Margate, Florida since June 2019, after brief stints there as Interim City Manager and Assistant City Manager (2018–2019). The profile says he leads more than 400 employees and a $130 million annual budget for a city of 60,000 residents. He was earlier Finance Director for the Town of Highland Beach (2012–2018).
Jennifer Maguire
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of San José
City Manager of the City of San José since July 2021, after serving there as Assistant City Manager (2017–2021), Senior Deputy City Manager (2015–2017) and Budget Director (2007–2017). The profile says she is the chief administrative officer for a city of nearly one million people and reports to the mayor and city council.
Jennifer Poirrier
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of Clearwater
City Manager of the City of Clearwater, Florida since April 2023, after serving there as Assistant City Manager (2022–2023) and Human Resources Director (2019–2022). The profile describes Clearwater as a tourism-centered city of more than 116,000 residents and cites more than 20 years in public service.
Joseph Lopez
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of Modesto
City Manager of the City of Modesto in California since April 2017, after serving there as Deputy City Manager (2015–2017), Director of Administrative Services (2014–2015) and Director of Human Resources (2012–2014). He was earlier a Human Resources Manager for Sacramento County (2006–2012).
Joseph Neeb
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of Laredo
City Manager of the City of Laredo, Texas since February 2023. He is the former City Manager of Roswell, New Mexico (2017–2023), former City Administrator of Spearfish (2010–2017) and former Town Manager of the Town of Dyer (2004–2010), so he has led four local governments.
Joyce Wilson
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of El Paso
City Manager of the City of El Paso since January 2004; the profile says she was the first city manager after a 2004 charter amendment changed the city's form of government. She was earlier Chief Operating Officer of Arlington County, Virginia (2002–2004) and a city administrator in Yuma, Arizona (1994–2002).
Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of Dallas
City Manager of the City of Dallas since January 2025, after serving as Interim City Manager (2024–2025) and Deputy City Manager (2017–2024). The profile says she oversees a budget of more than $4 billion and a workforce of more than 13,000. She was earlier Director of Strategy and Innovation at the North Texas Tollway Authority (2012–2016).
Mike Janssen
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of Las Vegas
City Manager of the City of Las Vegas since September 2023. He was earlier the city's Executive Director of Infrastructure (2020–2023), where the profile says he oversaw the capital improvement plan, and its Director of Public Works (2017–2020) and City Traffic Engineer (2014–2017).
Robert Field
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of Medford, Oregon
City Manager of the City of Medford, Oregon since September 2024 and former City Manager of the City of San Bernardino (2020–2023). Before that he was Assistant County Executive Officer for the Economic Development Agency of the County of Riverside, California, a role the source dates from 1999 to 2020.
Scott Stiles
LinkedInExperience: City Manager · City of Palm Springs
City Manager of the City of Palm Springs, California since March 2023 and former City Manager of the City of Garden Grove (2015–2023). Before that he was Assistant City Manager (2014–2015) and Interim City Manager (2013–2014) for the City of Cincinnati.
Choose the right perspective
Match the city's size to your question, since running a large city differs from running a small one. Consider whether you want a manager who rose inside one city's staff or one who has managed several cities in different states.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a city manager build the annual budget with the city council?
- 02What did you change in your first year after moving from assistant or deputy city manager to city manager?
- 03How do you set priorities across departments when revenue is flat?
Reaching city managers
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