[Durham INC] Durham Announces New Deputy City Manager

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

News Media Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov 

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For Immediate Release: November 16, 2012

 

 

City of Durham Announces New Deputy City Manager

 

DURHAM, N.C. - City Manager Tom Bonfield has named William Bowman "Bo"
Ferguson as the new deputy city manager.

 

According to Bonfield, Ferguson is an experienced and credentialed city
manager that will bring valuable knowledge and leadership experience to
the City of Durham. "Bo's breadth of experience uniquely made him the
best fit for the position. He has an extensive background in
organizational leadership, community and City Council relations, staff
development, public participation and involvement, intergovernmental
relations, fiscally prudent budget development, and management,"
Bonfield said. "We look forward to Bo joining the City's management team
and to the expertise he will bring to this organization, and ultimately,
to this community."

 

Ferguson, who will join the City on January 7, 2013, will lead the
Operations team, which is a group of departments tasked with delivering
traditional governmental services that most directly impact residents on
a day-to-day basis. The following departments are in the Operations
team: Durham Emergency Communications Center, City/County Emergency
Management, Fire, Fleet Management, General Services, Parks and
Recreation, Police, Public Works, Solid Waste Management, and Water
Management.

 

Ferguson comes to the City of Durham with 16 years of experience in
local government management, most recently as the city manager of the
City of Hendersonville, N.C. Prior to this position, Ferguson was the
assistant town manager and finance officer in the Town of Black
Mountain, N.C.; assistant to the city manager in the City of Rockville,
Md.; and senior management analyst with the City of Greenbelt, Md.

 

Ferguson holds a master's in Public Administration from the University
of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. as well as a bachelor's degree in Political
Science and Urban Studies from Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
Ferguson also graduated from the North Carolina Municipal and County
Administration Course at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government and
the LEAD program, which is the companion to the Senior Executive
Institute at the University of Virginia. Ferguson has also completed
internships in Charlotte, N.C.; Greenville, S.C., Liberty, Mo., and with
the International City/County Management Association.

 

Ferguson fills the deputy city manager spot left vacant by Theodore
Voorhees who was named the city manager of Fayetteville in August 2012.

 

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