Two Finalists Named for Gaithersburg City Manager Position
Posted 6/12/2008
Gaithersburg, MD. Angel Jones of Eugene, Oregon and Theodore “Ted” Voorhees of Durham, North Carolina have been named by the Mayor and City Council as finalists for the position of Gaithersburg City Manager. With the help of Alliance Resource Consulting, the Mayor and City Council reviewed eleven applications out of the dozens that were submitted. Six were chosen for interviews, and Jones and Voorhees were identified for the final stage of the selection process.
Jones and Voorhees will be introduced to the public on Tuesday, June 17. Interested residents are invited to join them at a “Meet and Greet” session beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park, 506 South Frederick Avenue in Gaithersburg. No reservations are necessary. The candidates will offer brief opening remarks, and then will be available to answer questions in an informal, social setting. After meeting and talking with the candidates, attendees are encouraged to provide their feedback on comment cards, which will available at the event.
The Mayor and Council will conduct second interviews with the candidates on June 27, and will meet to review citizen feedback on June 30. They hope to finalize their decision in the coming weeks, with the start date of the new City Manager contingent on his or her availability.
Since 2007 Angel Jones has served as Assistant City Manager for the City of Eugene, Oregon, which has a population of 153,000. For a period in 2007-2008 she also served as City Manager Pro Tem. In her position she administers city affairs and directs the operations of an organization with 1,547 employees and an operating budget of $156 million.
Among her accomplishments as City Manager Pro Tem/Assistant City Manager she cites the initiation and establishment of the first City of Eugene Office of Sustainability, which includes a Sustainability Commission designed to address the city’s sustainability goals. Under her leadership the City was also recognized for an award-winning low-income housing program that encompassed a wide variety of creative and innovative housing alternatives available through both private sector developers and public and not-for-profit programs and partnerships.
From 1999 to 2006 she served as Executive Director of Eugene’s Library, Recreation and Cultural Services, and from 1993 to 1999 she held various leadership positions in the City of Richmond, Virginia, including Acting Director/Deputy Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities and Financial Manager/Analyst for Public Utilities. Jones holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia.
Theodore “Ted” Voorhees holds a Master of Public Administration in Management from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from American University. He currently serves as Deputy City Manager for the City of Durham, North Carolina, a position he has held since 2002. Durham has a population of 215,000. City employees total 2,467, and Durham’s annual operating budget is $338.2 million.
Among his accomplishments as Durham’s Deputy City Manager, Voorhees notes that he helped shape the current public policy agenda in the Durham community to emphasize the backlog of deferred maintenance problems for public buildings, streets, utility infrastructure, and fleet assets. During his tenure a bond referendum passed overwhelmingly to focus on capital upgrades for many public facilities.
Voorhees served as Assistant City Manager in the City of Wilmington, North Carolina from 2000 to 2002, as City manager of the City of King, North Carolina from 1995 to 2000, as the Town Manager of Bowling Green, Virginia from 1993 to 1995, and served as Administrative Aide/Deputy Staff Director to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Fairfax, Virginia from 1989 to 1993.
The position of Gaithersburg City Manager has been vacant since the retirement of David Humpton in October of 2007. He had served in the position for 12 years. Jim Arnoult, Director of Public Works, has been serving as Acting City Manager in the interim. For more information please contact the Gaithersburg Division of Human Resources at 301-258-6310.
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