Ft Worth Times

Mark McDaniel, with 35 years’ experience in city management – spanning seven different communities ranging in population from 8,000 to 1.3 million – has been appointed deputy city manager.

Fort Worth City Manager David Cooke made the announcement Friday. McDaniel begins his new role Jan. 13.

“Mark brings an emphasis on finance, organizational development, performance improvement, planning, operations management and economic development,” Cooke said. “In his previous consulting assignment here in Fort Worth, Mark reinvented the budget and research function, served as interim chief transformation officer and created the Fort Worth Lab.”

After has time as city manager for Kerrville, Texas, McDaniel joined Strategic Government Resources (SGR) as a senior vice president, where he conducted executive searches and led special consulting efforts.

His most recent assignment in Fort Worth was to serve as greenspace champion, focusing on ambitious efforts to acquire open space and parks, and well as to enhance existing parks, parkways and other City-owned property.

Before serving as Kerrville’s city manager, McDaniel was assistant city manager for the City of Dallas, where he quickly gained greater responsibility that led to his appointment to first assistant city manager. He also created and provided direct leadership for the Dallas Center for Performance Excellence.

During his 10 years as city manager for the City of Tyler, Texas, he was the architect for culture change that included extensive use of Lean Six Sigma methodologies, an innovative leadership structure, rigorous strategic/business planning, and award-winning employee training/career development initiatives.

McDaniel has also served in a number of other municipal management roles in Texas, including budget director and assistant city manager for the City of Corpus Christi, city manager for Woodway, assistant city manager for Lake Jackson, and budget director for Denton.

He has served as vice president for the International City/County Management Association, representing the central United States; president for the Texas City Management Association; and board member for the Alliance for Innovation. He currently serves as the board chair for the University of North Texas Master of Public Administration advisory board.

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