TEAM

Robert E. Bruchey II

Mayor

William M. Breichner

City Council

Martin E. Brubaker

City Council
     

Forrest Easton

City Council

Ashley C. Haywood

City Council

Lewis C. Metzner

City Council

 

STAFF TEAM

Bruce Zimmerman

BRUCE J. ZIMMERMAN, City Administrator has served as Hagerstown's City Administrator for the past 15 years, following his appointment by the Mayor and Council in June, 1994. In this position he is responsible for the administration of the daily operations of a full service Home Rule municipal government, operating under the Council-Manager form of Government.

Mr. Zimmerman holds a B.S. degree in Urban Studies from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana, where he graduated in May, 1977. He received his Master's degree in public Administration in December 1980, from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

Prior to serving in Hagerstown, Mr. Zimmerman worked for the City of Evanston, Illinois, where he first began as that City's Budget Officer in 1981. At the time of his departure for Hagerstown in 1994, he was serving as Assistant City Manager for Evanston. During many of his 13 years in Evanston, Mr. Zimmerman was directly responsible for preparing and managing that City's budget.

Mr. Zimmerman has 28 years of experience working for two Home Rule Council-Manager municipal governments, providing a full range of operations and capital improvement programs for their communities. He has been a member of the International City/County Management Association since 1981, and a member of the Maryland City/County Management Association since 1994.

Deborah Everhart

Deborah Everhart is the Director of Economic Development for the City of Hagerstown. Ms. Everhart has held this position since May, 1983. Ms. Everhart is responsible for conducting the City's economic development programs, including development and implementing Hagerstown's strategic plan for downtown revitalization and City-wide development and growth. In addition, Ms. Everhart is responsible for recruitment of new businesses, recruitment and facilitation of annexations, implementation of business retention and expansion plans, assistance with marketing and promotion efforts related to economic development, and creation of incentive programs. From 1978 to 1983 Ms. Everhart served as the City's Zoning Administrator/Development Coordinator in the Planning Department for the City.

Danielle Frye

Danielle (Dani) Frye, serves as the Executive Assistant to the Director of Economic Development as well as to the Mayor, City Council and City Administrator. She has been employed with the City of Hagerstown since 1990. Dani holds an Associate Degree in Office Technology from Hagerstown Community College (formerly Hagerstown Junior College), where she graduated in 1997.