Member Profile

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Tanisha Briley joined the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland as City Manager in September 2020. As Maryland’s third largest city with a population of just over 69,650 people, Gaithersburg has a professional staff of more than 700 employees and a total expenditure budget of $105.4 million. Briley’s twenty-three year plus public sector career includes 18 years in city management where she gained experience in all facets of local government administration. Before joining the City of Gaithersburg, Briley served as City Manager of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and as Management Analyst, Budget Manager, and Assistant City Administrator in Davenport, Iowa. Before joining the city management profession, Briley worked in higher education at The Ohio State University and as a legislative staffer in the Ohio Senate. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration degree from The Ohio State University and a Master of Public Administration degree from Cleveland State University, where she was recognized as a Distinguished Alumni in 2010. Briley is also a graduate of the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and holds several other certifications in local government management. Briley is an active member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) and she is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and a member of their Board of Directors. She also served on the MissionSquare Retirement (formerly ICMA-RC) Board of Directors, a not-for-profit corporation serving 1.5 million participants and more than 9,800 public sector retirement plans nationwide, for eight years including two as Chairperson. Briley is also a member of the Visiting Committee at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, where she previously taught graduate courses as an adjunct member of the faculty. She and her partner Vincent of 22 years reside in Gaithersburg with their rambunctious and loving dogs Max and Zuri.