Member Profile

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Tanisha Briley was appointed City Manager of the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland on July 20, 2020. She assumed the position on September 14, 2020. The City Manager serves as the chief administrative officer, managing the City’s administrative operations in accordance with policies and procedures set forth by the City Council. The City government has a professional staff of 425 full time equivalent positions with a budget of $69.3 million, serving a population of just over 70,200 people. Briley’s career in the public sector spans nearly two decades, with 14 years in city management. She most recently served as City Manager of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a community with just over 46,000 residents, 560 municipal employees and a budget of $79 million. In that position since 2013, Briley listed among her accomplishments the increase of the City’s reserve fund from four to 16 percent of expenses, overseeing the reduction of crime by 55 percent, and spearheading a citywide energy efficiency project that resulted in a 25 percent energy consumption reduction and cost savings. Prior to becoming City Manager of Cleveland Heights, Briley served as Management Analyst, Budget Manager, and eventually Assistant City Administrator for the City of Davenport, Iowa. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Ohio State University and a Master of Public Administration, with a Local Urban Management Certificate from Cleveland State University. Briley is also a graduate of the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the National Forum for Black Public Administrator’s MENTOR Program. Briley serves as Vice Chair of the ICMA-RC Retirement Corporation Board of Directors, and in Cleveland Heights she was active in a number of professional and service organizations, including Treasurer of the Heights-Hillcrest Communications Center Board of Directors. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency and the United Way of Greater Cleveland, and is an instructor with the Cleveland State University Public Administration Graduate Program. Briley enjoys fitness, travel, and finding ways to be of service to further her professional and personal goal of helping to shape a positive future for the community she serves. She and her partner Vincent reside in Gaithersburg, Maryland.