City Managers of Tucson

Name

Term

C.K. Clark January 4, 1915 to 1916 (First by Resolution No. 348)
C.E. Pequignot January 1, 1930 to December 31, 1930 (First by Charter Chapter XXV, Section 3)
George R. Wade January 5, 1931 to June 15, 1931
R.E. Butler June 16, 1931 to February 21, 1940
George W. Seely March 11, 1940 to May 20, 1940 (Acting) | May 20, 1940 to April 15, 1941 (Appointed) | April 15, 1945 (Military) to  August 24, 1945 (Resigned)
Phil Martin, Jr. April 15, 1941 to August 24, 1945 (Acting) | August 24, 1945 to April 24, 1951 (Appointed) | April 24, 1951 to December 6, 1951 (Acting)
Harry L. Buchanan December 6, 1951 to December 31, 1951
Donald P. Wolfers February 4, 1952 to July 31, 1953
J. Luther Davis August 1, 1953 to September 1, 1953 (Acting) | September 1, 1953 to June 10, 1955 (Appointed)
Phil J. Martin June 11, 1955 to September 19, 1955 (Appointed)
Porter W. Homer September 20, 1955 to March 16, 1962
Roger O'Mara March 1962 to June 14, 1962 (Acting)
Mark E. Keane June 14, 1962 to August 8, 1966
Roger O'Mara August 8, 1966 to September 11, 1966 (Acting) | September 12, 1966 to May 9, 1972 (Appointed)
Clifford O'Key December 11, 1972 to November 26, 1973
William G. Ealy Deputy, never officially named acting city Manager, January 24, 1972 to unknown**
Joel D. Valdez April 22, 1974 to July 2, 1990
Thomas J. Wilson July 3, 1990 to August 2, 1992
Ruben D. Suarez August 3, 1992 to July 5, 1993 (Interim)
Michael Brown July 6, 1993 to unknown**
Luis Gutierrez October 28, 1996 to unknown**
James R. Keene August 21, 2000 to December 2004
Mike Hein March 2005 to April 7, 2009
Mike Letcher April 7, 2009 to April 20, 2009 (Interim) | April 21, 2009 (Appointed) to September 2011
Richard Miranda September 2011 (Interim) to  May 2012 | May 2012 (Appointed) to July 31, 2014 (Retired)
Martha Durkin July 2014 to June 30, 2015 (Interim)
Michael Ortega July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2024
Tim Thomure July 1, 2024 to present

Sources:

Fax from Tucson City Clerk's Office, June 6, 2004 **Exact dates not listed for these entries.

Pima County Public Library staff updates.

O'Dell, Rob. "Tucson prepares manager search." Arizona Daily Star. September 12, 2011


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