Dorothy Ann David has served as the City Manager for the City of Champaign, Illinois since April 2013. Ms. David acts as the City’s Chief Executive Officer and serves at the pleasure of the Mayor and City Council, providing organizational leadership and administering the ongoing operation of the City organization. Ms. David provides professional assistance to the Council in formulating public policy, oversees implementation of the Council’s policy directions, maintains open communications with City Council Members, supervises the City’s Department Heads, and ensures that the City’s residents are well served, consistent with the City’s values and the community’s expectations.

Ms. David has more than 35 years of experience in municipal government management. Her previous experience with the City of Champaign includes serving as the Assistant City Manager from 2007-2013 and as the Neighborhood Services Director from 1994 to 2007. She also has served as the Community and Neighborhood Services Director in Muskegon, Michigan, the Community Development Program Manager in Kansas City, Kansas, and a municipal management intern in Kansas City, Missouri.

In addition to her responsibilities for City Council, City staff, and citizens, she is also the City’s liaison to other governmental agencies, the University of Illinois, and private-public groups. She is the City’s representative to the Metropolitan Intergovernmental Council and the Executive Committee of the Champaign County Community Coalition.

Ms. David holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame.

She is a former president of the Illinois City/County Management Association (ILCMA) and a 2008 graduate of the Leadership ICMA program of the International City/County Management Association. She earned ICMA Credentialed Manager status in 2011.

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Joan Walls aids in overseeing these City Departments: City Manager’s Office Administration/Communications Division, Equity and Engagement, Finance, Fire, Human Resources, Information Technologies, Legal, METCAD 9-1-1, Neighborhood Services, Planning and Development Department, Police Department, and Public Works. Ms. Walls also serves as a City representative on the METCAD 9-1-1 Policy Board.

Ms. Walls has been with the City of Champaign since 2000. Prior to her appointment to Deputy City Manager, she served as Deputy City Manager for Community Relations, and prior to that as Assistant to the Chief of Police for Community Services/Public Information Officer.

Ms. Walls holds a Master of Science in Educational Psychology from Eastern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from Southern Illinois University.

She is a member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), Illinois City/County Management Association (ILCMA), and the Big 10 Cities Network. She earned ICMA Credentialed Manager status in 2019, and has served on the ILCMA Board of Directors since 2022.

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