The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to appoint
Tim Hemstreet to serve as county administrator, effective Dec. 7.
Hemstreet, 41, comes to Loudoun County from the City of Miami Beach, Fla., where he has held management positions since April 2001. He has served as assistant city manager and assistant executive director of the Redevelopment Agency since March 2005. Before that, he was director of the Capital Projects Office.
His responsibilities as assistant city administrator for Miami Beach include overseeing the Departments of Public Works, Planning, Capital Improvements, Economic Development, Public/Private Joint Ventures and the Redevelopment Agency Construction. The City of Miami Beach has approximately 2,000 employees, an annual operating budget of $425 million, and a capital budget of $800 million.
Hemstreet grew up in Northern Virginia and earned both a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public administration from James Madison University. He and his wife Pam have two young sons.
He will replace Kirby M. Bowers, who retired in April 2009 after serving as Loudoun County Administrator for nearly 17 years. Hemstreet was selected from a pool of about 150 applicants.