Who runs the City
The City of Amarillo's organization as the City published it on Sep 23, 2026: 31 departments, who leads each, and the divisions under them. 4 posts are shown as vacant. Each department links to its budget and related events.
Names are as printed on the City's chart; each person appears only in that public role. Leaders with a profile on this site link to it.
Council and City Manager
City Manager / Chief Administrative Officer
Vacant · Acting: Andrew Freeman
Municipal Court Judge
Laura Hamilton
Offices reporting directly to the City Manager
Three branches under the City Manager
Each column is led by an Assistant or Deputy City Manager. Departments report to that leader directly, or through a managing director or the Chief Financial Officer.
Assistant City Manager
Municipal Infrastructure
Reports directly to the Assistant City Manager
Drainage · Streets · Solid Waste Disposal · Solid Waste Collection · Fleet · Traffic
Shannon Tollison / Will Johnson
Wastewater Collection · Wastewater Treatment · Environmental Lab · Water Distribution · Water Production
Through the Managing Director
Managing Director
Todd Stavenhagen
Johnny Scholl
Assistant City Manager
Public Safety
Vacant
Departments (7)
Jason Mays
Emergency Management and Communications
Max Dunlap
Jacob Diaz
Luke Jones
Donna Knight
Deputy City Manager
Chief Operating Officer
Reports directly to the Deputy City Manager
Cody Balzen
Kristen Wolbach
Amanda Barrera
Michael Conner
Mitchell Normand
Missy Laird, Chief Information Officer
Vacant
Through the Managing Director
Managing Director
Jason Riddlespurger
Jason Riddlespurger
Casie Stoughton
Anthony Spanel
Margaret Payton
Chris Quigley
Through the Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Katrina Owens
Michael Lindley
Jennifer Gonzalez
Notes
- The chart shows reporting lines, not budgets. Department pages list each department's FY2025/26 budget where the budget book reports one.
- City Manager / Chief Administrative Officer: Shown as vacant on the chart after Grayson Path's resignation on Sep 22, 2026; Deputy City Manager Andrew Freeman was named acting City Manager that day.
- Assistant City Manager / Public Safety Director: In the November 2024 reorganization, Deputy City Manager Andrew Freeman added the title of Public Safety Director over all public safety departments. Council minutes list that title through June 10, 2025 and drop it from June 24, 2025; the September 2026 chart shows the post as vacant.
- Civic Center: Shown as vacant on the chart; City agendas and the Civic Center staff page list Christopher Post as interim general manager.