PEOPLE Jessica Rogers Tomball assistant city manager
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Jessica Rogers said she grew up all over Texas, living in cities such as Temple, Waco, Corpus Christi and Amarillo. Rogers attended Texas A&M University for her undergraduate degree before studying at Indiana University at Bloomington for graduate school. She has since worked for multiple cities before coming to Tomball. BLOOMINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. • Project assistant CITYOF DICKINSON • Management analyst • Administrative services manager CITYOF DENTON • Assistant to the city manager • Energy services manager • Deputy director of public a airs and intergovernmental relations • Director of economic development
Jessica Rogers took over as Tomball’s assistant city manager in mid-October. She was previously the economic development director for the city of Denton. David Esquivel previously served as assistant city manager in Tomball until he was appointed city manager in July. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. BY CHANDLER FRANCE WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO COME TO TOMBALL?
various people and just asking them what’s going on and what are their challenges. I went to German Fest; [I’m] going to chamber events and ... community events. I’m really excited about going to the farmers market. ... That’s what I wanted in the com- munity I’m working for: to have that personal and professional connection. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WARD TO IN THE NEWROLE? Working collaboratively with David [Esquivel] to try and realize the City Council’s vision and help keep Tomball on a current path. This is a great community to be in, and it’s our responsibility to keep that. Jessica Rogers joined the city of Tomball as its assistant city manager in mid-October. COURTESY CITY OF TOMBALL
but the growth pattern is something that is very similar. Tomball is also growing very fast, and that’s very sim- ilar to the challenges we had in Denton with making sure that we’re keeping up with infrastructure, managing growth, and making sure that we preserve that small downtown core and the historic elements and the community charac- teristics that are so important. HOWHAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CITY SO FAR? I’ve tried to jump right in and listen and learn and gure out what’s going on [by] just spending time talking to all the di erent depart- ments and going out in the eld with
I was looking to take the next step in my career, but I was very focused on nding a community that I wanted to be in. I’ve spent a lot of time moving around, and I’m at the point in my life where I wanted to nd a home. I wanted to nd a place where my profes- sional and personal goals and the things I wanted in my life could coexist, so I was really excited when the Tomball position opened up. HOWIS TOMBALL SIMILARTO PRIOR CITIES YOUWORKEDFOR? The city of Denton is 140,000 people and growing. Tomball is much smaller,
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