City Manager's Team

Lemuel Randolph

Deputy City Manager

Lemuel Randolph Lemuel has over 40 years of experience in government beginning in Arlington County, Virginia as a teenager working with at-risk youth. Currently, Randolph is Deputy City Manager over the departments of Asset Management, Fire and Emergency Services, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Library, Municipal Court, Public Works and Water Utilities. He serves as Chair of the City's Self Insurance Claims Board, Chair of the City's Retirement Committee and Executive Liaison for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.

After receiving his undergraduate degree he worked as an economist with the US Department of Labor in Washington D.C. and then began a career track in progressive leadership roles in parks and recreation agencies including stints in Missouri City (TX), Sugar Land (TX) San Bernardino (CA) and McKinney (TX) with the last three stops as Department Director and/or Interim Deputy City Manager.

Lemuel Randolph was named director of the Arlington, Texas Parks and Recreation Department in 2014. In his seven-year tenure as Director his department received it's initial CAPRA accreditation and subsequent CAPRA re-accreditation and was awarded the NRPA Gold Medal, the highest-level industry wide award in 2018. Under his stewardship of $150M in park bonds the park system expanded to 99 locations and completed numerous large-scale capital projects including the Beacon Recreation Center, East Library and Recreation Center, and Texas Rangers Golf Club.

Randolph enjoys travel and foodie adventures with his wife of 29 years and three young adult children.

BA in Economics from Hampton University.
MPA in Public Policy from Barbara Jordan School of Public affairs at Texas Southern University.
Executive Education Certificate from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Jennifer Wichmann

Deputy City Manager

Jennifer Wichmann has been with the City of Arlington since September 2003.

While with the City of Arlington, she has held roles in the Mayor and Council Office, Office of Management and Budget, and Administrative Services. Her most recent position was Director of Management Resources.

Prior to coming to the City of Arlington, Jennifer worked for the Texas Senate, focusing on issues such as minority and women-owned businesses, housing and environmental issues. Currently, Jennifer serves the City of Arlington as the deputy city manager for Arlington Tomorrow Foundation, Code Compliance Services, Parks & Recreation, Planning & Development Services and Police. Jennifer received a dual master's in social work and public administration from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1999. Her undergraduate degree is from Rutgers University.

Troy Williams

Chief Equity Officer

Troy Williams Troy serves the City of Arlington as the city's first Chief Equity Officer. He currently leads the Office of Business Diversity, promoting growth of Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprise businesses, and Grants Management.

Prior to joining the City of Arlington, Troy was appointed as Baltimore County's inaugural Chief Diversity Officer, where he established the county's first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office. In addition to serving as the Chief Diversity Officer, Mr. Williams served as the Executive Director of the county's Human Relations Commission. Under Troy's leadership the DEI Office's efforts were highlighted by the restructuring of the county's MWBE program; the establishment of an immigrant affairs practice; the delivery of enterprise-wide DEI training; the creation of various departmental DEI initiatives & positions; and the expansion of internal and external stakeholder engagement and inclusion practices.

Mr. Williams began his career in higher education administration, serving in Student Affairs and Institutional Advancement, during which he was responsible for the development of an "African-American Male Leadership Institute" which focused upon student retention supports. Troy then joined the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), where he administered the development and implementation of the state's first service-learning graduation requirement for all Maryland students. Upon departing MSDE, Troy was appointed as the nation's first Community Specialist in a United States Attorney's Office.

Troy joined DOJ's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office in Washington, DC, where he served as a Grant Monitoring Supervisor and later as the National Program Coordinator of the Obama Administration's "Advancing 21st Century Policing Initiative". He also served an executive detail with DOJ's Community Relations Service (CRS). He has developed and evaluated community reinvestment/development initiatives; school violence reduction strategies; gang prevention/intervention programs; and police reform legislation. Upon departing DOJ, Troy established a consulting and legal practice, which provided legal representation to underserved populations and consulting services to academic institutions, governments, and small businesses.

Troy holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Howard University and a master's degree in Adult Education Administration from Coppin University. Mr. Williams also holds a JD from the University of Maryland. He also attended American University where he earned an MPA in Executive Leadership. Troy resides in Arlington with his wife, Alicia. Troy also has three adult children that reside in Arlington, TX and Raleigh, NC.