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 its’ 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.