Background
Black was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1963.
captain General manager president
Black was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1963.
He attended and graduated from Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School (1976-1981).
He took office September 8, 2014, and is responsible for the day-to-day government operations of Ohio’s third largest city. Before coming to Cincinnati, Black served as finance director of the City of Baltimore. Before that he held leadership roles such as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and chief operating officer in both the private and public sector in cities across the country.
Where he served as captain of the cross-country team
His start in government came during his senior year when he served as a student page in Maryland’s General Assembly in Annapolis. After graduating, Black went on to attend Virginia State University where he majored in Public Administration.
He served as president of the student government and in the summer of 1985 he was a Governors Fellow in the office of former Virginia Government. Charles Robb. He was also managing editor of the school’s paper, the Virginia Statesman.
He later earned a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Virginia.
Black’s public service career includes stints with the New York City Transit Authority, the Portuguese Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York City’s Mayor’ General’ s Office of Contracts and the District of Columbia’s City Council. Foreign three years (2005-2008) he served as Chief Financial Officer for the City of Richmond, Virginia. Prior to that, Black held the position of vice president and program manager at McKissack & McKissack, an architecture and engineering firm based in Washington, District of Columbia Black took the job as Baltimore’s Chief Financial Officer in January 2012.
While in Baltimore he authored a 10-year financial plan, Change to Grow.
Black left Baltimore in August 2014 to become the 15th City Manager of Cincinnati. The book was published by the International City/County Management Association.
He also co-authored "City of Baltimore at an Inflection Point - Bending the Mix of Total Remuneration" which the Journal of Compensation and Benefits published in July 2014.