Valmarie H. Turner has been selected to serve as the first City of Fairfax deputy city manager. Her first day will be Oct. 16. Turner has nearly 30 years of local government experience, including extensive operational knowledge of affordable housing, community building and planning, economic development, social and human services, public improvement projects, as well as relationship building and financial management.
Turner comes to the city from Loudoun County, where she has served as assistant county administrator since 2017 and served as acting director of the Finance and Procurement Department since January 2023.
Turner holds a master’s degree in public administration with a specialization in public policy and a bachelor’s degree in business economics. She received the Credentialed Manager designation with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA-CM), and she is a certified Housing Development Finance Specialist, certified HOME Program Specialist, and a certified Housing Counselor.
She has served in numerous professional associations, including ICMA, Virginia Local Government Management Association, Virginia Women Leading Government, League of Women in Government, National Forum for Black Public Administrators, National Association of County Administrators, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Racial Equity Workgroup.
