The Town of Wake Forest is pleased to announce that Assistant to the Town Manager Candace Davis was promoted to Assistant Town Manager effective Wednesday, July 1.
As assistant town manager, Davis will assist Town Manager Kip Padgett with a variety of town priorities, organizational initiatives and special projects. She will also continue her involvement with the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and the bond referendum projects approved by voters in 2014.
A native of Augusta, Georgia, Davis joined the Town of Wake Forest in 2008 as a Senior Transportation Planner. She was promoted to Transportation Planning Manager in January 2015, then appointed as the Town’s first Assistant to the Town Manager in January 2017. Before coming to Wake Forest, she served as a Transportation Planner for the Town of Apex.
The 2011 Town of Wake Forest Employee of the Year, Davis earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from South Carolina State University in 2000 and a Master’s Degree in Transportation from Morgan State University in 2002. A Certified Public Manager, she is a member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), and the North Carolina City & County Management Association (NCCCMA).
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