Winston Salem Times

Assistant City Manager Patrice Toney has been appointed interim city manager, beginning at noon on Friday, Aug. 25. Interim City Manager Johnnie Taylor, who was appointed interim city manager on June 16, will be leaving the city to take a job as city manager in Lexington on Aug. 28. William Patrick “Pat” Pate will become Winston-Salem’s new city manager in November.

Toney oversees the Community Development, Emergency Management, Human Relations/DEI and the Winston-Salem Fire and Police departments. She joined the city in 2016, and served as director of the Budget and Evaluation Office for five years. 

Before coming to the city Toney worked for Forsyth County Government in the Budget and Management, Public Health and Library departments.

She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in local government management from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She completed executive education in state and local government from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is also a graduate of the Municipal/County Administration course, Leading Results, and the Public Executive Leadership Academy, all from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government.

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