Assistant City Manager
Burghdoff oversees the Code Compliance, Library, Neighborhood Services, and Park & Recreation Departments, as well as Greenspace Initiatives and Planning Office. She also serves as the liaison for the Central City/ Panther Island project and the move to the new city hall.
This past week Dana has been named to the 2026 Class of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the highest honor awarded by the planning profession!
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Before accepting the position in 2020, Burghdoff worked for 13 years as Fort Worth’s assistant Planning & Development Director, eight years in various Fort Worth planning roles and five years as a planner for the City of Waltham, Massachusetts.
She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in urban studies and planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
