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An eight-year journey within the walls of City Hall has led Marshal McIntosh into the role of Deputy City Manager for the City of Brownwood, as well as the distinction of being named the Brownwood Area Chamber of Commerce’s Professional of the Year for 2022.

“The easiest way to explain my role is the ultimate team member,” McIntosh said. “The position is designed to help oversee citywide projects or initiatives, but then also to provide assistance to our city manager, council, and department heads, as well as staff. As deputy city manager I oversee a lot of our operations and then help with individual special initiatives.”

McIntosh, a 28-year-old native from San Saba, came to Brownwood after high school via Howard Payne University.

“I started at Howard Payne in 2012 and did my undergrad in Public Media Communication and then I completed my master’s in Business Administration at Howard Payne in 2016,” McIntosh said. “I started working for the City during my senior year at Howard Payne, that’s how I originally got connected. After college I’ve done several programs including the certified public communicator program through Texas Christian University and then I just finished my public management through Texas State University, which is another certification program.”

An internship with the City of Brownwood has blossomed into his career path.

“I originally started as an intern for the Economic Development organization back in 2014,” McIntosh said. “From there, I was finishing my master’s degree at Howard Payne, so I’ve gone from intern to part-time special projects coordinator, to communications, to marketing, to assistant director of economic development, and most recently deputy city manager.”

What drives McIntosh is a desire to see the community flourish as a whole.

“What I’m most passionate about is the job is meaningful, yet challenging work,” McIntosh said. “I would say I’m passionate about community success as a whole. I’m rewarded by difference making so I like to be a champion for progress and I think this position allows me to do that. It also allows me to support a lot of people and staff, so that would probably be what I most enjoy, moving the city forward and having progress to set us up for the future.”

The thriving businesses and entertainment downtown is among the City’s greatest achievements during his tenure.

“All of our efforts for downtown revitalization would be what I’m most proud of,” McIntosh said. “I’m grateful for all the public partnerships and private investments for downtown. That would be one of the largest changes for our community, seeing the downtown revitalization and increased community spirit and championing the events center project to help complement our tourism and downtown efforts.”

Away from the office, McIntosh serves on the Alumni Board of Directors for Howard Payne and, as mentioned earlier, he was recently selected Professional of the Year.   He also enjoys spending time with friends, tennis, & photography.

“That was a really nice recognition of my efforts and I greatly appreciate it,” said McIntosh, who also thanked those who helped guide him in the direction he has chosen for a career. “I’ve had several mentors who I feel like invested in me, and that has a made a difference greatly for where I am currently.”

McIntosh is invested in continuing to help the community prosper and intends to call Brownwood home for a long while.

“I see myself in Brownwood for a significant amount of time,” McIntosh said. “I really enjoy our community here. My biggest career goal would be to continue to set the City up for success in the future, for our staff, for city finances and for infrastructure.”