Wendell M. Davis is the county manager for Durham County, North Carolina. Durham is regarded among the most progressive, innovative and rapidly growing communities in the southeast and one of 66 counties in the nation that enjoys a double AAA bond rating.
As the chief executive officer for county government operations, Wendell manages a half – billion dollar budget and approximately 2,000 employees. At present he is leading his organization through a major transformation by introducing a strategic approach for governance with metrics and data as the principal drivers for decision making.