Please join us for our next Bank of Texas Speaker Series, A Fireside Chat with Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, presented by The Dallas Morning News / Medium Giant.
As City Manager of the ninth largest city in the country, Tolbert oversees a $5.2 billion budget and 13,000-member Dallas city staff. She is the first African American female to serve as Dallas City Manager and the only woman to lead a top-10 city in the United States with a council-manager form of government. Tolbert was appointed Dallas City Manager on January 22, 2025, after serving as Interim City Manager since May 2024. Within her first 45 days on the job, she led a citywide realignment effort that resulted in $13 million in savings and enhanced cross-departmental collaboration.A Texas native who has lived in North Texas for more than 40 years, Tolbert previously served as Deputy City Manager and Chief of Staff. She was named to the Dallas Business Journal’s Texas 100 list of “Influential Pros to Know” in 2025.
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