February 25, 2013: Our guest speaker was James J. L. Stegmaier Chesterfield County Administrator. Prior to being selected by the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors in July 2007, he had served as Deputy County Administrator for Management Services since 1997, and was previously director of the county’s Budget and Management Department from 1986 until that time. He earned his baccalaureate degree from the Catholic University of America in 1976 with scholarships in Engineering and Psychology.

He holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Virginia with a Public Service Education Program fellowship. He also attended the Government Finance Officers Association Executive Finance Institute at Georgetown University; Leadership Metro Richmond; and the Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia.

Stegmaier is a Credentialed Manager with the International City/County Management Association and is a member of the American Society for Public Administration, among other professional affiliations.

Mr. Stegmaier also serves on the St. Francis Medical Center Advisory Board, and on the boards of the Metro Richmond Convention Center, the Virginia Institute of Government, Leadership Metro Richmond, The First Tee Richmond and Chesterfield, Appomattox River Water Authority and South Central Wastewater Authority.   Stegmaier and his wife, Margot, have three children who attended Chesterfield County schools.