Parker names Philly Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel as next managing director

At a press conference on Tuesday morning, Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker named Philly Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel as the city's next managing director. 

The managing director, a position currently held by Tumar Alexander, oversees various city departments and programs responsible for addressing quality-of-life concerns in Kensington. 

Here are the various departments, offices, and programs the Managing Director's Office currently oversees:

• Community Services
  • Animal Care & Control Team (ACCT)
  • Community Life Improvement Program (CLIP)
  • Mural Arts Philadelphia
  • Office of Immigrant Affairs 
  • Philly311
  • PHL City ID
  • Philly Counts
• General Services, Arts, and Events
  • Department of Public Property (DPP)
  • Department of Fleet Services (Fleet)
  • Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy (OACCE)
  • Office of Special Events (OSE)
  • Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild)
• Department of Licenses and Inspections
• Office of Health & Human Services
  • Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
  • Department of Public Health
  • Mayor’s Commission on Aging 
  • Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity
  • Office of Domestic Violence Strategies
  • Office of Homeless Services
• Office of Emergency Management
• Office of Integrated Data for Evidence and Action
• Office of Policy and Strategic Initiatives for Criminal Justice and Public Safety
  
  • Office of Criminal Justice
  • Office of Reentry Partnerships
  • Office of the Victim Advocate
  • Office of Violence Prevention
  • Town Watch Integrated Services
• Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
  • Department of Streets
  • Office of Sustainability
  • Philadelphia Water Department
• Opioid Response Unit
• Philadelphia Department of Prisons
• Philadelphia Fire Department
  
• Philadelphia Police Department

Thiel will begin next week.

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