Darnell Earley

Darnell Earley
Natural Resources Commissioner
In office 2005–2008
Governor	Jennifer Granholm
Preceded by	William Parfet[1]
Constituency	Department of Natural Resources
Majority	Appointed[2]
City Manager
Incumbent
Assumed office June 6, 2006
Preceded by	Cecil A. Collins, Jr.
Constituency	City of Saginaw
1st Temporary Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan
In office March 5, 2002 – August 6, 2002
Preceded by	Woodrow Stanley
Succeeded by	James W. Rutherford
Constituency	City of Flint
City Administrator
In office 2001–2004
Succeeded by	Peggy Cook
Constituency	City of Flint
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Sandra[2]
Children	Jaison, Jennifer[2]
Alma mater	Grand Valley State University Western Michigan University
Religion	Baptist

Darnell Earley is the current city manager of Saginaw, Michigan. He served as interim mayor of Flint, Michigan after the recall of Woodrow Stanley.^[3] He is also an ordained Baptist deacon.^[2]

Early life

He earned a bachelor's degree from Grand Valley State University and a master's degree in public administration from Western Michigan University. After college, Earley professionally worked at the Urban League of Greater Muskegon as the director of community and economic development in 1978.^[2]

Political

Later, he worked at Muskegon County as an assistant to the county administrator and equal employment opportunity officer. In 1985, Earley was appointed township manager in Saginaw County's Buena Vista Charter Township. Then speaker of the House Lewis Dodak selected Earley as director of research and public policy with the Michigan House of Representatives. Moving to Ingham County's government, he served as budget director and deputy controller from 1993 to 2001.^[2] Coming to Flint, Michigan as City Administrator in 2001, he became Temporary Mayor after the recall of the Mayor Stanley on March 5, 2002 until August 6, 2002. Part of his term was under an Emergency Financial Manager, Edward J. Kurtz. He continue as City Administrator under James W. Rutherford.

References

1. ^ http://michigan.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21984_21985-117184--,00.html
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-39002_11862-24723--,00.html
3. ^ "Muskegon native Darnell Earley leads international group". Muskegon Chronicle. March 07, 2010. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/03/muskegon_native_darnell_earley.html. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 

Political offices
Preceded by Woodrow Stanley	Mayor of Flint March 5, 2002 - August 6, 2002 Temporary	Succeeded by James W. Rutherford

Persondata
Name	Earley, Darnell
Alternative names
Short description	City manager of Saginaw, Michigan
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