Milton R. Dohoney, Jr. was appointed City Manager of the City of Cincinnati by Mayor Mark Mallory and confirmed by the City Council. He assumed his duties in August 2006 as the Chief Executive Officer for the city government, overseeing a staff of more than 5,000 employees and a combined budget of $1 billion.
Since coming to Cincinnati, Dohoney has established a number of new initiatives to help increase jobs, invest in the city’s neighborhoods, keep the community safe and provide excellent city service.
The Neighborhood Enhancement Program, begun in 2007, is a partnership between the community and city agencies that addresses neighborhood issues of blight and crime in a 90-day “jumpstart” period. Under Dohoney’s leadership, the program expanded in its second year to include more than 30 community partners, a volunteer component and support by a major national bank that allows people to contribute financial support to the program through their branches. In May 2008, this program was nationally recognized when it received a Neighborhoods USA Best Neighborhood Program, Physical Revitalization Award. The NEP was also locally recognized in June 2008, when it received the Community Development Corporations Association of Greater Cincinnati’s 2008 Most Outstanding Collaborative Effort Award.
Dohoney established the Citizens Government Academy as a way to engage people and inform them about their government. This interactive ten-week course provides an inside look at the operations of City departments and the many services they deliver on a daily basis.
During his first year in Cincinnati, Dohoney also oversaw the re-establishment of both the Office of Environmental Quality, and Department of Planning.
Dohoney has over 25 years of experience in local government, spending most of his career in Louisville, Kentucky where he grew up. Additionally, he served as the Chief Administrative Officer for the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government for three years before becoming City Manager of the City of Cincinnati.
He is recognized as the founder of the Regional Neighborhood Network. The RNN is an organization comprised of 18 cities in five states which partner community based organizations with local government to improve conditions in neighborhoods.
Dohoney has received numerous recognitions for his civic contributions, including the Prince Hall Humanitarian Award, the Indiana University Southeast Distinguished Alumni Award, Distinguished Catholic School Alumni Award (Louisville), Black Achiever’s Award, and the Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau Partnership Award.
He has been a full-time and part-time faculty member at three universities and worked in labor relations in the private sector. He is a member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), which awarded him the Credentialed Manager designation for his significant experience as a senior management executive in local government and demonstrated commitment to high standards of integrity, lifelong learning and professional development.
Dohoney has published in the magazine Public Management, and writes a monthly column on Cincinnati in The Pulse newspaper. He holds degrees from the University of Louisville and Indiana University Southeast.
