Mayor Jordan Announces Chief of Staff Selection

01/12/2009

Mayor Lioneld Jordan has announced his selection of Don Marr as his new Chief of Staff. Mayor Jordan stated that after reviewing the applications, many of which were impressive, he selected Marr based on qualifications and experience.

Marr holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management with a minor in Organizational Development. He is the President/CEO of HR Factor, Inc. and BOSS, Inc., companies involved in Executive Recruitment, Human Resources advising, and employee staffing. As a longtime citizen of Fayetteville, Marr has approximately eighteen years of experience serving the City in one capacity or another. He served on the Fayetteville Planning Commission from 1996 - 2001. Marr has also served as an Alderman on the Fayetteville City Council from 2001 - 2006, serving on various City committees in the process. In addition, he has served on the Fayetteville City Library Board of Trustees from 2006 through the present. He more recently did volunteer work as Mayor Jordan’s campaign manager, along with Steve Smith, during the 2008 Mayoral race.

In addition to serving the City of Fayetteville, Marr has served in several leadership positions in professional organizations over the years, such as State Director for the Society of Human Resource Management (2004 - 2006) and President of NOARK (1998 - 2000).