The Dunwoody City Council unanimously approved the appointment of Eric Linton as city manager at its Dec. 8 council meeting.

The vote follows a seven-month-long, nationwide search.

Linton is a credentialed manager with the International City/County Management Association, a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and is active in the American Planning Association, Georgia Planning Association, the Georgia City-County Management Association and the Association County Commissioners of Georgia.

Linton holds a masters degree in planning and also a bachelor of science degree in management, operations management, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Ja’Quon Stembridge, shown here in July at the Henry County Republican Party monthly meeting, recently stepped from his position with the Georgia GOP. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)

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