Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently announced the appointment of Josh Rowan as general manager of Renew Atlanta, according to a press release. The position is responsible for leading the Renew Bond and TSPLOST infrastructure-improvement program for the city of Atlanta.
Rowan has more than 24 years of program and construction management experience at the local, state and international levels. His leadership has successfully delivered more than $5 billion in facility and infrastructure capital. In his most recent international experience, he served as the independent engineer for U.S.-financed transportation infrastructure projects in Tanzania and Mozambique.
Prior to joining the city of Atlanta, Rowan served as Leader of Innovation Strategies for the construction management firm MBP, where he consulted on numerous high-profile and specialty projects across an array of sectors. He was responsible for overseeing construction on the Paulding County Adult Detention and Law Enforcement Center and The Georgian Terrace, a Sotherly Hotels renovation project.
Rowan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
His appointment went into effect March 7, 2019.
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