Meet the City Manager

Bruce T. Moore was appointed as Little Rock City Manager on December 17, 2002, after having served as Assistant City Manager since April 1999. Prior to that appointment, he served in a variety of capacities with the City of Little Rock including Assistant to the Mayor and Assistant to the City Manager. As City Manager, Moore serves as the Chief Administrative Officer appointed by the Mayor and Board of Directors, and is the principal adviser to the governing body on all operational matters pertaining to the overall direction and administration of municipal government. In addition, he served as the lead City Staff person for the development of William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center and Park in downtown Little Rock.

Moore has a Master of Public Administration degree from Arkansas State University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Henderson State University. He is a member of International City/County Management Association (ICMA), Arkansas City Manager's Association (ACMA), National Forum of Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) Board of Directors, Central High Museum and Visitor Center Board of Directors, Little Rock Public Education Foundation Board of Directors, Henderson State University Board of Trustees, selected as one of the 1998 “40 Under 40” by Arkansas Business, and received the United States Army Commendation Medal/Operation Desert Storm. In the spring of 2000, Moore was selected by the United States/Japan Foundation as one of twenty Americans to participate in a two-year business and cultural exchange program with Japan. In 2003, he completed the Senior Executive in State and Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and has recently been appointed as a Board Member of the Arkansas Committed to Education Foundation. He and his wife, Lena, have one son, Luke.