Family
Married to Bud Ogle
Daughters:  Kelly and Candace
Grandchildren: Brooklin, Connor, Mackinley, Bailey, Abigail, and Caroline.

College
University of Tennessee
Bachelor of Arts, Human Services

Graduate School
University of Tennessee
Master of Public Administration

Career
City Manager 1988-Present
Asst. City Manger 1978-88
State Training Officer 1975-76

Accomplishments
Longest Tenure as City Manager

Chief Executive Officer responsible
for a $45 million budget and
300 employees

2002 City Manager of the Year
Tennessee City Management Association

International City Management Association Credentialed Manager

2002 Tribute to Women Finalist Young Women's Christian Association

Co-Chair, Sevier Co. United Way
Campaign 1998

Leadership Sevier, Class of 1997

University of Tennessee Graduate Government Leadership Program 1995

Board of Directors
Vice Pres. of International City Management Association Board

Past. Pres. of Tennessee
City Management

Tennessee Municipal League Board

Tennessee Municipal League Risk Management Pool Board

Gatlinburg Gateway Foundation

Sevier County Solid Waste Board

Sevier County Water Board

Sevier County Transportation Board

Contact Information
City Manager
Cindy Cameron Ogle
City of Gatlinburg
P.O. Box 5
Gatlinburg TN 37738
(865) 436-1400

           Cindy Cameron Ogle has served as City Manager of the City of Gatlinburg since 1989, the longest tenure in the history of Gatlinburg.  Including her 10 years as Assistant City Manager, she is now in her 33rd year of service to the citizens of Gatlinburg.

           With tourism at the heart of Gatlinburg's success as a mountain resort community, Ogle administers a City of 3,944 residents that on any given night can swell to a population of 60,100 plus people in a town which includes 15,150 room accommodations.

           A native of East Tennessee, Ogle earned her initial degree from the University of Tennessee in Human Services, hoping to find a job so she could “save the world,” but she said no one would pay her to do so. After a stint as a substitute teacher, Ogle secured her first public position on the staff of the late congressman John Duncan in Washington, D.C., where she hooked up with her next employer, the Director of the UT Department of Head Start Training. Her job as a social services trainer lasted less than a year when major budget cuts “riffed” her position. Undaunted, Ogle returned to UT and acquired her Masters Degree in Public Administration, sensing that the public service arena, “was in her blood.”

            She joined the City of Gatlinburg in 1978 as a grant coordinator and within six months was promoted to Assistant City Manager. In 1989, she became City Manager and has consistently developed programs and implemented projects that have improved the quality of life for the community ever since.  Fiscally responsible for a budget of slightly over $60 million and a team of over 300 employees, Ogle has streamlined the day-to-day operation of Gatlinburg City Government via the successful administration of Strategic Management Planning practices and Capital Improvements Programming.

            As a staunch advocate of stewardship of our environment, Ogle has been a facilitator of programs that have boosted the local economy while promoting sustainability, such as the Gatlinburg Winter Magic lights program which debuted in 1989 and has been converted to all-LED bulbs. Also, since its establishment in 1980, the Gatlinburg Trolley System has grown into the fifth-largest mass transit system in the State, carrying nearly 800,000 passengers annually while relieving traffic congestion.

            In 1992, she married Larry "Bud" Ogle, a lifelong resident of and an owner and manager of tourism businesses in Gatlinburg. Ogle has two stepdaughters and seven grandchildren.

            Ogle played an instrumental role in the recruitment of Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, which opened in 2000 as one of the largest and most visited aquariums in the country. That downtown development was the impetus for the City’s Underground Utilities and Streetscape Project, which is now in its sixth phase. It is funded through the City’s Capital Improvements Program, which has supported well over $50 million in vital projects including the Riverwalk, the Parkway Widening Project and the McMahan and Aquarium Parking Garages, among many other undertakings.

            A leader in the community, Ogle is a graduate of the inaugural Leadership Sevier Class of 1997 as well as a graduate of the 1995 University of Tennessee Local Government Leadership Program and past Vice-President of the International City/County Management Association.

            Recognized for her effective and professional leadership, Ogle was named City Manager of the Year in 2002 by the Tennessee City Management Association. She was also chosen by the Young Women's Christian Association as a finalist at the elite YWCA Tribute to Women Ceremony in Knoxville in 2002.