As the Deputy City Administrator, Simone C. Johnson supports the City Administrator in overseeing the day-to-day operations of City departments and ensuring the goals, strategic initiatives and policy directives of the Mayor are implemented. She joined the Mayor’s Office in July 2022 after spending a year as Chief of Staff & Chief Operating Officer with the Baltimore City Health Department, a role which delivered to her a broad executive management portfolio.

Deputy City Administrator Johnson spent more than two decades as a dedicated public servant with Maryland state government. As Director of Economic Development with the Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA) Purple Line light rail public-private partnership project, she led business impact mitigation efforts and workforce development and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation programs. She also served as Chief Marketing Officer for the MTA, a role where she directed the planning, development and implementation of the organization’s marketing strategies, communications and brand/rebranding management activities, and Chief of Staff, where she was principally responsible for assisting the Transit CEO/Administrator with the day-to-day management of the organization, the executive oversight of the CEO/Administrator’s Office, ensuring alignment across the senior management team, employing change management strategies and directing six administrative business units.