The county manager is the chief administrative officer of the county and is responsible for implementing policy and overseeing daily operations of the county and county staff.

The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners will interview four finalists on Tuesday, July 30 at the Ramsey County Courthouse in Saint Paul.

Sophia Thompson has been named director of Ramsey County Social Services after serving as the Deputy Director overseeing the department’s Mental Health division since May 2021

Transforming Systems Together (TST) work to be fully integrated into Ramsey County service teams this summer.  

Ramsey County congratulates Commissioner Trista Martinson on her new role as the Executive Director of Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E).

At the June 11 board of commissioners meeting, County Manager Berg announced Ramsey County has received four achievement awards from the National Association of Counties.

The goal of a new project is to understand urban heat islands, which are urban areas where the temperature can be significantly higher due to larger areas of concrete and other surfaces that radiate heat along with less tree canopy and green space to mitigate the heat.

Dana DeMaster has been named director of the Innovation and Strategy division of the Health and Wellness Service Team after serving as the interim director since June 2023.

Christina Rost has been appointed Director of Ramsey County Veterans Services. She has served as interim department director since August 2022, and prior to that, was a veteran services officer with the county starting in 2016.

Luther Seminary rescinded their offer to lease part of their campus to Safe Space Shelter.