ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (WDVM) – After 22 years in public service, Alexandria’s City Manager Mark Jinks plans to retire by the end of 2021.
Jinks started out as the city’s chief financial officer in 1999. He was also the deputy city manager before the council named Jinks city manager in 2015.
During his career, he helped create 3,000 units of affordable housing. His resignation as city manager is bittersweet, he says.
“In local government you see the work you do on the ground, you see how things are built, you get used to creating a meal and there is nothing more rewarding than public service and I’ll miss that in the sense of one Big city managers do, ”said Jinks.
Even after his retirement, he plans to help and teach others who want to go into public service.
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