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Robert A. Eads has over 20 years of professional management experience. Aside from serving as Co-Interim City Manager for Laredo since February 2019, he was previously the Laredo Traffic Director, Assistant City Manager for Laredo, City Manager of the City of Del Rio and the City of San Luis, Arizona, and Chief Operations Officer/Vice President of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce where he served for 10 years. He has made significant contributions to a number of organizations including the United Way of Laredo and the Streets of Laredo Urban Mall. He is also a graduate of both the City of Laredo and the Laredo Chamber of Commerce Leadership Laredo programs.

Robert A. Eads recently received the prestigious Credentialed City Manager designation by the International City Manager Association (ICMA). The designation makes him one of only 96 city managers in the entire state of Texas with these credentials, and the only ICMA-certified manager in City of Laredo history.

He served honorably as a U.S. Marine from 1993-1998 in counter intelligence as a signal intelligence analyst and held a top secret clearance with additional Special Compartment Information designations.

• Master of Business Administration, Sul Ross State University

• Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems, Sul Ross State University

• 2012 Government Hispanic Business Advocate of the Year award by the Texas Association
    of Mexican American Chamber of Commerce

• 2011 Innovation Award by the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce

• 2011 Administrator of the Year award from the Del Rio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

• Credentialed City Manager, International City Manager Association (ICMA)