Brian Platt is currently the City Manager for Kansas City, MO.
He formerly served as City Manager/Business Administrator for Jersey City, NJ and as the City’s first Chief Innovation Officer. He established the first Jersey City Office of Innovation in 2015.
Brian previously worked in Management Consulting for McKinsey & Company and as a kindergarten teacher with Teach For America. He completed his Masters in Public Administration at Columbia University.
Brian was recently included on the “Traeger List” as one of the top 100 local government leaders in the United States in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (ranked number 2 in 2019). He has also been highlighted on the INSIDER NJ 2018 and 2020 lists of top 100 millennials in New Jersey government and politics and as a Government Innovator of the Week by Bloomberg Cities.
Read more about Brian’s many accomplishments and achievements as City Manager in Kansas City, MO.
Brian was extremely involved in the Jersey City community. Some of his hobbies included:
Teaching Olympic weightlifting at CrossFit Jersey City
Volunteering as an Emergency Medical Responder with United Rescue
Serving as President and co-founder of the Hudson County Young Democrats, a grassroots political organization with a mission to expand civic activism and engagement in the political process for young people throughout Hudson County
Serving as a board member and co-founder of Content Creators Academy (CCAJC), an after-school youth mentorship program focusing on digital media skills