News Flash

Marketing & Communications

Posted on: August 22, 2023

Toney Appointed Interim City Manager

Assistant City Manager Patrice Toney has been appointed interim city manager, beginning at noon on Friday, Aug. 25. Interim City Manager Johnnie Taylor, who was appointed interim city manager on June 16, will be leaving the city to take a job as city manager in Lexington on Aug. 28. William Patrick “Pat” Pate will become Winston-Salem’s new city manager in November.

Toney oversees the Community Development, Emergency Management, Human Relations/DEI and the Winston-Salem Fire and Police departments. She joined the city in 2016, and served as director of the Budget and Evaluation Office for five years. 

Before coming to the city Toney worked for Forsyth County Government in the Budget and Management, Public Health and Library departments.

She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in local government management from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She completed executive education in state and local government from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is also a graduate of the Municipal/County Administration course, Leading Results, and the Public Executive Leadership Academy, all from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government.

Facebook Twitter Email

Other News in Marketing & Communications

New City Manager Announced

Posted on: July 14, 2023
text_to_citylink

Reach CityLink Via New Text Option

Posted on: June 27, 2023

City Takes Over Recycling Collections

Posted on: March 28, 2023
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - March 2021

Posted on: March 5, 2021
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - February 2021

Posted on: February 17, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - December 2020

Posted on: December 10, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - October 2020

Posted on: October 21, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - August 2020

Posted on: July 31, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - July 2020

Posted on: July 8, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - June 2020

Posted on: June 3, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - May 2020

Posted on: May 1, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - April 2020

Posted on: April 2, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - March 2020

Posted on: March 5, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - February 2020

Posted on: February 7, 2020
Winston-Salem Marketing & Communications logo

City Edition - January 2020

Posted on: January 3, 2020