Wed. April 20th, 6:30 PM, 1314 Van Munching Hall
Christopher Thomaskutty serves as Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Operations for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, overseeing departments that include public safety – fire and police – and health, public works, general services, CitiStat, and other operating agencies.
Christopher began his career in Baltimore City government as a CitiStat Analyst in 2003 under former mayor Martin O’Malley. In January of 2007, Mayor Sheila Dixon selected Christopher to serve as the Director of CitiStat. In December of 2007, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Mayor yet continued his leadership role with CitiStat. CitiStat is a performance management strategy for which Baltimore is renowned. In its first three years of operation, CitiStat produced over $100 million in financial benefits to the city, and received national attention from the New York Times and Governing Magazine. CitiStat also won Harvard University’s prestigious Innovations in American Government Award.
Christopher received a B.A. in Political Science from Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. While at BSC, he was named a Truman Scholar by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. He also received the Reginald E.F. Colley Award, which is awarded to the most outstanding undergraduate member of Theta Chi Fraternity in the nation. After college, Christopher worked for the non-profit Operation New Birmingham, where he focused on redeveloping historic downtown buildings. Prior to joining the Mayor’s Office, Christopher received a Masters in Public Policy and Urban Planning (MPP/UP) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Born and raised in rural north Alabama, Christopher is a die-hard Alabama Crimson Tide football fan. He and his wife live in Baltimore City with their beautiful daughter and charming son.
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