2025 LocalSmart Awards

Gail Roper

CIO, Montgomery County, Maryland

GoldenGov: County Executive of the Year

Gail Roper is the chief information officer of Montgomery County, Maryland. Before Montgomery County, Roper served as CIO for the cities of Austin, Texas, Raleigh, North Carolina and Kansas City, Missouri. Roper is also on the National Association of Counties’ Technology Advisory Committee.

Bio courtesy of the National Association of Counties