{"county":"Shelby","description":"The County Mayor's Office is the governing branch of Shelby County's administration. It is responsible for overseeing the following divisions:\nAdministration and Finance\nCommunity Services\nCorrections\nDisproportionate Minority Contact\nHealth Services\nInformation Technology Services\nPlanning and Development\nPublic Defender\nPublic Works\nIt is also responsible for overseeing the Mayor's Action Center and the county's Public Affairs Office.\nThe Mayor's office is term-limited to two consecutive terms.\nThe Mayor is paid $210,000 per year.","district":"Shelby","districtgroup":"county","id":62,"key":"county_mayor","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Lee Harris","next_election":"2018-11-08","notes":"72","officegroup":null,"partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Executive management of a metropolitan county government of roughly 910,000 residents and a billion-dollar-plus consolidated budget across health, public works, corrections, the Sheriff's Office (administrative side), and many smaller departments.\n- Ability to negotiate and defend an annual budget before a 13-member County Commission.\n- Intergovernmental capacity: coordinating with the City of Memphis, six suburban municipalities, the State of Tennessee, and federal agencies, especially on shared services like MATA, MLGW, EDGE, and the Health Department.\n- Working familiarity with Tennessee county-government law, the Shelby County Charter, open-meetings, and procurement rules.\n- Public-facing communication and crisis-management skills for a large, diverse, news-attentive county.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-08-04","term_start":"2022-08-04","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":0,"description":"","electiondate":"2010-08-04","name":"Mark Luttrell","person":{"biography":"**Mark H. Luttrell, Jr.**, was born in Jackson, Tennessee\nand spent his early years in Bells, Tennessee. As a teenager, his\nfamily moved to Memphis where he graduated from Bartlett\nHigh School, earned a B.A. from Union University, and\nreceived a Masters in Public Administration from the University\nof Memphis.\n\nHis long public service career began with the Shelby County\nPenal Farm, progressed to his being warden over several federal\nprisons, and continued with his election as Sheriff of Shelby County in 2002. During his tenure\nhe earned several awards, personally and for the various institutions under his management, for\noutstanding leadership over major improvements to the county jail system and accreditation.\nIn August 2010, Mark was elected Shelby County Mayor. He has since led several successful\ninitiatives in economic development, such as creating the Economic Development Growth\nEngine (EDGE) for Memphis and Shelby County, while also emphasizing expanded public\nawareness of healthy living through the Healthy Shelby program. Mayor Luttrell aims to make\nShelby County become a national benchmark for effective and efficient government by aligning\ninitiatives within his four-point vision: budget discipline, safe communities, public health, and\njobs.\n\nMayor Luttrell juggles many leadership roles within the community by serving on various\nprofessional boards and committees: National Association of Counties Board of Directors,\nMemphis-Shelby Crime Commission, and University of Memphis Arts and Sciences Advisory\nCouncil. In addition to being a Leadership Memphis graduate, Mayor Luttrell is a distinguished\nrecipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award of the University of Memphis, College of Arts and\nSciences.\n\nHe is a member of Second Baptist Church in Memphis. He and his wife, Pat, have three children\nand six grandchildren.","firstname":"Mark","lastname":"Luttrell","middlename":"H","suffix":"Jr","token":"NLjfwKGGfe"},"term_end":"2014-08-04","term_start":"2010-08-04"},{"current":0,"description":"","electiondate":"2014-08-04","name":"Mark Luttrell","person":{"biography":"**Mark H. Luttrell, Jr.**, was born in Jackson, Tennessee\nand spent his early years in Bells, Tennessee. As a teenager, his\nfamily moved to Memphis where he graduated from Bartlett\nHigh School, earned a B.A. from Union University, and\nreceived a Masters in Public Administration from the University\nof Memphis.\n\nHis long public service career began with the Shelby County\nPenal Farm, progressed to his being warden over several federal\nprisons, and continued with his election as Sheriff of Shelby County in 2002. During his tenure\nhe earned several awards, personally and for the various institutions under his management, for\noutstanding leadership over major improvements to the county jail system and accreditation.\nIn August 2010, Mark was elected Shelby County Mayor. He has since led several successful\ninitiatives in economic development, such as creating the Economic Development Growth\nEngine (EDGE) for Memphis and Shelby County, while also emphasizing expanded public\nawareness of healthy living through the Healthy Shelby program. Mayor Luttrell aims to make\nShelby County become a national benchmark for effective and efficient government by aligning\ninitiatives within his four-point vision: budget discipline, safe communities, public health, and\njobs.\n\nMayor Luttrell juggles many leadership roles within the community by serving on various\nprofessional boards and committees: National Association of Counties Board of Directors,\nMemphis-Shelby Crime Commission, and University of Memphis Arts and Sciences Advisory\nCouncil. In addition to being a Leadership Memphis graduate, Mayor Luttrell is a distinguished\nrecipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award of the University of Memphis, College of Arts and\nSciences.\n\nHe is a member of Second Baptist Church in Memphis. He and his wife, Pat, have three children\nand six grandchildren.","firstname":"Mark","lastname":"Luttrell","middlename":"H","suffix":"Jr","token":"NLjfwKGGfe"},"term_end":"2018-08-04","term_start":"2014-08-04"},{"current":0,"description":"","electiondate":"2018-08-02","name":"Lee Harris","person":{"biography":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harris_(politician)\n\nHarris began his legal career as an associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, a Memphis law firm. In 2003, Harris began teaching at the University of Memphis, School of Law, attaining tenure in 2009. Harris teaches and publishes in the fields of corporate law.","firstname":"Lee","lastname":"Harris","middlename":"Ardrey","token":"ioe3PVaDA2"},"term_end":"2022-08-04","term_start":"2018-08-02"},{"current":1,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-08-04","name":"Lee Harris","person":{"biography":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harris_(politician)\n\nHarris began his legal career as an associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, a Memphis law firm. In 2003, Harris began teaching at the University of Memphis, School of Law, attaining tenure in 2009. Harris teaches and publishes in the fields of corporate law.","firstname":"Lee","lastname":"Harris","middlename":"Ardrey","token":"ioe3PVaDA2"},"term_end":"2026-08-04","term_start":"2022-08-04"}],"title":"County Mayor","type":"executive","url":"https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/78/Mayors-Office","whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}