{"county":"shelby","description":"","district":"lakeland","districtgroup":"municipality","id":162,"key":"lakeland_mayor","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Josh Roman","next_election":"2018-11-08","notes":"172","officegroup":null,"partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Executive leadership of a suburban Shelby County municipality with several thousand to several tens of thousands of residents and a small to mid-sized municipal budget.\n- Ability to prepare and defend an annual budget before a small board of aldermen or commissioners.\n- Intergovernmental capacity: coordination with Shelby County, neighboring municipalities, the State of Tennessee, and (for cities with their own school district) the suburban district's school board.\n- Working familiarity with Tennessee municipal law, the city/town charter, open-meetings, and procurement rules.\n- Public-facing communication for an engaged suburban constituency that often follows local government closely.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-12-01","term_start":"2022-12-01","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":1,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-11-08","name":"Josh Roman","person":{"biography":"Josh Roman was sworn in to the Lakeland Board of Commissioners, as Lakeland mayor, on December 1, 2022.\n\nHe serves on the Industrial Development Board (IDB).\n\nJosh has previously served as Vice-Mayor and owns Roman Financial Group, an Allstate Agency.\n\nHe and his family, which includes his wife Ursula and their daughters Baylor and Mallory, have lived in Lakeland since 2001.","firstname":"Josh","lastname":"Roman","token":"SNAsJt7mOV"},"term_end":"2026-12-01","term_start":"2022-12-01"}],"title":"Lakeland Mayor","type":"executive","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}