City Staff

Approximately 240 professionals in municipal services, operations, fire and police comprise the City Staff of Johns Creek. If you combined all the years of work experience of these professionals – in both public and private sectors – it would total nearly 3,500 years of knowledge, skills and talent working for the City.

William F. Riley, Jr.
City Attorney

William "Bill" Riley brings 25 years of legal and judicial experience in Georgia to his position as the City Attorney of Johns Creek.

A resident of Johns Creek, Riley received his law degree from Atlanta's Woodrow Wilson College of Law.

John Kachmar
City Manager

John Kachmar brings 21 years of experience in administration for full-service county governments around the U.S. to his position as the City Manager of Johns Creek.

He holds a BA from Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, and did further studies at the JFK School of Government, Pepperdine University and the National Institute of Corrections.

Monte Vavra
Finance Director

Vavra joined Johns Creek in 2007, bringing 30 years municipal government finance experience.

Most recently, he served as Finance Director for Marietta, Ga., managing Accounting, Budgeting, Business License, Property Tax, and Purchasing. Vavra also served as Finance Officer for Estes Park, Co. for 16 years and an accountant for Sioux Falls, SD for eight years.

A Certified Government Finance Officer, Vavra served as Vice President of the Colorado GFOA and has served on the Georgia GFOA Board.

Harold “Buzz” Boehm
Deputy City Manager

More than 30 years of administration and management experience in the public and private sectors augments Buzz Boehm's role as Deputy City Manager.

Boehm served more than 20 years in the US Marine Corps, seeing combat in Vietnam and rising to the rank of Lieut. Colonel.

He holds a BA in History from Marquette University and a MA in Personnel Management from Central Michigan University.

Harold 'Buzz' Boehm, Deputy City Manager

Ed Densmore
Police Chief

A Michigan native, Densmore was appointed Police Chief with the launch of the JCPD in 2008. Prior to that, he served as Alpharetta's Police Chief, having been on that city's force since 1996, rising through the ranks. He began his law enforcement career in 1992 on patrol with the Decatur Georgia Police Department.

Densmore holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University, and is a graduate of the Command College at Columbus State University and the FBI National Academy.

Jeff Hogan
Fire Chief

The JCFD is led by Fire Chief Jeff Hogan, who served many years with the Fulton County Fire Department before helping establish the JCFD.

He has more than 28 years of professional firefighting experience in Metro Atlanta.

Tom Black
Public Works Director

Tom Black came to Johns Creek in July 2011 from Sandy Springs, where he served as Director of Public Works. Black's resume includes more than 40 years of engineering and construction-related experience in the public and private sectors.

Among his achievements are 10 years in DeKalb County Public Works Department, seven years as director, and two years as president of Land Development for Legacy Communities and Legacy Investment Group.

Mary Ann Haskins, SPHR
Human Resources / Support Services Director

Haskins has 15 years of senior-level human resource management experience. At the time she joined the City of Johns Creek in July 2009, she was a senior HR consultant working with various private and public organizations, including the city. Prior to this, she served as Director, Human Resources for Cypress Communications and has held multiple HR Director and Vice President roles since the mid-1990s in the Metro Atlanta Area.

She earned her certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources in 2005.

Grant Hickey
Community Relations & Communications Director

Grant Hickey became Community Relations and Communications director in October 2010 after serving as special projects coordinator for three years. An 11-year resident of the Johns Creek area, he played an active role in starting up the City.

Hickey brings 23 years' management experience in multiple fields.

Grant Hickey, Community Relations Director

Mike Williams
Community Development Director

Williams brings 28 years of experience working for municipal and county planning departments, most recently as Director of Planning and Development with Gwinnett County, Ga.

Previously, Williams worked in the planning departments of Fulton County, Ga. and St. Tammany Parish, La.

He joined Johns Creek in November 2006.

Mike Williams, Community Development Director

Joan Jones
City Clerk

A native of Georgia, Jones joined the City of Johns Creek as its City Clerk in November 2006.

She brings 14 years of experience in municipal government to her position, most recently serving as the City Clerk of Jonesboro, Georgia from 2002 to 2006.