Chris Lowe is a respected municipal administrator who was the town manager of Monument, Colorado, from 2015 to 2018. Responsible for 50 employees in a town of 7,000, Chris Lowe resolved persistent challenges, including an inherited Monument land use issue involving a methadone clinic that could not be placed near a downtown park.
Prior to this position, Mr. Lowe worked in a number of city administrator roles, including in the city of Pleasant Hill, Missouri. From 2009 to 2011, he held responsibilities as department head of finance, human resources, and IT for a municipality of 9,000 residents.
His accomplishments included negotiating a sewer treatment facility sale to a regional sewer district, which generated revenue and decreased operating costs. He also set in place a performance management system that provided actionable metrics across city departments.
Mr. Lowe’s background extends to experience as a Kansas City trial attorney in the late 1990s, when he focused on employment law and large-scale tort litigation. As a first chair litigator, he was integrally involved in the trial process in both state and federal courts.