Manus J. O'Donnell was hired in June 2004. He has experience in private and public sectors, including management posts in the military, manufacturing, education and local government. He also spent 28 years in executive level management with Howard County, Maryland. For 24 years, he served as Director of Citizen Services, supervising all aspects of county human service programs.

Manus has been the past president for National Association of County Human Service Programs as well as many statewide and local leadership positions. In addition to several statewide and local awards, he won the National Association of Counties Human Services Director of the Year award in 2002 and the Humanitarian of the Year for Howard County in 1998. He has a bachelor's degree from University of Maryland and a master's degree in Business Administration from Loyola College. Manus lives in Northwest Hillsborough County, and has two children who reside in Maryland.