Gloucester County announced this week the hiring of a new Deputy County Administrator.

Steve Wright, who has more than 19 years of public sector experience, including a stint as a Township Administrator, began working for the county on Sept. 1.

Prior to coming to Gloucester, Wright was Administrator of the Planning, Analytics, and Customer Service Unit for the Montgomery County, Maryland, Department of Health and Human Services. In this role, Wright and his team provided a variety of consulting services (including program evaluation, performance measurement/management, strategic planning and process improvement) to more than 120 programs, which served roughly 120,000 residents and collaborated with nearly 100 contracted community partners, at any given time.

“We are delighted to bring Mr. Wright onboard as a new Deputy County Administrator for our great county,” Gloucester County Administrator Carol Steele said, in making the announcement. “Steve’s extensive experience in pub...