Madeline Rogero

Madeline Rogero
68th Mayor of Knoxville
In office
December 17, 2011 – December 21, 2019
Preceded byBill Haslam
Succeeded byIndya Kincannon
Knox County Commission
In office
1990–1998
Preceded byJesse Cawood
Personal details
Born
Madeline Anne Regero

(1952-07-26) July 26, 1952 (age 72)[1]
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[1]
Spouse(s)Mark Pitt (divorced 1983)[1]
Gene Monaco
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(m. 2001)​
Alma materFurman University
University of Tennessee[1]

Madeline Anne Rogero (/roʊhɛəroʊ/) (born July 26, 1952) is an American politician who served as the 68th mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, elected in 2011. She was the first woman to hold the office and the first woman to be elected mayor in any of the Big Four cities (Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga) in Tennessee. Before entering politics, Rogero worked as a community development director, non-profit executive, urban and regional planner, and community volunteer. She served on the Knox County Commission from 1990 to 1998, and first ran for mayor in 2003, losing to the later Governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam. While Knoxville municipal elections are officially nonpartisan, Rogero is known to be a Democrat.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Georgiana Vines, "Meet the New Mayor: Family, Shared Time Important to Madeline Rogero," Knoxville News Sentinel, 11 December 2011. Retrieved: 5 January 2012. Accessed at the Internet Archive, 30 July 2016.