In this Public Service episode Marji interviews Rockville's Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton. The City of Rockville is the third largest city in Maryland and the county seat for Montgomery County. Serving as Mayor since 2013, Bridget Donnell Newton is a 38-year resident of the city and calls Rockville “a small town in a big city.”

About the Mayor
Newton currently serves as the council liaison to the Recreation and Park Advisory Board and Rockville Seniors, Inc., and sits on the board of directors for the Maryland Municipal League, Rockville Economic Development, Inc., the Washington Metropolitan Area Council of Governments and the National Capital Regional Transportation Planning Board.

In December 2017, Newton was elected to a one-year term as the chair of TPB. In June 2018, she was unanimously elected president of MML, the statewide organization advocating on behalf of Maryland’s 157 cities and towns. She is the sixth president from the City of Rockville to lead the organization since its founding in 1936.

Contact Info

240-314-8291
bnewton@rockvillemd.gov