From Veterinarian to Public Servant, Managing Growth in a Rapidly Growing Metroplex with Darrell O’Quinn – Ep. 65

About the Guest

We can’t wait to share this next conversation with all of you. Today on the show we have Darrel O’Quinn, City Counselor of District 5 in Birmingham, Alabama. Darrell O’Quinn represents District 5 on the Birmingham City Council. Councilor O’Quinn is the Chair of the Transportation Committee, and a member of the Economic Development & Tourism, Education, and Utilities & Technology Committees. Darrell has a long history of civic leadership. He served as president and vice president of the Crestwood Neighborhood Association from 2008-2017. During this time, Darrell joined the Birmingham Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee (2014), became a member of Leadership Birmingham (2015), and was elected for president of the Citizens Advisory Board (2015-2017).

In this episode, we learned about Darrell’s motivation for serving in the Public Sector. We discussed ways that the public sector and private sector can work more closely together to solve big-picture societal problems. Finally, we discussed the ways that Birmingham is looking at growing responsibly over the coming years! There is tons of great information in this episode! I hope you enjoy!

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