City of Wilson
Rodger Lentz, AICP, is Chief Planning and Development Officer for the City of Wilson. His areas of responsibility include Planning, Community Development, Land Development, Code Enforcement, Inspections, GIS, and Downtown Development. Rodger serves on the Board of Directors for the 44,000-member American Planning Association and is the former North Carolina chapter president.
Prior to Wilson, Lentz served for 6 years on the Davidson, NC Planning and Design Review Boards, and worked in planning with the City of Charlotte, Cabarrus County, and Matthews, NC. He also serves on the boards of the Wilson YMCA and the American Planning Association Foundation. Rodger holds a BA in Geography from UNC Greensboro where he concentrated in Urban Studies and an MA in Geography from UNC Charlotte where he studied Urban and Regional Planning. He is also a graduate of the UNC School of Government County Administration program.
City of Wilson
Named for Col. Louis D. Wilson, a prominent 19th Century eastern North Carolina legislator, the City of Wilson is the county seat of Wilson County. Located east of Raleigh with a population of approximately 49,628.