Scott County, Iowa
Mahesh Sharma, M.P.A., serves as the County Administrator for Scott County, Iowa, since July 2016, overseeing nine departments with over 200 employees in a community of approximately 30,000 residents. Previously, Mahesh held the position of City Administrator in Raytown, MO, where responsibilities included managing daily operations across multiple departments. Mahesh has extensive experience in public works, having served as the Director of Public Works in Saint Charles, MO, with oversight of 97 employees and a budget of $42 million, as well as similar roles in Raymore, MO, and Lenexa, KS. In addition to municipal roles, Mahesh held leadership positions at Mazuma Credit Union, including Chairman of the Board. Academically, Mahesh holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from The University of Kansas and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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Scott County, Iowa
Cradled by the mighty Mississippi River on the east and south, and the meandering Wapsipinicon River on the north, Scott County, Iowa offers an extraordinary combination of quality living styles. Scott County is part of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), located in eastern Iowa and western Illinois on the Mississippi River, 165 miles west of Chicago. The Quad Cities MSA consists of Scott County in Iowa and Rock Island and Henry Counties in Illinois. Combined with the nearly 165,000 Scott County residents, it measures over 350,000 people in population. The Quad Cities is midway between Minneapolis on the north and St. Louis on the south; Chicago on the east and Des Moines on the west. The area's 300-mile market of nearly 36.5 million people comprises nearly 15% of the nation's population. This makes it the largest 300-mile market west of Chicago.